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Show lec a ai THE MILFORD NEWS Sally Sez S 5 e Intermountain News Told Briefly for Busy Readers a4 TAXES ARE PAID. POWER PLANT PROFIT. MANY GAIN CITIZENSHIP. HUGE LION IS CAUGHT. RIFLE SLAYS OWNER. PROVO, UT—Predictions of @ wholesale tax delinquency = year failed to materialize, eee to the county treasurer, who Tepor . that 76.35 per cen pared with paid as com charge was 78.8 per cent in 1931. SPRINGVILLE, owned municipally showed a net profit ing 1932, of ~ UT—The LAKE CITY, ur—aA and total during ed United States citizenship 111 oththe 1932 fiscal year while intentions, ers filed declarations of of the comstates the annual report missioner of naturalization. UT—A. Ahistrum, & government trapper, caught a huge Jion in Corn Creek canyon a few miles Ber ies Franklin, The Scientist 5) Eo : 2 =f) He the Hallof Fame By ELMO SCOTT WATSON ANUARY 17 is the anniversary of the birth of the greatest American—Benjamin Franklin. Insofar as the memory of last year’s bicentennial celebrations, honoring the birth of George Washington, is still fresh in the minds of most Americans, there may be those who read this article _who will exclaim: “What! Benjamin Franklin a greater American than George Washington?” : Several years ago a historian answered that question in the affirmative and gave as his reasons the following: 1. The expression of Franklin’s greatness did not depend on events beyond his control. 2. He would have been a great man in any period of world’s history, in any land. 38. He would have been among the great even if his endeavors had been confined to one only of sereval lines of activity in which his achievements were of the highest rank. 4. He would be a great man if he were living 5. Franklin was known throughout the world as a great man long before the Revolution, in which he played a part as big as that of any other great man of the period. Washington’s greatness began with the Revolution. 6. There is no exact standard by which human greatness can be measured or compared. But one criterion is the opinion of citizens of other nations—free from the prejudices, either for or against, held by the fellow-citizens of a great man. Outside the United States Franklin would be named more than any other American as the greatest American and as one of the few greatest men of all time. And in comparing these two great Americans what finer tribute could be paid to the greatness of Benjamin Franklin than was once paid by Washington himself? Writing from New York on September 23, 1789, to express his sympathy for an illness which had struck Franklin down, Washington said: “Would to God, my dear Sir, that I could congratulate you upon the re moval of that excruciating pain, under which you labor, and that your existence might. close with as much ease to yourself as its continuance has been beneficial to our country and useful to manKind; or, if the united wishes of a free people, joined with the earnest prayers of every friend of science and humanity, could relieve the body from pains or infirmities: that you could claim an exemption on this score. But this cannot he, and you have within yourself the only resource to which we can confidently apply for relief, a philosophic mind. If to be venerated for benevolence, if to be admired for talents, if to be esteemed ffor patriotism, if to be loved for philanthropy, can gratify the human mind, you must have the pleasing consolation to know that you have net lived in vain.” But, dispensing with any invidious comparison between two great men, the listing of the following outstanding achievements of Benjamin Franklin should be ample proof of the justness of characterizing -him as “The Greatest American”: Franklin's Printing t 5 i ea & EE eae E é F He invented the Franklin stove, the first successful wood-burning stove used in this country and he invented the invaluable contrivance by which a fire consumes its own smoke, and made the first smoke-consuming stove or furnace He helped establish the first chartered fire inSurance company in America. Among his many inventions should be included a three-wheel clock. a library chair that ress could be converted into a stepladder, an artificial arm for taking books down from high shelves in a library, a one-arm chair that could be used like a desk or table for writing, the pulse glass, an electric jack for turning a roast of meat over the fire, the laundry mangle, a copying press for taking copies of letters or other writing, and double spectacles—near and farsight glasses. Although not the discoverer, he was the first to demonstrate the production of cold by evaporation, a fact up to that time unknown to science, He was the originator of the modern science of the art of ventilation. He was the first to discover the poisonous quality which repeated respirations impart to the air in a room. He was the first to call attention to the folly of excluding fresh air from hospitals and sick rooms. He pointed out the advantage, later adopted throughout the universe, of building ships with water-tight compartments, taking the hint from the Chinese. He was the first to discover that the temperature of the Guif stream is higher than that of the surrounding water, and the first to have the Gulf stream charted. He was the first to demonstrate that oil on the water will still the waves. He was the first to discover that northwest storms come out of the southwest, in other Poor Richard, 173 oe AN. Almanack For the Year of Chritt I 7 33 Being the Firft after LEAP YEAR, He discovered that lightning is electricity; proved it first by observation and logic, and second by actual test with his kite: also invented the lightning rod which Dr. Charles Steinmetz said is still the best and most reliable protection we have against lightning. He was the first to discover that a current of electricity has a magnetie effect, i. e. that it can magnetize a piece of steel. This is the fundamental principle on which the telegraph, the telephone and the electric motor are based. He gave the world the best theory of electricity and modern science has adopted his early conclusions. These were that electricity consists of very minute particles, so small that they can pass between the atoms or ordinary matter. They are now called electrons, and have made possible the radio. And makes fince te Creation By the Account of the Eallern Grevts By the Latin Church, when O ent. 7 By the Computation of 4”,% By the Ro:nan Chrono By the Jews Rabbies Years 7241 6932 $742 5682 5494 Wherein ts contained The Lunations, Eclipfes, Judgment of the Weather, Spring Tides, Planets Motions & routual Afpeds, Sun and Moon's Rifing and Setting, Length of Days, Time of High Water, Fans, Conrts, and obfervable Days. Fitted to the Latitude of Forty Degrees, end « Meridian of Five Hours Well from Lender but may without fenfible Ervor, ferve all the ad- jecent Places, even from N. Corcline to Seuth- By RICHARD SAUNDERS, Philom. / ss PHILADELPHIA: Printed and fold by B. FRANKLIN, at the New Printing. Office neer the Market Title page of the issued 200 years ago, conceived forerunnes Civitan st of Frankli THE PAINTING BY SENJAMIN WEST direewords, that storms travel in an opposite His investigations concerning tion to the winds. of our the weather resulted in the establishment he is toUnited States weather bureau of which day acknowledged to be the father. The Apotheosis of Benjamin Franklin Bu FROM almanac whick Franklin | of clubs and all organized Rotary, of today. the Junto, Kiwanis, Lions The Junto the and developed from this city. English old UT.—An OGDEN, coin, a tuppence, minted in copper of King George Ill, and the days is being 1797, date the pearing The coin weighs alshown here. of most an ounce and has been out issue for-over one hundred years. JEROME, IDA—F. W. Chote, 44, the accidental disby killed was charge of his rifle, it was decided after an investigation of his death. MOUNTAIN HOME, IDA.—The dairymen of Elmore county are beginning to test their cows on the mail-order plan toward elminating those cows that are unprofitable. Amerinto the American Philosophical society, jea’s first organization of scientists, in which he EPHRAIM, UT.—Markton oats he took great interest and pride and of which outyielded all other varieties in a is justly acknowledged to be the founder. yield test conducted on the muck Philin established and idea the He eonceived soils of the Sanpete Experimental adelphia the first successful circulating library, farm near here. The test included the mother of all our free circulating libraries of six varieties that had previously today. been tested at the central experiHe founded the University of Pennsylvania mental farm at Logan and which and originated the elective system of college are now being tested in twelve difstudies and also the so-called “group system, ferent counties in the state. adopted later by many of America’s leading universities. He was the first writer on education BEAVER, UT.—Pack rats have to recommend the teaching of modern lanugages come from the mountains into town such as French and German, in preference to the and are reported to be doing conexclusive study of Latin and Greek. He was siderable damage in various cellars the first American educator to appreciate the imand homes. Ordinary poison bait usportance of advanced teaching of history, polited for mice does not seem to harm ical economy, and the science of government, these rats. also of technical training in agriculture and in BOISE, IDA —Ermine top the the arts and sciences. He was likewise the first list of fur-bearing animals in the to prescribe athletics as an adjunct to college Boise national forest with an estieducation. mated total of 3200, the forest reHe introduced the following useful plants or port indicates, but deer lead the grains into America: Scotch kale, the kohlrabi, list of all wild animals with an esChinese rhubarb and Swiss barley. He protimated total of five thousand. moted silk culture in Pennsylvania. He introPRICE, UT.—Representatives of duced the yellow willow into America for basket civic organizations of Price and making. He taught the farmers of PennsylHelper have voted unanimously to yania to plaster their land. He introduced conduct an invitational intermountbroom corn into Pennsylvania from Virginia. ain school band contest in 19383. : He was probably the first American to diDuring the past two years the tourrect attention in a published writing to the value of education in agricultural science; and nament has been conducted as a probably the first also to suggest the insurance Price city project, but the next conof crops against storms, plant diseases and insect test will be designated as being sponsored by Carbon county. Invitapests. ‘ He was the first American economist. He was tions will be sent to bands in Utah, the first president of the Society for Political Colorado, Idaho and other interInquiries of Philadelphia, the first society in the mountain states. United States interested in promoting the study SALT LAKE CITY, UT—A of political economy. report from the 38305 corporations He started the first thrift campaign. His doing business in Utah in 1931, or maxims of “Poor Richard” did more to encourage authorized to do business in the thrift and industry in the Colonies than any state, have reported to the state other one thing and they were circulated all tax commission total income of over the world. They have been more often $1,808,349,668, but total deductions translated and printed than any other work of from that income, as allowed by law, an American author. of $1,867,570,966. As reported, the He was the first to propose daylight saving. corporations show a loss of $59,221,He devised a reformed alphabet which was 298, for the year in question. based on simplified or phonetic spelling. RICHFIELD, UT.—A slight inHe devised the first scheme for uniting the erease in tax receipts this year over Colonies, more than 20 years before the Revolulast was regarded as showing a tion, and his plan of confederation was finally more favorable condition in the adopted in all its essential features and binds county as a whole in the opinion of our Union together today. county officials. He organized our postal service and was our BURLEY, IDA—All farmers first postmaster general. : who expect that they will want He helped Jefferson write the Declaration of seed loans from the department of Independence. : agriculture should notify Perry B. He was our greatest diplomat and secured for Burnham, Salt Lake, manager of us the aid of France in the Revolution and milthe seed loan office, or the county lions in money without which our independence agents. This action is advisable so at that time could not have been established. that congress may be advised of the He edited the best newspaper and the most amount that will be required and an successful newspaper in the Colonies. He was adequate appropriation made. the first to attempt to illustrate the news in an OGDEN, UT.—The application of American newspaper, and also the first to pubKLO of Ogden for permission to inlish questions and answers in a newspaper. He crease its power wave has been reis said to have drawn the first newspaper carfused by the federal radio commistoon, the picture of a snake cut in sections to sion. The application has been inrepresent the Colonies before the Revolution. vestigated: the increase is found He was “the first to turn to great account the justified, but Utah, under the fedengine of advertising, now an indispensable element in modern business.” eral radio act, has more than its He established in 1732 the Philadelphia Zeilegal allotment of power, and for tung, the first American newspaper to be printed that reason the application was dein a foreign language. nied. He was a master propagandist—America’s RENO, NEV.—In the emergency first. He constantly issued pamphlets, or wrote relief loan funds passed by the RFC newspaper articles, to promote the interests of recently the sum of $48,300 was inhis city, or his country, or the good of mankind. eluded for Nevada. The Nevada loan His methods were always the same in promoting is to be used in three counties. The a cause: To develop informed public opinion money will %e for use in January on the question he first wrote something for puband February. lication that would attract public attention. Of all the patriots, Franklin was the only one BOISH, IDA.—Farmers of Idaho to sign all five of the great state papers—the have received $2,104,000 in loans of Declaration of Independence, the Treaty of Reconstruction Finance Corporation Amity and Commerce with France, the Treaty of money, through the Agricultural Alliance with France, the Treaty of Peace with Credit corporation and it is predictEngland and the Constitution of the United ed that many more ioans will be arStates, ranged. Most of the money has been He was the originator of the idea of a League ; advanced for the feeding of live of Nations. He suggested “a united party of stock. virtue, an international organization which would consider world matters from the viewPOCATELLG, IDA.—The ‘county point of all nations.” He was the first advocate treasurer has received a check from in the United States of a policy of “legal conthe Oregon Short Line railroad of demnation and punishment of a nation which $142,944.01 as payment for one-half commits aggressive warfare.” of the railroad’s taxes for 1932. {© by Western Newspaper Union.) =) to the ‘reports “x of 173 residents of Utah were grant- KANOSH, ee tt officials. Receipts for the year amounted to $28,500 total expenses $11,003. SALT = LL pe * local plant of $17,500, dur- according the city power eva/senser’ . ee ek Just oie ee Let's some milk, water, strong some drink Let’s for a toast to the seaah old year, and toast im fortune to success, and good with a eye in view. LOCAL LLY WISHES TO THANK OF _ INTERBEHALF IN PATRONS TAIN INDUSTRIES FOR THEIR HELPED? wOTRONAGE DURING 1932. IT eee LETT’S HEW Rt Sys ee eee wrnnnnrnrrernee Library Arrangement were not always stored Books vertically. The Romans kept their Rescrolls on shelve: or in boxes. laid ligious books, too bulky, werebooks, sidewise. But with smaller of practice the and better bindings, got we putting titles on the backs our vertical habit of storing. ASK YOUR DRUGGIST FOR APEX “Tax” AN INTERMOUNTAIN PRODUCT No Mistaking This Frequently the sign “please” suffices to keep people from cross~ ing one’s lawn, but a certain suburbanite didn’t find it so. Finally he ‘had to put up the notices “Please keep off the grass. Who, Yes, you.”—Boston Tranme? script. eee THIS WEEK’S PRIZE STORY Resolutions as a rule are not of mucle one occasionally, however, we find value: lived. that can be faithfully and honestly 1s this> The best resolution for this year I resolve to buy Intermountian made for quality, for all my needs this year—for service, for value, and for all round sav- ing! MRS. A. E. STEELE, Salt Lake City, Utah. Riches There is a greater thing om earth than riches. With it, the poor man is rich, the rich man 1s poor. Beggars may possess it, it is not to be bought by kings. The greatest thing in all the world is love.—Charles Haiman. JOSEPH WM. TAYLOR, lnc. Utah’s Leading Morticians Funerals on i Payment Plan Salt Lake City, Utah -: ‘Phone Was. 328 One Missing Little Sally was having a kindergarten test and was told to pick out from a picture the various creatures that laid eggs. She picked out several and then said: “J wish there was a bunny there, for I know it lays eggs.” PEP 883 GASOLINE Packed With Power Yearning Every yearning proves the existence of an object it; the same law meant to satisfy creates both the giver and the receiver, the longing and its The home.—Charles right of free Kingsley. speech isn’t so much when one stops to remember that bullfrogs, screech owls and mosquitoes use the system to their personal pleasure and advantage. —Fort Worth = should Goods” your Star-Telegram. per 0 week will be made Send story in prose or verse termountain Box Products 1555, Salt Column, Lake story appears in column you will ceive check for W.N.U.—Salt paid for the best 50-word article on “Why you ase Intermountain — Similar to above. City. this re- to InP 0. If your $5 00 * Lake City Week No. 3301 Varying Weights of Paper The weight of paper varies much as 5 per cent, due as to several factors. The blank paper varies slightly in thickness and weight. 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