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Show The darkest hour in any mans life is when he sits down to plan how to get mom ty without earning itw Hor- . ace Greeley. Laziness travels slowly and overtaken by poverty. Franklin. is soon And The Journal A WEEKLY NEWSMAGAZINE OF LOCAL AFFAIRS Vol. One INDEPENDENT No. Eight. an Individual property owner haa Building Program Would Give Homes to Hundreds Oity-sponsor- Endorsed unanimously by the Utah County Farm bureau, and by other groups, and receiving a hearty vote of fhanVa from the Cooperative conference, Mayor Mark Andersons plan for Cooperative housing in Provo presented recenently in a public address has been received with such thusiasm that many requests have come to the Utah Valley E. News for its Major The Feature: publication- - ginning mortgage obligation than under other plans. Tq the major feature of Mayor me itaverage appears about ths only way Anderaona plan are here eet that many of our citisens can hope down. to build and own homes. 1. Quantity buying of material. e other-wiPrivate Ownership 2. Opportunity to turn into tangible manpower It is my idea to build houses lot home value. cooperatively, hut to own them I. Minimum interest rate be- individually ones they are built Private home ownership is th cause of city sponsoring. 4. Minimum ground costa per American way. Necessity may unit becauae Class C. ground can force collective home ownership be converted to Class A ground with a small percentage of our through building a number of people, but hers in Provo the home units grouped together. majority of the people already 5. Minimum average cost for own their homes. It seams natursewer, water, sidewalk and street al that every family should own a homo. The horns is ths basic Improvements. (. City could arrange to defer unit of society and will always be payments on principal until third excepting when adverse conditions year after completion where earn- force people to live otherwise. were sufficiently It is my plan that the federal ed equities above minimum to make such an government and the cities coarrangement safe. Bond retire- operate in providing the necessary ment dates could be arranged ac- capital and general control over the projects. It is my plan that cordingly. 7. Education and improvement most of this capital would be spent for materials, the cooperative of the workers through experience gained in construction. group providing most of the labor S. City sponsoring would pro- with their own hands. It la my plan that homes built vide a local and responsible agency with but little if any over- under this cooperative plan would head costs, while the city must be sold individually to the mem- be protected against loss the city bers of the cooperative when the homes are finished. I believe, would receive no profit. The mayor's plan is designed, that the capital can. if necessary, according to Mr. Anderson, for be provided by the municipality those not now able to acquire a when proper authority has been home under any existing plans. granted by the State Legislature. Good health must be an essential City Control for any applicant under the plan, If the city is to set as the and young married men with a and guarantee the loan authority honand reputation for industry or the money through the provide esty would be selected. A time sale of municipal bonds, the city limit of 18 months would be suf- administration must of necessity ficient to establish the first group the control and handle the project of houses, the mayor believes. expenditure of funds as provided The Flan Explained hy law. The city must and will My plan is to make it possible be amply secured against loss. for a greater number of our peoIf bonds are sold or ths city homes by to and build possess ple underwrites the obligation, the salvaging time that would othermust take Into conwise be lost. This has been the municipality sideration the constitutional debt object of the present administ- limit unlesa the undertaking can ration in its housing legislation. rea be considered Immense good has been accomp- venue In bond which casq project. lished. Yet there are a great rata would be approxinumber of good and industrious the interest one per cant higher than mately citisens that have not been able on a general obligation bond. to secure a home for themselves Provo City can now borrow under any of the federal plans so money at about three and one-hafar advanced. percent on a general obliI have a plan that will enable a considerable number of citisens gation bond, but the Interest rate with low incomes to build homes will run about four and one-ha- lf and own them with a smaller be- - percent on a revenue bond. It Is doubtful that a revenue bond could be sold against such a project unless the Cooperators could provide at least twenty percent of the total coat in labor. Even then The following is the list of ad- the city must Insure ths buyer of vertisers in this issue of this the revenue bond against loss. paper who invite yon to come in Three Ways To Finance to their stores and do your shopThere are now three kinds of ping: bonds Issued by cities. General Butler's Obligation, Revenue and Special Bunker Farm Feeds Improvement. In the case of the Brlmhall Brothers Special Improvement bonds, the Bn-Mortuary acts as a kind of trustee becity Cougar Service tween the bond bnyer and the I) - T - It Stores property owners in the district. Dixon Real Estate The obligation of the city Is limitDrage's Market ed to a one-mi- ll levy to cover deGessford's otherwise result faults that may Heal Realty In loss to the bond buyers. To Hill Bens. this limited extent a special ImHayward Markets bond Is a general obprovement Hansen's Food Market ligation of tbs city. Heinilselman's While Individuals hava defaultDr. Harrison ed In the special Improvement I .arson's Studio districts. Provo City has never Mar-Y- rl Beauty Shop lost any money on these districts. Madsen Cleaning Co. Collections have more than coverMutual Coal and Lumber ed interest and principal paid on Overman Mattress Co. bonds. the Flows and Haws A special improvement district Russ Traher and Co. in la a cooperative enterprise W. L. Soward which the city acts as the trustee, Spear Lumber Co. e but the property owners, after the Lumber Co, aeaeesment is levied, are IndividuTtah rower and light Utah Timber and Coal ally responsible for their portion of the cost of the project. When Valley Flour and Feed - ii lf ij : FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1938. DEPENDABLE Scout Anniversary Week Regional Boy Plan Conference Cooperative Housing Starts Sunday; Mayor Proclaims Here Sunday Anderson Explained by Mayor i: ' PUBLISHED AT PROVO, UTAH j! t i 1 Our Advertisers g Tri-stat- Jl With success crowning the efforts of Victor J. Bird and his eorps of workers during ths present week seeking to rates 81800 for Boy Scout fund In Provo, city, the National Boy Scout wash will b ushered is Sunday with good feeling by Provo dtlieus generally. Preceding ths Sunday events, the Utah National Parks scout council will hold their annual banquet Saturday at I p. n. when hundreds of scoutera from all sNtlons of the state and Nevada, together with their wlvee, will gather 260 strong. paid hia assessment in full, hta obligation la discharged, hia property is clear. Any default on the part of hia neighbor will not affect him. With some modifications, this la the way my cooperative housing plan will work: State Law Necessary There must be a state law or enabling act that would govern such municipal housing procedure. It must be broad enough to admit of more than one plan. Each municipality must also adopt rules by ordinance to govern local procedure and provide for the proper recognition of cooperative groups. A city can do nothing that is not authorised by the state constitution or by the Slats Legislature. I understand that Utah is one of the few states that has not authorised municipalities to act as housing authorities. Otf all ths states in the Union, I think Utah la the moot frightened about the possible rise of socialism or communism, yet our state was settled by ploneera who worked almost entirely on the cooperative theory. We are still doing many things cooperatively. Essentials of Buccese The essentials of success of any cooperative enterprise would first depend upon the need for it. The need for more homes among dtl-en- s of lower incomes is apparent. A decent home in which to live la a primary need of each and every family. The employment of competent supervision would be another essential in making a success of a project of this kind. 8uch assistance is available in our commun ity. Another essential would be to devise and enforce rules that will insure justice and fair dealing among the members of the cooperative, with credits given only in proportion to the contribution made by the individual member A simple set-u- p should be planned where the city and tbe member would work to one objective and avoid confusion. If the city sets as the authority or the trustee the single purpose would be to finish these houses and get them In the bands of the members at the least eash cost and with the least possible delay. A practical understanding In conformity with the National Proclamation by tha President, among tbe members Interested in Mark Anderaon 1 turned the following proclamation thla week: Mayor the project as to tbelr responsibility would also be essential. A PROCLAMATION Many plans blow up because perThe Mayor of Provo City, Utah By sons misunderstand or expect too THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA, Incorporated February 8, mneb. 1910, and chartered by Congress June 16, 1916, have during the peat No Favoritism years rendered notable service to the nation. Thqy have The cooperative group should twenty-eignot expect to be favored over dona effective work In this community and throughout the country. other groups. They should expect years practically 7,000,000 persona, During the past twenty-eigto carry the regular burden of through ths various branches of Scouting, have enjoyed adventure, I do hiking, camping, swimming, woodcraft, handicraft, fellowship, dtisenshlp in democracy. not favor the exemption plans for health and safety, and have learned how to be helpful to other and anybody nor any other form of hava been trained to be participating citisens. special privilege or subsidy. tha from week February (th to 13th the Boy Seouta of During Any prospective home owner anniversary. must abandon the idea that he is America will celebrate their twenty-eight- h THEREFORE, I, MARK ANDERSON, mayor of the City of going to receive a home or any part of a satisfactory home as a Provo, Utah, do hereby recumipend that tha cltisena of this city gift. Any prospective boms own- observe this Boy Scout Week and Anniversary year for the purpose er must also abandon the idea of strengthening the work of the Boy Scouts of America. that be is going to derive more I earnestly recommend tbnt our civic organisations, our churches from a cooperative enterprise schools cooperate in carrying out a program for a defnlte our and than he actually puta into it. Any prospective home owner recognition of the effective services rendered by the Boy Scout of must appreciate that money that America, in order that tbe work of the Boy Scout program may be does not command the payment of extended to a large proportion of the boyhood of this city. Interest, Is worthless money. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the There ran be no such thing as a seal of this city to be affixed. loan without Interest Whenever Done tbia first day' of February, In the year of our Lord One money becomes so cheap that It Thirty-Eigh- t. can be borrowed without tbe pay- Thousand Nine Hundred and MARK ANDERSON. ment of Interest such money will J. Edgar Hoover is authority buy nothing. Who would be eligible and who The city, acting as tbe author- would not be eleglble for auch aid for the statement that Americans are subject to 12 times tha haa-ar- d ity, could perhaps secure lower In- as we propose to offer? terest rates for the home owner of a violent death aa comNaturally a man already emthan the average bank rate. No ployed full time could not psr-- j pared to England. Only 312 agency, governmental or private, tlclpate because we would expert murders were committed In 1935. is going to turn money over to ' a participant to earn an equity against 12,741 In United States individuals without a proper safe- ranging from five hundred to a the same year. Other violent guard to insure the agency against thonsand dollars within a period deaths are In proportion. loss. of eighteen months, and this to No city can or should extend be done with hte own hands. A net Increase of 16 per rent la ehown by returns ending Jan. some man to It a taka that it that employed I privileges cannot or would not extend to all. full time at a good wage or salary 21 in Utah's sales tax, according Here is a most difficult relation- la lu a position to rant or acquire to Hoyden B. Weight, chief acship to consider in such an un- a home under one of the many countant in tha atate auditor's department. dertaking as wa contemplate. plans already available. Mayors Proclamation ht ht Expanding With Provo Slogan Adopted By Valley Flour And Feed Expanding with Provo is rightfully the slogan of the Valley Flour and Feed company, headed by J. S. Smith, for within a year after opening hia office and warehouse on University avenue he finds his business expanded sufficient to warrent the erection of a new warehouse and a manufacturing and mixing plant in the city. This week plans are laid and site purchased, and everything in readiness to proceed with the construction of a Hundreds of L. D. 8. Church Security workers will gather at College Hall at the Brigham Young univarsity Sunday at 2 p. m. to attend the first regional conference to be held by the Beat Central Utah Region. Only ths eight stake located ia Utah County Lehl, Alpine, Tlmpanogos, Sharon, Utah, Kolob, Palmyra and Nebo will be re-- j presented at tbia gathering. Car- -; bon, Emery and San Juan stakes will hold a separate conference at Price later. Dr. John A. Wldtaoa, a member of the General committee representing ths quorum of the Twelve Apostles and tha general authorities; Mrs. Louise Y. Robinson, president of tne . D. 8. Relief Societies; and Harold B. Lee, managing director of tbe general Church Security committee, will be preeent and will ' speak during tbe conference. In addition Dr. Christian Jensen of tbs Utah Stake Presidency, Wllford W. Warnlck, president of tbe Tlmpanogoe Slake, and A. V. Watkins, regional chairman, will be speakers. Dr. Jensen will speak on Warehouse Problems and Surplusee", President War-nic- k on the subject, Financial Prospectus and Budget for 1828, and President Watkins on "Regional Projects." All workers, both ward and ' ataka, comprising stake prealden-- ! clea, member of the High Conn- - I ell, stake executive councils, bis-- j stake Relief So-- 1 hops councils, riety presidents and counselors, bishoprics, ward security chairmen, presidents of Melchlxedok priesthood quorums, presidents of priesthood quorum welfare committees, and adult Aaronte priesthood leaders era requested to be in attendance. DO YOU 28 hy 88 foot warehouse plant at the corner of Fifth North and Second Waat streets, alongside the railroad tracks, where with little difficulty a spur eaa be laid right to tha door of the new Ir. Joliu A. Wkltaoe Member of the Twelve WANT TO OWN A FARM If you are interested In farming and want to own a farm of your own, good news Is contained In thla announcement," stated Clark Allred, supervisor of the Farm Security Administration this week, as he explained that Utah county is one of 200 throughout United Ststea to be allotted funds for loans to be made to tenant farmers to purchase farms. The appropriation of funds for this county cornea as a result of recommendations mads hy Secretary Wallace, and is the only county In Utah to got an allotment this year. A committee of three resident farmers is to be appointed In the near future to supervise the fund allotments to eligible farmer-tenant- Mrs. Louise Y. Robinson President of Relief Society ex-act- ly EAST BENCHERS SEEK 0. C. WATER Thirty landowners on tha East Bench from Rock Canyon north to the mouth of Provo Canyon met at tha s. S. R. BoHwnll, county agent and hia staff, will assist Mr. Allred and hta staff in carrying out the Farm Tenancy program. Application blanks may be had at the F. 8. A. office, room 2, Hayward building, 45 North Unienity Avenue. No applications will be received after February 21. plant Grinding and mixing grain has proven to be the major department of the Valley Flour and Feed business, for farmers, especially poultrymen and dairyman an demanding feeds mixed to the right proportions and that grain brought Into the mill be returned to them without delay. This la tha field Mr. Smith ia trying to .fill lu tha erection of hte new I plant, for he will do custom work for all farmers, and believes that hte new mixing plant win giro them exactly what they want In poultry and dairy feeds. A daily capacity of 10 tons of feeds ground and mixed Is planned for ths new plant whlla the warehouse will have ample storage capacity. J. 8. 8mlth and Sons have bass knows for many year In Utah as pioneer flour millers, when J, 8. Smith himself merely one of tha sons. Today ha heads tha concern, and hi thraq sons, John H. who is on the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, Jamaa R. who to associated with Standard Brands no-pan-y, and Thomas R. whota actively engaged with hte father in tha business in Provo, are alj associated with him. Ia the early daya the Smith family operated flour mill la Northern Utah and In Idaho, especially wall known being tha mills in Salt Lake county. In addition to tha Provo property, Mr. Smith haa 8priugvllla property, but hte home to bars, and Provo, ha says, has tha promise of expansion which fits into hte plana. Ha first opened hta Provo store teat March and though ha will proceed immediately with ths warehouse and plant plana, ha will maintain hte University avenue store in Its present location. Edgsmont chapel Wednesday evening and appointed a committee to wait upon Re- Harold II. Ire Church Security Manager Fortune Smiles on Canyon Home Owners Says Mrs. Maycock as Six Weeks Program Is Outlined for Sharon and Utah Stakes Fortunate Indeed are those young women who have ownership lu the M. I. A. Canyon home", declared Lorna B. Maycock, president of the Sharon stake Young Women's Mutual Improvement Association today aa shs announced the program starting Feb. 16 and continuing for six weeks. The home Is completely paid for, not a dime Indebtedness left on it, she declares, and there's a aubatantiul sum in the bank towards equipping it with electric lights but more Is needed, and that Is one reason for the six weeks program outlined by Mrs. Maycock. Hers are some of the events scheduled for the six weeks: An evening of literature, with Mrs. Christen Jensen; dramatic reading of a three act play; review of a current book by Marba C. Josephaon; an evening on Personal Development for Men and Women by Katie C. Jensen; a review of the year's best play by Fern Ercanbrack: and an evening of unique radio entertainment by K8L players. But that young lady or young man (for the young men are Invited too) who doesn't get her or hia ticket right now may not be so fortunate, says Mrs. Maycock, for there are only 200 seats available for Sharon Stake, and about tbe same Dumber for Utah stake. Only season tickets are being sold, as seating capacity is so limited. The charge la nominal. clamation officials asking for a survey to be made preliminary to obtaining water In the Deer Crook project. The committee is composed at Wllford 8tubba, chairman. Vernal Moldrum, George Sawaya, John W. Stubbs and Joseph Schoney as members. An irrigation district is tha only feasible type of organisation which will fit tha situation In thla district," declared A. V. Watkins, general counsel for tha Provo River Water Users' Association, in speaking to tha gathering. E. A. Jacob, Association engineer, discussed soma of th practical phases of getting the water from the Provo River to. the canal. Several alternate plana ware discussed, the principal one being tha Idea of securing the right to have the water carried through the 8ait Lake valley aqueduct and then elphon it acroas Provo Canyon to a high land canal to the lands on the East Bench. It was pointed out that there were nearly 700 acres of very choice fruit land in this section and that this land hy reason of its being ia the frost free belt sad so close in to a growing eity that M could stand a much higher coat per sera foot than other laid fa i thcounty not bo fortunately ! a ted. |