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Show THE LEADER. Wealth comes from our natur al resources and their processing through production. It can come from no other place. When that portion of our wealth which goes to Washington in taxes is subjected to wasteful handling and spending, then the future of all of us is being undermind- ed. The Hoover Commission represents a great, organized con servation program in govern ment spending. I wonder how many people have written their congressmen supporting specific 5 recommendations of the Hoover Commission? The Hoover Commission task force which studied the Federal medical services reports that many millions of dollars, coming out of our stockpile of natural resurces (and" our pocketbooks), are being wasted in the overlapping hodgepodge of Federal medical services costing taxpayers $4,149, 000,000 in 1954! Overlapping Hodgepodge Twenty-si- x Federal departments and agencies engage in one or more health activities. A large part of their $4 billion yearly spending on health programs goes for medical services for service men and veterans. In this area the over lapping hodgepodge is most apparent, according to the Hoover task force. Not far from my home the Veterans Administration built a $20 million hospital a few years ago, although just five miles away Was a huge VA hospital facility and 50 miles distance was one of the finest Army-Nav- y hospitals in the nation. Today the Army-Nav- y hospital is being closed down. The De fense Department says there is no need for it. This single incident represents a waste of per haps $50 to $100 million in all. And it is a tiny isolated droplet in the great tide of wasteful spending. Waste Continues The 5 Hoover Com Thursday. July 21. 1955 Tremonloo, Uiah Your Safety is in Your Hands colMany times during the year, these umns have been devoted to safety features, but mainly concerning the mounting death toll on the highways of our state and nation. The week of July 24 to 30, this year has been set aside by presidential proclamation as the 12th National Farm Safety Week. The first National Farm Safety Week began in 1944, when the rising death toll on farms and in the homes began to pile up in comparison with highway traffic accidents and fatalities. During 1953 it was estimated that 14,500 deaths and 1,250,000 injuries were recieved by farm residents. In a break down of the deaths 6,200 were by motor vehicles; 3,800 at work, 3,800 at home and 1,300 in public nonmotor vehicles. Injuries were catalogued as follows: Motor vehicle, 220,000, work 320,060, home 570, 000 and public nonmotor vehicle 160,000. Farm resident deaths from accidents off the farm were summarized as 1850 pedestrian accidents; 1850 in collisions between motor vehicles, 800 in collisions with trains; 700 in collisions with fixed objects and 800 as other causes. According to a recent report of the National Safety Council, information on the circumstances of these accidents is not avail-- ; able, but they were probably similar to the circumstances of all fatal highway accidents, accidents that occurred in rural areas. SPEED more than 3 out of 10 drivers in rural fatal accidents were reported as violating speed laws. WRONG SIDE OF ROAD in rural fatal accidents, 13 out of 100 drivers were on the wrong side of the center line. LOCATION OF ACCIDENTS Only 15 per cent of the rural accidents occurred at intersections, 85 per cent between intersections. LIGHT AND WEATHER in 52 per cent of the rural fatal accidents it was daylight; and the weather was clear or cloudy in 69 per cent of the cases. Of 3,800 deaths in home accidents, 1500 were caused by falls; 1000, burns; 250, fire arms; 200, poisons; 150 mechanical suffocation and 700 other. motor-vehicl- e One third of fatal tractor accidents are reported to have happened to children and young people under 20 years of age. One fourth of the fatal accidents are in the adult age group from 20 to 49. Nearly the same ration applies to individuals in the age group of 50 to 64 years and one sixth of the f atala-tie- s were above 65 years of age. Following is a weekly schedule of safety hints: SUNDAY Have Reverence for Life: Take time to take care. Banish fatigue and tension of routine living. Realize that haste makes waste. Plan to avoid an schedule. MONDAY Home Safety: Keep your farm in order. Have a place for everything and keep everything in its place. Eliminate hazards as you find them. Be a good housekeeper in your home and on your farm. ' TUESDAY Livestock: Be to Safety Suggestions. A wise farmer listens to safety lessons his children bring home from school or farm group meetings Keep small children away from animals and check and repair livestock equipment. WEDNESDAY Falls: Plan ahead. Good planning reduces the temptation to hurry, means better production and fewer accidents. Repair or discard broken, unsafe ladders. Place guards at hazardous places. THURSDAY Highway Traffic: Be courteous on the highway. A courteous driver believes in living and letting live. Know and obey all traffic laws, follow safe driving practices. Remove trees and shrubs near farm driveway entrance. FRIDAY Machinery: Don't depend on luck. Make sure your is in safe operating condition, make sure all guards and safety devices are in place. Stop machines before unclogging, oiling or adjusting them. SATURDAY Review Day: Take safety seriously. Check up on any farm and farm home hazards that might have been overlooked. Find and eliminate at mission reports that there has least two additional unsafe conditions. been little waste-- 1954-195- over-crowde- d open-minde- d nature." Thinking people wastefully, and without develreadily accept the truth, I once oping other resources to replace heard a great "fireball" baseball them, we are selfesh and shortAHEAD pitcher, who had retired from sighted, and our children may the game at a relatively young experience want. It is good to age, put it in these words: "Ap- know that we have conservation ipucAaoi I there are just so many programs parently I T. working effectively fast ball tosses in a man's arm. towards prolonging the life and I've thrown mine all in a bunch, production capacity of most of our natural resources. But it is Not, and I'm through too early." There are just so many tons disturbing to realize that few of of iron ore, so many barrels of us have given any real support petroleum, so many cubic yards to a conservation program in A wise philosopher once said, of topsoil available in our nat- Federal government spending. LOonmG - Waste Want Not use them Wasting Resources up New NEW HIGHER MAXIMUM G.V.W.-- UP TO 1 8,000 LBS. frames parallel-desig- n NEW LOW-CAFORWARD SERIES front axle (Forward Control) deep-dro- p if Replaces the old fashioned C.O.E.! 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The farmers of Box Elder County attending the Field Day were: John Adams and Leon Reese of Brigham City, Myron Hansen of Collinston, J. C. Gibbs of Portage, and Delbert Cook of Willard, with county agent Allred. THE LEADER Published the . assist New engine mounting system V8 5 SIXE- SGreatest ermine choice in Chevrolet truck history! POWER-PACKE- Recently employed to New optional Airmatic seat New higher gross torque and horsepower ratings an old fashioned truck. What is the remedy? The Hoover recomCommission mends the appointment of a Federal Advisory Council of Health composed of distinguished laymen and physicians; and it sets forth specific measures to tighten up on veterans' medical services and the whole structure of Federal health programs. These recommendations, however, will be worthless unless citizens support them through the use of their influence with their congressmen, and with other less interested citizens. But perhaps your tax bill isn't burdensome! Survey Committee Appoints Aids -- MODEL these truly modern features. If you don't; get them in the Some crops beneficial under certain conditions may be a pest and considered a weed under other conditions. This conclusion was drawn by a group of Box Elder County Farmers who attended the annual Field Day held at the Nephi Dry Land Experimental Farm on July 1. Rye is a beneficial crop grown by many farmers that has become a weed and is considered one of the major problems in dry farming areas of Central Utah. This weed has been hard to control and keep out of grain crops in some areas, which has rendered many grain crops unfit for milling purposes in some sections. Box Elder County Dry Land farmers should be conscious of this and try to keep this weed under control, A Fullmer Allred , county agricultural agent, points out Dr. R. W. Woodward and Professor Del Tingey told the farmers of the state about a new winter barley that is being developed by the staff. Dr. F. V. Lieberman showed Evan A. Iverson, Research Director, Local Government Survey Commission, were Dr. Garth Jones of Provo and Robert Kesler of Salt Lake City. Mrs. Doris Hardy of Salt Lake City was selected as secretary. All three appointees are experienced in the line of work they will follow in giving assistance to the study of local government in Utah. The Survey Commission members are desirous that local governmental officials submit problems they face as city administrators to the commission for consideration. The study will take almost a year and a half to complete. It is the first such study undertaken in Utah. A contract was also made with the Institute Government, University of Utah to assist in the research work. The next meeting of the commission will be July 21 in the Senate Lounge of the State Capital Building. ton New Forward Control chassis NEW CAMEO CARRIER New change in the ful practices since the first Hoover Commission report six years ago. "Agencies of the Federal government continue to build hospitals even though there is a high proportion of unused beds in existing facilities," the commission says. "The cost of unused beds probably exceeds $1 billion. The waste is not limited to money. Technical personnel, heeded by the civilian population, are used to operate these partially used facilities. The civilian population needs at least 800,000 more hospital beds." Pest A 1954-195- of "Waste not, want not is a law ion, and if we Crops May Become Local Government You Tremonton expect more from UTOCO A!o Tires and Accessories and you get it! I |