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Show Many a man haa lost a fight by stopping to pat himadf oa the back. h 1 iSSc. 11 fS3 IfccSumoN Jut Successor to Public Opinion Journal A WEEKLY NEWSMAGAZINE OF L.OCAL AFFAIRS DEPENDABLE PUBLISHED AT PROVO, UTAH Parking Regulations Restrict Trade In Provo Shovel Leaners 99 Election Nullified Tests Faith in Democracy, Says Mayor (Editorial) Without entering into any political discussion, nor g any argument about the present program of the Administration, we do want to register a protest against much of the criticism which is being handed around in Utah and in Provo against WPA lending-spendin- Provos power question took two distinct trends this week, neither of which held any immediate solution to the impasse which exists. First, Mayor Mark Anderson and City Attorney Brockbank appealed to the Supreme Court of Utah seeking u adequate bond from the Power company, at least $225,000 instead of $5000, and also asked that the stay order be vacated so the city can proceed. Tp In a similar quanary regarding its plans for a muni cipal plant, sought a (500,000 load. Both cities claim the small load of (5000 is wholly lnado-qiat- a to rarer losses due to delay. These losses arise from increased costs of material, changes in the bond market, and loss of revenue. estimated at (7,000 a onth from the proposed plant. More serious howerer than ell money loss" declared Mayor Anderson, "is the effect such set Ion by the Power company and the delay granted by the Supreme court has upon the people who thus lose confidence in democratic government. The people have voted for a municipal plant. Their expressed will is being frut rated. Their confidence in ear form of government is being battered. This is far more enloni than the loss of thousands ef dollars revenue to the city. The faith of the people in democracy is being tested. In reply to the mayors plea, Jmtlce W. H. Folland pointed to ty right of action which the city lae against the Power company la the ultimate event of loss, but nfased to settle the matter until he had held a conference with his colleague of the Supreme court. Mayor Anderson argued that an dequate bond is the only protection the city has, for in the mat of a favorable decision, the ly recourse would be a Judgment which, if the company went tats receivership, would he worth-)Ogden, The second trend arose in tne by Jacob Coleman and his Poop of citizens who are seeking 1 renewed franchise for the flower company, which expires In January 1940. Mr. Colemans toocte are directed toward secur-pe- r cent of the citizens mhlng a petition to renew the wanchlM. If the city will successful, he holds, be given an oppor-tanlt- y to vote on the question of franchise. He reports progress ward this objective. Mayor Anderson comments as owi regarding this move: Mr. Coleman and his group h laying to kick up enough fuss M intimidate the bond buyers, but enveen and company have Indicated they are not in t ' frightened about the oy nation. "furthermore our attorneys mjacs that no election need be In Provo city on the power JJtolon until November of 1939. that time we will have our VMpal power plant built. The tic efforts of Mr. Coleman are "Hr ere wash for the electors. Music Master Returns Ls fcbt o K. B. TERRY Lincoln high school music structor, Just returned in- from Colo., after attending the Western State College music camp where leading musicians of the nation gathered for study of band music, voice, group voice, Gunnison, r BASEBALL lld't The next big sporilne event in Provo will lie next Sunday afterFes questions we ask noon when tin1 Clenimell club In V1 Wd Joe Baird make come hero for lh- final game of Industrial " iB'f1 0n ,h Hftlit to retire, wc the first half of the we him around and the Cemniell Both Thursday? League. guns nn-Mx Schmellln great are going back go Timps .c where all the Germans a real battle is assured. If tin? ln Will lie for s first 2 to 1 on him or ill fillips win it k win "be out citizenship lore tie. provided the their reiniiiniiig gome with liner really serious Piniiey crew of Salt game sees the iif wanting to fight the win- - anv rate Sunday's some retlre from nctlve , til.ii! at stake and well bet baseball. mighty good hp,J First of all the critics should propose something better before they pour forth their vials against what we hare. Thousands in Provo, and many, many thousands in Utah have been kept off the relief rolls, and made at least in large measure, by WPA funds. A Thousand times better to give workers work than to hand out funds by the dole system. No other real purpose exists for money, except to purchase goods and services. Money paid for labor circulates in every community, and benefits the state as well as the worker. Take a look at the worth-whil- e projects completed in Provo, and surely critics of WPA must be blind indeed if they do not commend Mayor Mark Anderson and the city commission for their progressive program of the past three years. Not only has Provo benefited by the public works carried out, but the workers have received more than $30,000 monthly on an average, every dime of which has gone directly into the business concerns of this community. This work has been a great factor in maintaining business at the level it has been held, despite depressing conditions over the nation. Then look around Utah, and you see repeated similar conditions throughout the state in almost every community. In fact Utah has received in Federal Aid $4.50 approximately, for every dollar we have paid into the Federal treasury as taxes during the past three years. How Our bankers, business houses and other concerns could have carried on without this aid is hard to understand, yet much of the criticism comes from these very quarters. But our objection to these criticisms arises in the epithets used and the slurs passed out against the workers themselves. Such terms as shovel leaners ill becomes those whose main occupation seems to be to lean Maintaining that the present parking regulations ia Provo city are not contributing to the Trade in Provo campaign, Denzil A. Brown, chairman of the Zoning commission, spent much time this week interviewing various Commendations came this week from Logan where O. merchants to ascertain their views on the matter. Mr. Brown's argument, briefly A. Sonne, city commissioner in charge of the Logan Municistated, ! thet the two hour perkpal Tower plant read the Utah Valley News containing a THANKS OFFERED eertaiq ing regulation along report of a speech by Mayor Mark Anderson, and immediately streets of tho city, was passed by BY. HUMANITY wrote the'following letter to Provos mayor. the city commiealon mainly bewent Gunner Rassmussen, editor of the Logan Journal, cause the merchants wanted to overcome the tendency of many further than Mr. Sonne, and made a special trip to Provo to COMMITTEE clerks to perk their ears In front congratulate Mayor Anderson on the stand he is taking on of the places of bnainoee where the Power issue. Tbanka and appreciation wars Mr. Honaea Letter they work,' and not because of expressed freely this week by all desire make customers June 20, 1939 RECREATION Mayor Mark Anderson IMPROVEMENTS PLANNED Provo City Commissioners together with Mr. Gifford Empey of the National Youth Administration and Gty Engineer Jacob spent all- day Wednesday in a study of contemplated recreational improvements in the city parks. With the eld of the N. Y. A. - Provo City la planning to make many Improvement within the city and la Provo Canyon daring the next few montha. Additional playground and camping facilltiea for Canyon Glen are flrat on the program. on golf clubs or make speeches at civic club luncheons, who undoubtedly never did a days real hard work, and Sowiette (North Park) haa bewho couldnt, under pressure, put themselves through come the rammer recreational an honeBt days labor on the long end of a shovel. center of Provo. Hundred of For that matter, may we ask how many of us are peraona nee the area daily. N.Y.A. not shovel learners? Who among us give 100 per cent will continue with Improvementa of our time and energy to the job before us? How there before taking up almllar many of us loaf on the job day after day, without conwork on other arena within the structive thought, but are willing to coast along, allowCity. ing much more than four seconds between two shovelThe swimming pool la very ful of real work? Our sympathies are with the working man, the popular but the water ia too cold fellow who has to take a shovel to earn his living in this and the pool la too email. With machine age. College graduates are among their numthe addition of another pool and ber, and most of them, so far as we have found, are inan abundant auply of war. water telligent citizens who have found themselves in the that will flow from the ronden-xer- a vortex of our social revolution, having too much pride of the Municipal Electric and independence about them to stoop to crookedness will have ample Provo riant and chicanery to make a living, but prefer to dig it out swimming pool facilities. like men, or perhaps like horses, rather than succumb There are many other to questionable methods. area to be developed but We feel sure that most of the critics of the WPA the Commiealon 1 of the unanl-moworkers have themselves never felt the pinch of unthet Immediate opinion employment, and of downright destitution, Tliey can wax eloquent at the luncheon hour, and pound the table work ahould be concentrated on in front of them about the ills of our "spending proNorth Park and Canyon Glen. The City cannot afford to dethemselves are but often of the gram, they recipients velop end properly care for more lending program, and perhaps have built up their own than these two recreation cenbusinesses on other peoples money. ters without increasing the City We say, Hats off to the worker, to the honest property levy. Later .perhaps like the whole looks the laborer, who, Village Smithy, means will be found to improve world in the face, for he owes not any man . the Thayer Flat area in Provo Canyon for ramping and recreation. The City own thl choice area that lies immediately down itreara from Bridal Veil. It la the plan to ue the River Bridge property for trailer tour-!t- a are now camping In Plans were laid this week for the annual Kiddies Carni- Northwho Park. 12 direction under the val to be held August of Provo city Both N. Y. A. and W. P. A. an recreational workers, who declare the carnival promises the city with recreationadditional features and unprecedented participation from all aaltlng al improvements and supervision. city-own- us as follows : Ireta Mason Purnile: Maurlne Murdock Lester Jones. Chairman McKay Allred Lillie Steven Costumes for this event will lie In.i Mungum George Sutherland available at the Provo Costume John Rowii house. Indited at the Central All X. Y. A. Girl, who are srhool building, for a very nomiassisting in Recreation. nal fee. It is urged that parents Side Show: with the Recreational Xorma I. Wright. Chairman lenders liv reminding the children x to rome out to the different Von Iligg Alfred Ilice at the following renters: Herman Rowley Pioneer Play Ground, Maesrr School Playground; North Purk Ijiuia Banner June Bow n Playground. Provo High School, and 4th Ward Meeting House. Main lYrftirnmnrc: The aetlvltles imude Music, Phyllis K. lirown. Chairman hotli vocal and instrumental; Audrey Rasmussen dancing, dramatic art; tumbling; Evelyn Brooke swimming; arts and crafts; sand Merrill Croft modeling, soft ball, volley hall; Anita Anderberq croquet; tenuia; story telling and Byron Jensen i all sorts of game. Ella Greenwood iieti-vitie- Says Denzil Brown. Logan Praises Provos Stand On Power Issue KIDDIES CARNIVAL PLANS LAID; COMMITEES NAMED munity. Louis proved he Is Iljr champion last night he gained a T.K.O. over JjMimelling In the first round. It happened so quick we v..n walk a block to ret on,t radio and missed the !lbl workers. and choral conducting. Notables present Included H. A. Vander Cook, president of the Vender Cook school of music, Leo Moody of Scotts-bluf- f, Chicago; Neb.. Elven H. Flitchhorn of Delaware, O.; Bernard U. Taylor, of the Institute of Musical Art of the Juliard School of Music, New York; G. E. Holmes, J. Ollvadoti, Frank G. Fink, Cedric Anderson, and other noted band masters and music teachers. Study of band music technique and exchange of ideas in the field of music were the outstanding purposes of the camp at GunniMr. Terry, who son, explains states that this annual summer camp has attained the second highest rating in United States. Declaring that Utah is known for its music and Its students of music, Mr. Terry asserts that this state must sponsor something of the nature of the Gunnison ramp if it would keep abreast of the nation's advances in music. Next year he plans taking several students along with him, both vocal and instrumental, so that be more music culture will parts of the city. the com in Influenced Committees were named (Widely FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 1938 INDEPENDENT POWER QUESTION City Seeks Increased Bond; Unleta the people work ns theory of government will Salt Lakes Anti-Vic- e Campaign Iirings Problem to Chief East Provo, Utah Dear Mayor Anderraon: It waa Interesting to read your speech printed In the Utah Valley News of last Friday. The report you mado of your visit to Fort Colllna, Loveland, and Colorado Spring la convincing proof that municipally-owne- d power unite can, under proper management, be one of the greatest assets to a community. To tho people of Logan, If It were not for the revenue from tho power plant, their taxes would Increase from twelve to twenty mllla In order to keep up the program now In effect. Ton no doubt have In your fllea, figures showing the accomplishments of tho Logan Plant for tho past ten or twelve years. The experiences coming from far and near are similar to those experiences here. You surely spoke the truth, when peaking of private power industries you raid, "Every dollar thet this Industry returns (to us In taxes or for any other purpoae is money thet ia flret taken from A damaging us. argument against tha propaganada so often spread when In Jeoprady by the Power Trust is that the community concerned will lose a payroll and taxes on the power companys Investments. Permit me to congratulate you upon the courage and tha tenacity used In fighting this huge octapus which has so deeply fastened Its beastly talons, that It predominates not only in tho field of this Industry, but Is controlling the very politics and governing powers of this state. I wish you continued suecess with the installation In the near future of a power plant for the City of Provo, to be owued and operated by the people. If I can aaalst you at any time, please feel free to call upon me. Sincerely, O. A. Sonne to, move their ears every two houra. "Everything ought to bo done to encourage shoppers to rams to Mr. Provo, declares Browu," and clerks could readily be told by their employers to keep their cere elsewhere If they got Into any such habits. Aa It ia now tha clerks are found running out over couple of hoars nod driving their rare to eomd other spot, while customers are foreed to park off Into some side street for fear of being longer then tho two hour limit. When a customer comes out of a store and finds a tlckat cm hie car ha swears vengaoneo on Provo and all Its merchants, nssertad Mr. Brown, as ho saw the thing actually happening out oa (ha street that morning. Business streets and stores are made for shoppers, and not for clerks, he maintains, arguing with much success that merchants are foolish Indeed If they do not demand forthwith that the parking regulations In Provo city be emended. the cardboard from which the tickets were made; tha Utah Timber and Coal Company for lumber and hauling for tha platform; Mr. Boawell and bob for erecting add tearing down the platform; and the Captains and their Msiatanta for their efforts In selling and collecting for the tickets. No expense was attached to ticket distribution, end onjjr o light expense waa incurred for the program end decorations. The net amount to be forwarded when collections are all In will be in excess of (150. W. R. Butler, Ticket Chairman. Increased Prize Money Offered To Utah County Fair Exhibitors This Year One thousand and fifty dollars have been appropriated the Utah county commiatuonerg as prize money for the by Scandinavians community exhibits at the Utah County Fair this year, acTo Hear Lundell cording to Seth T. Shaw, Fair Manager. Money that the county has in the past appropriated for community celeAll members of the Scandiwill be added to the regular prize money, making navian organisation In Utah stake brations are Invited to attend at the Provo the list of awards this year the largest ever offered. seminary Sunday morning at 10:30 for regular meeting, A special feature of the meeting will be an address by Russel Lundell, of Spanish Fork, who has just returned from a mission in Sweden. Chief East secured the unqualified tme king of the rlty In a concerted drive to rid Provo of sny such undesirable characters. Every hotel, rooming house, of tourist camp, and oilier is being public entertainment warned to report registration nf sny quest tons bln clinr.e ter, and police investigation will follow Iminediutr-ly- , declares Chief Knst. "The law cannot do away with city administration, pl.-ic- I.- any Commiseloner cam- Lake City's anti-vic- e effects In I, men is having tt Provo by driving prostitute and other question able character out of tlist city into other ports of I " state, declared Chief Henry of the Provo police force this week. Saturday saw one prostitute nrrted on Provo streets who a openly aolirlling business, iiccording to Chief East, and she such character, liitnents Mayer was given a aix month's sentence Anderson, "as they still have to in the county Jail. live somewhere, hut we dn not In consultation with Mayor want them in Provo, mid we Mark Anderson, who haa direct to make them seek other charge of health and safety in displaces of refuge. ShH of tha "Bowl of Rice Party committee heeded by Mrs. Christen Jensen, general chairmen, Mrs. H. B. Mensel. program chairman, and W. R. Butler, ticket chairman, for the generoua support given by Provo citlians, In raising funds for tha raftering Chinese during "Humanity Day" aa proclaimed last Friday by Mayor Mark Anderson, So much Interest was aroused in the cause that many have donated to tho fund since the Bowl of Rice Party" held Friday night In the Utah Stake Tabernacle. Mr. Butler announces thet the fund will not be dosed until Saturday noon to allow all others who wish to assist to do so. Any ram will be acceptable. When it la realised thet one cent will buy food for a poor Chlneae for a whole day, 'than the little children can help with their pennies, aa well as adults with their dimee, quarters, and dollars. Today end tomorrow until noon when tha banka close the hooka will be kept open, end If you have not donated yet, this la your opportunity to do something foi real charity out of tho blgneea of Mr. Butler. yonr heart, statea Whatever you do will be appreciated. CARD OF TnAXKH The ticket committee of the "Bowl of Rice Party desire to thank all who ao generously assisted them in the efforts to distribute and sell tickets for that most worthy cause. Especially do they mention the Evening Herald and the Utah Valley News for their generous publicity; tha Utah Valley Publishing company for printing the tickets without the charge; American Bank Note Company for members Frank of American Fork Is supervisor of this division of the Fair. and is cooperating with the cities and towns of the counties in the planning of exhibits. This attractive prize list will allow every town exhibiting in the Fair a chance to win more than twice the ninniint formerly given hv the county for communAt the same time, ity festivals. each exhibit at the Fair will receive substantial cash sward In order to benefit from these additional prims, each community will wnnl to present it rreditalilc entrant. Towns nf the county have been divided into iwo classes "A" and "Tl". Those who will compete in tho "A" division are American Fork. Lchi, Pleasant Grove. P Provo, Spanish Fork and In the IJ division fiprlngvllle. are placed Alpine, Genola. Goshen, Slu-lle- iif. Maplcton, Orem, Salem, and San-tlqu- For the first division the prizes will be (250 for first place; (150 for second place; (100 for third plitee; (50 for fourth, fifth, sixth und seventh places. In the "B division first plane award will be (100; second (75; third (50, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh (25. The exhibits will be Judged on throe points; artistic design, quality of products and product representative nf community. Each will bo equally weighed In rendering the decision. All three should he carefully considered by the community ns they are planning their exhibit Exhibits In the "A class will he limited to seven by twelve feet In slie. while those In the "R group must not be larger tliun seven by right feet. Position at the Fair will probably be deckled later by lot. ' |