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Show t --- - PRINTING PUBLISHING VOL. b', NO. 29 David Keith BIdg.y Dial SALT LAKE ' CITY, UTAH, FRIDAY, AUG 14, 1942 Published by C. N. Lund $1.50 PER YEAR Lords, Keep Usfiree r GiveUsDteatlb The Value of Freedom These are the times that try men's souls. The sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of this count-ry, but he that stands it now deserves the thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered, yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly : Tis dearness only that gives everything its value. Heaven knows how to set a price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as free-dom should not be highly rated. From Thomas Paine's "Common Sense " m g Neighboring Mining Areas Contribute to Utah Industries rj?' , r -- J '""' - ' " 3 s - , , ' ' " I " ! " Tfr --safe?; . - : ' The transformation of a barren wasteland into a thriving industrial ' community is the objective in ev- - ery state. Mining has a habit of doing just that, as the above two pictures in-dicate. Here is a before and after picture of the Mountain City Cop-per company property located in the neighboring state of Nevada. The above picture was taken in .1930 prior to the discovery of ore and the bottom picture was taken after 1938 when the transformation was completed. From a prospect employing two to three men, it has risen to an industrial enter-prise employing 250 men and sup-porting a community of 1,200 per-sons. In the past this has happened in Utah many times, but during years few new mines have been developed here. Prospect-ing has declined and mining is now largely confined to the older estab-lished districts. The future of min-ing is dependent upon prospecting and this phase of mining should be encouraged and fostered, or one of the state's greatest industries is sure to decline. The development of mines in neighboring states, however, is welcomed in. Utah, as virtually all of the crudeTion-ferrou- s ores mined in the west are shipped to Utah for reduction. Utah is the leading smelting center of the world and such companies as the American Smelting & Refining company, the United States Smelting & Refining company. International Smelting & Refining comapny the Combined Metals Reduction company main-tain an unfailing market for ores from all over the west. When a mine is developed in a neighboring state, it means industry for Utah, transportation for the railroads and employment for men. Where So Much Of The People's Money Goes Do you know that your good old Uncle Samuel ,is the greatest employer of all time He's like Old Man River. He don't say nothing but just keeps employing and paying right along According to an official statistical report for May.this year, furnished us by Senator Thomas, there are 2,066,873 federal employes. The May payroll for them was $336,568,306, or a little over $4,000,000,000 a year. Some payroll is it not? How does the monthly 3 per cent of this look to politicians? This does not include the army and navy and air forces. All thsee and their relatives and friends constitute a voting force that can swing elections an d has the enemy beaten in advance The Atlantic Charter Today Friday, August 14, is the anniversary of the Sign-ing of the Atlantic Charter by the two great leaders, Church-ill and Roosevelt, somewhere or. the high seas. Two of the great powers of Europe have pledged themselves to rebuild their part of the world on the terms of that great Charter. .The charter, signed by Prime Minister Winston Church-ii- l and President Roosevelt "somewhere at sea" Aug 14,1941, contained the following points: No territorial aggrandize-ment;n- o territorl changes without the freely expressed wish of the peoples concerned; respect for the choice of allp eoples of their own forms of government with restoration where depri-ved; equality of access to raw materials and world trade, co-llaboration for improvement of labor, economic,, and social conditions; freedom from fear and want; abandonment of the use of force with disarmament of aggressors pending establish ment of a permanent security system; freedom of the sea. ... afc m . 'Nurses Street' at Carolina Maneuvers I . - .( ;' - ftCil The street of tents which house the registered nurses now in training to become officers in the armed forces is shown above. The nurses, who form the staff of an evacuation hospital here, care for more than 500 soldier patients a week during the current maneuvers. Personal! For Friends & Neighbors. Neighbor George J. Fox was in Saturday and gave us a good turn. He is operating a grocery store at 369 Quince St., and he has inaugurated about the most successful system of coopera-tion we have heard about. He pays back to the customer B one-ha- lf of the net profits on, their purchases and he pays m War Stamps and Bonds. Jery ko does it to helpnatio'nal defen o!se He figures that this outlay h aH ounts to about $400 per y?'ea; This is a fine showing for' & small store, and larger stores should follow the example. On next Monday, Aug.' 17, our good Neighbors Mr. and Mrs. Carl 3. Pedersen of Og den will celebrate their Golden Wedding by keeping open house to all their friends They have a posterity of six sons, four daughters. 23 grand child-ren and three great grand chil-dren. They have lived a fine life and have had many golden days and may they have many more. May God's blessings be upon them throughout all their declining days. Leon White, our nephew, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford L. White, went to Boston Mon-day to enter active service with the Merchant Marine. Oth er of our nephews in the serwice are, Albert C. Petersen, in Alas ka, Udell Larsen in technical training at Logan. Kenneth and Howard Lnnd, sons of Mr. and Mrs. A.H. Lund, in Calif-forni- a both in th' Merchant Marine. One grand son, Duane Olsen in training at Hill's Field and a son-in-l- Clair Olsen in technical training in Minne-apolis, Minn. fe.Mr. and Mrs. Fred Huefner X e moving to Ogden where Mr Huefner's labors have called m. He is Fie d Advisor for the Department of Employ-ment Security. For years they were workers in the Ninth Ward she as a teacher and he in the bishopric and as superintendent of the Sunday School. A loss Salt Lake, a gain to Ogden. Lawrence T. Epperson, can-didate for county treasurer, iand Mis Epderson have rcciv-'e- d word that their son is now somewhere on the high seas. teaders, we hope you are r ading these Chain Store Ads. Such information should lead you to vote in their favor against the tax, Mrs: Bertha Jensen informs us that her grandson, Earl Ol-sen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Al-v- in Olsen, has been called into the service of his country. If we had a city full of men as honeat and punctual as our good Neighbor Soren Frandsen of Iversen Ct , we might expect to be translated . He is 84 and fairly well. He says if theWel-far- e Board would let them the relief clients, many of them, could open rooms for many of those who need them.Goodidea The good people of Mt. Pleas ant, where the Lord did his best work, will hold a- - reunion at Liberty Park Sundy at 3 P. M. Bring your luncheon and put your best self forward. Neighbor Karl J. Edgling of Ogden has earned a vacation and is taking it. He has gone to Independence, Mo., and will visit all the historic places with which the Mormons had to do in early days. C. V. H. Says (A bit too severe on good capitalists Editor ) The man that lives for money only, is apt to find that there are things which money cannot buy, after all. Money can open the doors to what is called society, but it cannot make a person feel at home in it. Duriug those long years of money grubbing, the finer sensibilites have decayed, and for him there will be the vulgarity of wealth and not its culture. There are, no doubt, many rich men who have kept in touch with the movements of moral and intellectual life, but for many more the habit of money-huntin- g has dominated all other habits. They have gone to their own place, a golden prison. The weary drama has played itself out in the loss of youthfull enthusiasms, slow hardening of the heart, gradual deterioration of thought, palpable disintegration of character, till at last the love of money has devoured all other loves of impulses, and they have prostrated themselves in horrible obeisance to the fqul money god, and demon-ido- l of Mammon They die worth so much money, It is all they are worth. A Corner of Egypt's Battlefield I ill - mm I Milium n J&fmmmimmBUM PWWWW Gunners of the British Imperials are shown placing their ft Pins where they will do the most harm to Axis fliers in the battle for Egypt. They are digging in along one of the supply routes on which trucks the background. These hnes, near may be seen speeding in Cairo, are the favorite targets of enemy aircraft. A man may fall into a thousand perplexities, but if his heart be upright and his intelligence unclouded, he will issue from them all without dishonor. Robert Louis Stevenson THE DRUNKARDS OF WASHINGTONT.D C. Official reports show that 4.37, gallons of hard liquor was consumed per capita in the District of Columbia in 1941 while in the rest of the nation 1.07 gallons was consumed per capita. Could some one read abont Belshazar's feast in the nation's headquarters? Eleven civilizations have flourished and perished since man has inhabited the earth, declares a scientist. And it seems that all mankind is now striving furiously to make it an even dozen. "The Cooperation of People like You'" In every civic or patriotic activity, Utah chain stores take a leading part. For example, one of the ' chain stores Safeway gained recognition for its cooperation with the Red Cross, the U. S. O., and the American Library Associa-tion in the recent Victory Book Campaign. Each Safe-way store was a collection depot. . The company's ad- - j vertising staff aided with newspaper ads, window dis-plays and store banners. n I ' nlr In a letter to the Utah Chain Stores Association, the spe-cial representative of the American Red Cross partic-ularly emphasized the fine window displays used by the chain stores and said, "It is the cooperation of people like you that has helped to make our Welfare appeal such a success." UTAH CHAIN STORJES WAR BONDS ! - ! The giant d Navy Pa-trol Bombers are the world's most powerful planes. They cost approxi-mately $700,000 each. The Navy also has a lighter Bomber called the Scout Bomber which costs about $143,000 apiece. The battle for Britain was almost lost because England had none ol these giant d planes with which to fight back. We need thou sands nd they e cominp Protection for the Ferry Command a.Axi:tt;V,iw. Sergt. Jack EarIy of New Or.cans assistant -- d'o ;peraor and la gunner, is shown in the rear turret of his V. S. lerry i has ae,ivering plane in England. The ferry command P's way to England since the start of the war and has, m mny en responsible for the bombing of large German cuic. J There Is No Vision There is so very little vision anywhere in the world that it is actually a matter of sorrow to us. Every prophet of the Old Testament and the New Testament, and some modern prophets are, figuratively, standing before our eyes holding up the master preview of it all every detail of it all, as plain as the program of a sehool. But having eyes the people see not and having ears they hear not. So few know and so few care to know, but the whole story is told and has long been bag-ging for readers. Those who wish may know the why of the war, its purposes, its course, where and when it will end. Those who should talk aud write the most about it, and feed the mighty prophetic truth to a hungering world are saying so very little mostly nothing, about the way truth i.e march-ing on through fire and death. We a're not afraid to tell the truth in our humble way Present events constitute the greateset drama of all time. In the cast are both the devils of earth and the Gods of heaven. The war, with perhaps a brief lull, is the great consutnation that shall make a definite end of all national systems, all Bab-ylon- ic institutions, and clear the way for the coming of Him who has so long been but a hope. And with His coming, now right at our doors, the new and everlasting Order of the Aces will be ushered in. Public Debates On Religion Every night of next week, 8 P. M., at the Liberty Park Flag Pole So. ther will be a public debate by Rev. Gatewood and Kenneth E Famsworth on religious subjects. Free to all. Saturday, tomorrow, is last registration day. |