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Show r3, ,X i" Idea! a ! w P . I munmrfnmltitili Indiana . uni A BOMB PAPER Printed for Home Folk iratton By Home People im A HOME PLANT gi fr ott pro. A WEEKLY NEWSMAGAZINE Volume Two Number Nine Here There MARY ELLEN CAIN THIS WEEK'S TOAST May i present that charming little lady, Miaa Lydia AUred, who very early in life began her career and her Independence when ahe started sewing doll clothes and loved it. After she wai graduated from high school, her sewing helped In a material way toward her three yeara at the B. Y. U. where ahe la now taking part time work, with a Home Economica major. Last summer Miss Allred completed a course In hose mending, and lias been established In her own small business adventure In Butler's for the past four months. She Is convinced that In this work there Is a promising business future for her; she also expects to have her college degree soon. Lydia loves and appreciates her friends and Is grateful for the opportunity of meeting people. She firmly believes that If we wish others to forget our handicaps we must first forget them ourselves. If one admires her courage, optimism, and accomplishments, then one can but marvel that she has acquired a philosophy which Is as vital to her as sunshine Is to life. obrloa HI plan of tho annot ho receive commit. net tht tint ta da- oqulf-th- e Tarlom cperlenm lolpmatt etant u itlr he box trail. nt It commit, made oa the par. W a id than In tlai oplnloa inda for sd. tha e equip prepan for Jti )hate led at aid iment h ill hart Inatal ; quota-Hclentl- y e to the takra rly oai-iI ll cool ire ua, ura, lk loratln mad) eeldeat u frost r every Played; ndy ta d thei a while leanlai lack It r aeah mid be people top : ta -- What Caia. qmmt: , , I as ies at is. 'a ti re e- - ch is. pro-.cess- es would-conside- Lecture Series To Open Feb. 19 tho YOUR MEMORIALISTS, House of Representatives and tha re srlencej lmlnarj will tithe pie-lican of air fessional clubs, churches, business Urging President F. D. Roosevelt to Issue Currency Memorial to the members of State Legislatures, urging State Legislatures to memorialize the President to issue the currency already authorized by Congress to buy up interest bearing bonds. . walks of civic and pro- The Utah Power and Light urged amendments to the Granger Act that would, if enacted, provide some legal .foundation for the illogical stand that the Company's attorneys and propagam-diathave taken in the Ogden and Provo Power casco. .. All but one member of tne House saw through the Pow Companys strategy. The Utah State Senate no doubt understands the situation also. We a Informed that the senate will vote on onr bill next Taeaday. If our bill la approved the Power Company's competing measure mi be disapproved," Statement by. Mayor Mark Anderson. a RESOLVED that United 8tatea should follow a policy of Isolation toward all countries Involved in civil or International conflict. Under the direction of tho B. Y. U. Debate council, a group of B. Y. U. students will debate the above resolution at the Provo Public Forum Thursday night, Feb. IS, announces Jesae W. Johnson, director. Tha public la Invited free of charge. Detailed Information on prevention of this dreed disease, with the terrible ravages accruing to the nation through Its present neglect end increasing prevalence, ABRAHAM LINCOLN was given special attention In Dr. Farnera address. Dr. Smith presented tho his(By Mary Ellen Cain) Again on Fob. 12 wo honor torical and clinical aspects of the Abraham Lincoln. Not alone dlaeasa. does hla Oettysbarg address, but his llfo also, exemplify tha spirit of these United States that prin- NEW ADULT GLASSES ciple of equality upon which this nation was founded. Though born Now available for tho first tlma and reared in poverty, yet he attained the heights, reached by In Provo high seboo on Monday few men of opportunity and and Wednesday evenings between tha hours of 7 end 10 p. m., the education. Estimates Indicate about 4000 following new classes are offered hooka and pamphlets have bean In adult education: written abont the llfo of Lincoln. Dramatic Art Play production Dramatic Art Coaching. Lincoln once wrote a friend? Journalism Creative expresIf I could save tho Union without freeing any slave, I would do sion, News and Maguslno articles, It; and if I could eavo It by free- Poetry and Short Stories. Tho Instruction In these classes ing all tha alavea, I would do it; and If I could save It by freeing Is free to all who wish to come. some and leaving others alone, I would do that. What I do about slavery and tha colored race, I Business Active . do because I believe It helps to ,. , save the Union and what I for-- I' llTIlItUre MaTtS bear, I forbear because I do not Lea ter R, Taylor, head of believe it would help save tha deUnion. Taylor Brothers furniture returned this .week Of Abraham Lincoln, Robert partment, Ingersoll wrote: It. la tha glory from tha furniture marts of San of Lincoln that, having almost Francisco and Los Angeles, reabsolute power, he never abused porting more buying, more actiIt, except on the aide of mercy. vity, and more optimism on coast could not purchase, markets than ha has seen there Wealth power could not awe, this divine, for years. Definite demands for modern this loving man. Ha knew no fear except the fear of doing 8wedlsh end Conventional tranda wrong. Hating slavery, pitying wore found in all furniture buythe master seeking to conquer, ing, with lota of glaM In vanities, not persons, hut . prejudices he and new shades of wine, rust, was tha embodiment of self de- blue and gold in living room nial, the courage, the home and sets. New wood flnlshM are the nobility of a nation. Ho seen fn dinette Mts, in straw, raised hla hands, not to strike, tobacco brown, and champagne but in benediction. . . . Lincoln finishes. Marion R. Taylor of was the grandest figure of tho the Spanish Fork store accomfiercest civil war. He la the panied Mr. Taylor on the buying trip. gentlest memory of our world. .. at THIS WEEK AT THE . vote of the Represent-atlVIn Utah's legislature on the emendmanta to tha Granger Act did me a million dollars worth of M good, declared Mayor Mark An- derson. It ought to show tha Supreme court bow the people feel about Municipal Power plants and Incidentally tall tha Power Interests they cant fool the legislature. he added. Pres, and Mrs. T. N. Taylor from Hollywood, Cal., Just In tlma to enjoy winter in Utah, they explain. returned recently - - tha Twelve, was tha speaker at tha Wednesday morning assembly. Ha told of the llfo of hla gmad-fatha- r, Judge A. V. Watkins, president Hyrnm Smith, who was Sharon atake; Dr. Ethelyn O. a brother of Joseph Smith and Utah Greaves, associate director, second patriarch of the Church. State Farm Security Anm.; E. R. . McKay, director of the Weber Platigorafcy thrilled e" George D. Health and assolation; County audience In the Prove tabO. Wight, Provo editor, will be large ernacle Monday sight with his the mein speakers at the Utah mastery of tha Milo. He Ie County Cooperative Health conby many ta bo the world's was ference on February XI, it teat gras living Millet and was pre . . announced today by Mrs. Mary K. .. Bd" Mower, Chairman of tho commit- . ComBrigham Yonng university tM planning tha conference. concert association. inunity In We feel very fortunate securing me speakers leaders who Miss HsraaM Paterson, prohave bad , ax tensive expert enM fessor of elementary ed scat low, with cooperative medical associleft Saturday tor New York OMy ations, states Mrs. Mower, where aha will sail February XI Dr. Greaves will represent tha oa a erulao that will take her Farm Security Administration along tha eaatara coast of Booth wjilch haa bMB Instrumental la America, arannd Africa, sad Mtahllahlng tha Ban Juan Co- through the Mediterranean See. association and Health operative tha Weber Coanty Dental cooperTha next play on tho dramatis ative. E. R. McKay was also aa calendar at B.Y.U. will be Shakeestabin leader tha outstanding Merehaat el Vawlee lishing of tho Ogden association. speare's., D. O. Wight waa one of tha presented Wednesday end Frifounders of tho Cooperative day, Feb. 22 sad 14. It will he Health association la Alberta, produced by the Utah Beta chiptloaaI Canada. . Ha la tha editor of thoij1 tUr-lt- y, it la n--' Utah Valley News and ad by Ralph Ungarmaa of Haat-"Card-ton in trumantal fonndlng the ington, president. Medical Committee." ' anwaa which The conference, construction oa Amato Major nounced last vMk,' la being sponnow woman's deas- sored by tha Cooperative Educa- Knight Hall, waa completed thla wash. tion and Health committees of mltory, Thera romalne only tha alaetrll the Utah County Planning Board. Tha speakers will addreM ssmIobs work, painting aad daanraflng la ho finished. fpr reto be held at 1:20 P. M. and at servation In Applications wlS tha dormitory 1:00 P. M. at tha Provo High he handled by a etikmlttoe to 8chool Library Auditorium, woman recently appointed faculty An additional feature of tha by President F. A Harris, j Min afternoon session will bo discus- Effia Warwick win ho faculty reptoko will which sion groups np resentative in ol the charge ' various' phesM of the cooperative Under ' tho medical problem. leadership of Planning Board . The heroie-slie- d scalptnrq al a members and W.P.A. adult eduin tha cantor of thg pppre cougar cation teachers, tho following campus may metal only be a subjects will ha discn seed: to eoma, hat to the imq if qfdanto (1) Health Conditions in B.Y.U. ha la symbolic of the vicUtah. America and , tory over Colorado aaivontty Mat (I) What keeps America alckT weekend and aha of tha Aaanal , (medical economics). 8nqw Carnival .being hM this la Viviea Park. (I) Can wa pay tha doctor to Saturday Tho modal to 4 feet high aad ll keep ua well? (preventive Medfeet long and wee copied from a icine). miniature statuette in tha art debetwaen the gap .(4) Bridging was partment. The aenlptartag the sick person and the doctor seven types of cooperative medi- done by Glee Tamer, Herbert cal plana. (prlncIplM and plana). Brienholt, Provo and Jay Haae-fe- r, Layton, students ef art (5) Advantage and dtoadvsa-tage- a ' ) of health cooperative to tha .. a ' to education atudsato and tho Elementary physician patient left Friday morning far 8a)t;Laka dig where . they will visit tha State legislature, the penitaatary, and other pluM of Interest They are under the direction of proton or Reuben D. Law. , -- . tor-taltor- y. , Nylon", will be exclusively used for ladles' hosiery in the future, predict Lester R. Taylor, just returned from tho World's Fair In San Francisco where ha aw tham taka a chnnk of coal and transform It Into nylon" of any, color desired, the fibres of which are 1 times more resilient than rayon, and four times aa tenall as silk. It la made of nothing but coal, air and water, bo explains. It will rnln Japans ilk trade with America. Students of animal husbandry at tho university visited the of the L.D.S. Church Connell of eoa-sldai- ed BRIEFS That V . cussed by Superintendent .J. C. Moffitt of Provo City achools. .Sunday morning, March 5th at 11 A. M "Tha Church and Social Salvation" by Professor E. E Erickson. Sunday morning, March 12th at IX A. M .Tha Church and Spiritual Security by Rabbi 8amuel Gordon. . Sunday avealng, March 15th at 7 P. M., .Tha Church and Creative Thinking by Reverend Robert Steele. CITY . . Elder Joseph Fielding Smith, Coop. Health Conference and Industrial groups, heard two outstanding addresses Monday evening at tha City court room when Dr. J. Rusaell Smith, chairman of tho Education committee The fifth annuel lectureship of tho Junior Chamber and Dr, series sponsored by tho CommunL. M. Farner, director of tha ity church at tha corner of tnd Fourth District State Health do- - North and University avenue, will partment In Provo, spoke on Con- - commence Sunday morning, Feb. trol of Social Diseases, with 15th at 11 a. m. Tha Church and Mental Health, will ha disspecial attention to eyphlllia. Representative T. Earl Foote, of Pleasant View, from District 0 of Utah County Introduced the following memorial last work into the Utah State Legislature, which contains some startling statements, and presumably offers aa effective way for relieving the nation of its tremendous load of Interest on its public debt. While this paper copies Mr. Poote'a proposal. It must not be understood as sponsoring It in any way, but is presenting it solely for the purpose of giving onr readers an opportunity to read It carefully, for if the Ideas are sound, their application would revolutionise the nation's fiscal policy. d ulpmeat Provoana from all Utah County Representative Urges Legislature To Memorialize President Roosevelt Re Currency Powers Senate of tho 8tate of Utah, respectfully requeat that: WHEREAS, civilisation depends upon an adequate, flexible and controlled medium of exchange aa a blood stream of commerce; and, WHEREA8, after maintaining order, the next bounden duty of a aoverlgn government la to supply an honest money system to Its people, one which evade manipulations by nsurons special We nst-- to hear the business Interests; and, men say a great deal about the WHEREAS, tha ancient idea of wisdom of being loyal to our own using the precious metals as a home town folks some recent money base, (the final remnant deviationsfrom that loyalty of tho ancient barter eyetem) toHome gether with special privileges pica" reaches our ears town" trained slngetw had fre- granted to euper-banketo issue -quently and willingly given of and control tho currency, has their time and talent to sing at built up a debt structure so burof .a certain densome that about (7 of tho the dinner-meetinmens organisation but, .It Is people and their government! owe rumored, that for a very special 8250 odd BILLIONS of dollar, occasion there were paid singers coating an annual Interest of BILLIONS of dollars, about 12 from the BIG CITY. which ie an amount In excess of s s s Mrs. C. A. Larsen, who Is the national wealth of about $50 president of the Provo P. T. A. BILLIONS of dollars; furthersuggests that If we adnlts must more this debt la Increased from jay-wawhen crossing the street tlmo to time by refunding (paying debta with mors to be sure there are no children i debts), thus increasing the total looking. debt faster than earning! can be s s s Will those magazine salesmen, applied to liquidations; and, who are working their way WHEREAS, this debt structure through college,- ever learn that la Impossible of liquidation by old In Provo, a college town, there methods, for we have not to exare a great many people who are ceed 14 BILLIONS of available really doing the very thing that cash In tha nation, and It will they only sing about at every Inevitably lead to complete chaos of economics and annihilating door. revolution, unless a scientific and A modern woman! Dont tell sound money aystem la establishme, my dear, that you are not In ed; favor of socialised medicine. THEREFORE, we appeal to The neighbor: tho Legislature! of all the states Well, Ive heard a lot about It, to memorialize the President to but before I'd say yes or "no" Immediately take steps to carry I would have to know whether or out the duty Imposed upon him not the doctors and dentists pay by Congress when It empowered their employes a living wage. him to issue Government currency In full legal tender, with One wonders how a busy busi- which to buy Interest-bearin- g ness man ran possibly be always bonds of tho United States, thus In the same pleasant mood never utilising the public credit directly cross, always smiling Please and avoiding tho Interest which Mr. Marvin Geese, will you tell baa been absorbing the cream of ua how you manage la it be- all enterprise and enslaving the whole people. cause you employ local boys? By thus coining the money as the Constitution provides, and When We Are All Akin regulating the value thereof by just when you begin to wonder ultable taxation, preventing Inif half the world even cares how flation thereby, a perfect circuit the other half lives, along comes can be maintained direct from the a tragedy that strikes in our government to tha whole people, mldat and the very busy people and back to the government, are the first to help those who without the Intermediary of have been .stricken. usurous manipulators, end en Less than three weeks ago honest price structure can thus Charley Corhell and his wife were be maintained. This will result caring for their three babies last In melting down the frozen assets week many Provo people bought of our public credit, represented bonds, for the benefit dance tickets that those In Interest-bearin- g little orphans msy not want... present holders thereof will be The entire community are earn- forced to invest or to put their moderestly concerned for the future of capital into circulation at of thus rates ate Interest, taking Charley's children. They are families the first step to supply the people grateful that several have offer'd them homes and the with an adequate, flexible end love and protection which they-wil- controlled money system, free need for years to come. But from the parasitism of unjust that usurous exploitation. they sincerely appreciate The Secretary of State la hereamong all these generous famiBend lies, there Is one couple who by dlreeted to immediately Presir It a great privi- copies of this memorial to to the prelege to take all three of them dent 1'. I). Roosevelt, siding of fleers of each house of and keep them together. and the all legislatures In the United friends Charleys friends of the magnanimous States, and to the Senators and in Congress from couple sincerely hope that their Representatives Utah. efforts will meet with success. To Provoans life, representing Believes Rep. T. Earl Foote eoii. Speakers Named For Presents Facts FEBRUARY 12 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1989 INDEPENDENT HIS BIRTHDAY Junior Chamber Huge Dell Load May Be Eased By Currency Issue BY OF LOCAL AFFAIRS PUBLISHED AT PROVO. UTAH LEFENDABLE AND riei ai the play nmam MSICUkTuRE Og- den Stock Show on Wednesday, under the direction of Professor H. Grant Ivins. jh-- ... Utah County Farms Face Serious ProbleMs Work Being Done Agricultural Agent Presents Facts to Prove Need of Personal Welfare problem, but many other factors enter into the weed menses, and the $15,000 appropriated by the county commlMlon for weed conProblems facing Utahns which must be solved if this trol this year muit ha supplespread cooperstate and this county continue to live upon the land were mented byallwide cltisens and municiation by pointed out by S. R. Boswell, Utah county agricultural agent pal bodlM if we are not to bo Sunday during a Personal Welfare committee gathering in driven out of the country by Difficulties Facing Farm life Not insurmountable Believes Mr. Boswell; Solutions Offered by Study weeds. the Fourth Ward in Provo. Borlal Conditions Noted Water Greatest Asset Social conditions In Utah councould not Water is the life blood of this land, people came in for much comment by live here if It were not for irri- asMt, yet only three per cent of gation. yet only about 40 per the state la possible of cultivacent of the water diverted from tion, the remainder being range, our Irrigation systems ever reach-e- e grailng or wests lend. Despite the farm, and of this amount this. Mid Mr. Boswell, Utahs only about 14 per cent reaches average yield is or can be three the plant for Ita use, declared Mr. times as great aa production of That la Utah's biggest Ohio, for example, where 57 per Boswell. problem: more economic use of cent of the land can be cultivated. onr water resources. The greatest menace to the soil Our mountain are our beat of Utah is weeds. They are equireservoirs, he explained, for these valent to e $70 an acre mortgage of towering peaks hold the snow end on more than 20,000 acre release It gradually as required. weeds In Utah county, he affirmUtahns must, however, do e num- ed. for at least 17 per cent of the ber of things to preserve our county Is infested with mnrnlng water for better use: Keep rivers glory, white top, Canada thistle, and Irrigation diversion canals free from brush, weeds, willows; reduce storage areas by dyking or otherwise, thus reducing evaporation; use canyon water on high lands and seepage water on lowlands; level your fields to permit greater efficiency In use of water. Iomil Menaced by Weeds Land la Utah's next greatest or perennial sow thistle, thus Increasing the cost of farming thla land 100 per cent and decreasing the yield from 31 to 41 per cent. The weed problem Is obtaining the attention of the federal government, and the WPA eradication work has accomplished 1200 acre of eradication last year. Mr. Boswell reported. Water ditches create the greater! weed ty Mr. Boswell. Several factors ter the picture: Fermi are too email, en- more tloni or Tslntaln themselves o solventcy. al land la too much priced wator an economic waste. Inefficient machinery too makM farming often a 1ms, whereas high pressure saletmau-ahlin many other articles have Induced people to buy on installments things which they could not afford, In an effort to keep np with the Joneses. High wages offered by WPA have prevented farm labor being found at a rate possl lie for farm era to pay, and the result has been less production of crops requiring heavy expenditure of labor. Deterioration of the soil through constant cropping also was listed as a factor in the general farm picture. Over Irrigation, weeds, and lack of diversification were pointed to aa additional reasons fur depletion of soil fertility Slrkjies and high cost of hospitalization require a solution also, Mr. Boswell declared, with insurance health roopcruflve plans as a possible solution. In fart failure to use the cooper 1 principle In many avenues of llfo was listed m a major reason for the economic plight of so man people In Utah county. in, applying high to auch land being In p then 41 per cent of the farms beacing under 20 acres, which counts for 1835 farm families living on a subsistence basis, and being forced to obtain additional revenue which the farms cannot provide. Furthermore the addition of more farmers, by. the marriage of young men end women of the farm families, and the consequent division of already small farms, force all concerned to accept a lower standard of living or find outside employment. Mortgages have increased tremendously, he pointed out. Despite the high rate of Interest and the. Increasing burden of taxation, the average farm is palng less than four prcent on Ita Invested Offered capital, which shows how Impus-rlhl- e IIN The picture waa not a hopeless It is for farmers gunerallj to meet ilielr mortgage obllgt' one, however, aa Mr. Boswell 1 painted tha whole aceno aa ha aw, it In Utah. county. Dairying and stock raising haa distinct possibilities, especially in tha way of returning fertility to the oil. Mining in the elate, though a new Industry, la absorbing almost half the population, and at the same time providing a better market for the farm crops. Other avenuM of labor such aa service stations, railroads, canning factories, and tha building of roads take up more and more of the surplus farm labor, conservation Tha agricultural program la having He effect, and the change from soil depleting crops to soil enriching crape as alfalfa la gradually taking place. club work The going on among the youth of the county Ie bearing fruit, for the hope of the rouutry Urn In Intelligent application of the principles of good farming, and college trained men and women will ultimately bring a changed picture. After all tha farm home la the best place on earth to live, as Mr. Boswell presented figure gathered from all states showing how much better the average farmer Uvea than the average city workman. He eats better, he lives longer, he acrumulntra more wealth over a period of years, he lives at home more, enjoying a fuller home life, end In many wsys has advantages over his city cousin. H Tarnowsky Praises Dilworth Simmons Reverberations in Provo of acclaim given to Dilworth Simmons following hie recent piano concert here have gained volume rather than diminished in the day that have followed that now famous concert. Some verbal comment made by enthusiastic Provonana during the peat week abont Mr. bimmeas-arttotrare here copied, wit boat giving the aamM of the commentators, for many of them had tha . same remarks: , I have heard all tha truly great pianists and Dilworth waa aa good aa tha brat" It to Ilka tha story Acne of Diamonds, for hare in onr very city of Provo proved n pianist who compares with the beat." Why hasnt tha B.Y.U. had OUR Dilworth on their lyceum?" Dilworth Simmons will nbi day be counted among tha first ten. Dilworth' concert was the greatest surprise of my life." Telegrams: On behalf of the cltisens of Provo we wish to thank yon for helping to produM n Provo boy to reach the heights he did in hie piano conMrt last night Mark Anderson Mayor I received your wire which I deeply appreciate and rejoice with you for the euccesa of one of my ftnMt students. Serge Tnrnowaky |