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Show PROVO MAYOR ADDRESSES KIWANIANS Mayor O. K. Hansen Tells of Individual and National Shortcomings. "In looking down from an up stair window on the corner of a busy street that is not guarded by a policeman, T see autos and ikhIos-triaus ikhIos-triaus continually cutting across the corners," said Mayor (). K. Hanseir of Provo in bis address to the Springville Kiwanis club at the Third ward amusement hall Thursday, Thurs-day, March 12. "And this in face of the. law prohibiting such an action. "Through such action people are continually jeopardizing their own and other people's lives. "This practice of cutting corners is analogns to many of our individuals individ-uals and community practices of tho time. "In view of the price we pay. we should stop and think where we are headed for. The automobile death toll alone last year, caused from this pracl ice of cutting corners amounted to more than Nl.lHX,. "A quarter (if a million kiddies and 23,000 mothers lives were flashed out last year because some one did not stop to think. Last year a million and a quarter of hoy and girls between the ages of 11 to 15 who -worked in the inside never saw a school room, because some one wanted to cut corners in their mad chase for the almighty dollar "Natural resources are being destroyed de-stroyed for tbe same reason," he continued. "Eight hundred eighty five million acres of saw timber in the United States has been reducerd to l.'iS million without any re-seeding. If continued 2i years more, our timber supply will be gone. "Our natural national resources are being depleted, our soils on our farms are being run out and we are not giving sufficient, considerntion to our children and our grandchildren grandchil-dren coming after us." J. W. Whiting acted as toast-master toast-master of the evening. A matter of securing uniform flags and pedes to be placed otv Main street on national na-tional holidays' and other patriotic occasions, wan referred to the committee com-mittee on public Improvements.' It was decided that the club would gd to the high s chool campus In a body the following Wednesday and help in the leveling and parking of the new children's play grounds. A male quartet coniMised of Myron My-ron Childs, Howard Thorn, Ituel Ashcraft and Glen Boyer gave two selections. The attendance prize was won by Win. N. Grooms. |
