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Show - CLIFF MEMMOTT. Editor ' AN INVESTIGATION MIGHT BE VALUABLE TO LOCAL MERCHANTS jt A few days ago a friend of mine from Price sent me f a copy of a "FLASH Bulletin" that was sent to all members ,V of the Price Chamber of Commerce further advising them M of a few last minute facts concerning "January Bargain j Days," that are being held in that Carbon county com- numity this week-end, Friday and Saturday. According to the bulletin and what other information I have gleaned from publicity stories in the Sun-Advocate Price newspaper, an all-out program is being entered into by the merchants to stimulate business in general to try (jjl and encourage people to come to Price to trade. '. As I see the program, very little has been overlooked ? to captivate the potential patron of the various businesses in Price, and I predict a tremendous volume will be done this week-end in each and every retail establishment there. There will be a special "January Bargain Days" section in the Sun-Advocate, as well as placards, delivery truck ad- I vertising, radio spots, theatre slides, and every other medium me-dium of advertising uesd. Now, you're wondering what has all this to do with our community? My answer is just this . . . First, there is a need of a Chamber of Commerce here just the same as there is a need in Price or any other community that has a main street where retail and wholesale businesses operate .... t And, most certainly, this city is so situated that if the pro- per promotion was done, business could be stimulated to V a much greater extent. . . . The human race is a most pe- culiar race they sometimes have to be convinced that there are just as many advantages at home as elsewhere, if they'll just look around a bit. "1 My suggestion is that the merchants of this city begin II a little thinking about the organization and promotion of f a Chamber of Commerce and the eventual promotion of i, "'Bargain Days," or some rurh program that will help business busi-ness and benefit t-ie entire Uintah Basin area. . . . They're f doing it at Vernal. k v E v T" A READER SEEKS INFORMATION ABOUT THE SELECTIVE SERVICE BOARD U This week I received the following note from one of , I the readers of the Roosevelt Standard or Uintah Basin Rec- o:d, asking for information which I shall be very happy to supply: Dear Editor: Would it be possible to have a list of the members of our local draft board published in the paper? ... I feel this is something every citizen should have the right to know .... Thank you, $ A Reader The membership of the Duchesne county Selective Service Ser-vice board is as follows: Porter L. Merrell, Duchesne; Clair Wilson, Duchesne, and Paul Nelson, Roosevelt. Mrs. Patience Larson, Duchesne, is the clerk This board meets as ) a body on the first Monday of each month at Duchesne, t and invites the public to bring their problems before it at J that time .... The office is open 25 hours each week. I appreciate this . written inquiry and would like Ao encourage more use of our paper's "Forum" and "Letter to Editor" columns. r v E v THE COUNTRY PRESS HAS THIS TO SAY ... j ASHLAND, KANSAS, CLIPPER: "Most Americans are not favorable to government ownership of public uitlities, for the very good reason that they know, that with few exceptions, they will get more and better servic for less cost from privately owned and operated concerns than they ) would get under cumbersome government management with jjU Us ever increasing red tape and graft." ft PORT GIBSON, MISS., REVEILLE: "Wc . . . . don't ! mind putting our money in national security but deliver y us from some of the bureaucrats." r ' WINTER PARK, FLORIDA, HERALD: "The ammuni- yr lion we need for this war is a demand on Congress for - adoption of the recommendations for cutting waste in Fed-wal Fed-wal expenditures." SCOTTSBURG, IND., CHRONICLE: "The most obvious proof of the excess profits tax's awkwardness is the fact , that 45 per cent of the taxes raised by the excess profits tax I during World War II are still subject to litigation in the courts! Never before in history has a tax system caused i rt much legal trouble, nor has there ever been a tax ' more difficult and costly to collect." j 30 |