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Show Pega Four FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1959 THE SALT LAKE TIMES III I otemo from Rainey Dear Boss-Ma- n: My prize possession of the week a tiny scrap of leather, the sole of a child's shoe. We dug the memento from the sands of one of the old Chinese labor camps along the railroad right-of-wa- y near Promontory Point. Others of our group found pot-tery and glas specimens and one lucky bird even found a coin. The Raineys found an assort-ment of pottery shards, several bottles which had utrned laven-da- r from the sun's rays and the shoe sole. We also found a little cosmetic jar, with lid intact. And of coure that's all it takes for me to find myself churning with curiosity. What child wore those shoes? Was it a little boy or a little girl? From the size of the sole, the tot must have been very weren't about to be stopped. Plans were for a stop at the labor camps, then a side trip after solentite crystals and may-be a hike over to a place where Indian artifacts may be found. By the time we got to the labor camp and we drove miles along the original railroad bed to get there it was snowing and blow-ing like crazy. I assume from this that the weatherman is a dog-gone Republican. But in spite of freezing half to death, we dug holes all over the place. Then off to the lake-sho- re to find the selenite crys-tals. The dictionary says selenite is a crystaline or folliated form." Well, I suppose it could be. To me it is simply one of the most fascinating puzzles I've ever run into. A lopsided square shaped hunk of material that within their boundaries, and for other purposes. As you know, Sen. Moss is dedicated to the cause of con-serving our fast-dwindli- ng water supply. These words on paper do not appear to be very impressive. But translate them into terms of citizens whose immediate vicinity is to be affected by pro-grams aimed at conservation or whose immediate vicinity is affected by lack of any pro-gram. Then the words begin to grow into a picture of our fu-ture. Here we would have our local authorities with a voice in the decisions relating to such pro-grams. And on the team, as it were, we would have Uncle Sam keeping his eye on the welfare of all of us. Senator Moss has also a bill (Senate Bill No. 1566) which would stabilize the domestic market prices of lead and zinc. With mining such an important part of the economy of our state this is welcome news indeed. Among other things, it will allow the Secretary of Com-merce to determine for the base period and each quarter the amounts of lead and zinc, re-spectively, which may be im- -' ported into the United States without causing the domestic prices of such metals to fall be-low the levels prescribed in the Act. This sort of legislation is a protection for our home indus-tries an ought to be given whole hearted support by every Utahn. You know the old story, "Write your Congressman." Here is one of the many times when Senator Moss could well use from his expressions fellow Beehive staters. When the price of one rvf our small, probably just learning to walk. Was he a little Chinese child? What sort of a home did they have out on the barren sands of the lake shore? What was living like, out there in the early days? And where is the child today? What did the years bring to him or her? What adventures did this little shoe-sol- e wander into? How wonderful if we could go back and just peek into the lives of the people who handled this bit of leather. I wonder what it is about a personal bit of trivia that excites me so. The cosmetic jar was she pretty? Surely such luxuries were scarce was this a prized possession? And was she a happy woman or a girl ? Companions on this excursion were members of the MAC Rock hounds, employees of Marquardt Aircraft of which I am one. And because my job is such an important part of my life now, the people with whom I work are important too. They must all be good Demo-crats they're that kind of folks. There's Shirley and Josephine and Margaret wonderful gals I'm getting acquainted with. And there's John and Bill our two respective bosses and Wayne and Dean and Tom and Rex and Al and many, many more'. Fun to work, with and easy to work with. I think the thing I like best is the "old school spirit." When men and women are proud of their employers, they have a little something extra added to that old pay check. But I wanted to tell you about the trip. We. started out in a misty rain and an extremely high wind but we'd had to postpone this trip once on ac-count of our last blizzard so we looks like glass which grows down in the stinkingest mud in the world. A sudden change of temperature and the darned things slice themselves into thin perfectly polished shards of what appears to be windowglass. Dig a little deeper and you find tiny "multiple" crystals which grow through each other, at- - tached to each other and in any weird structure you please. How to find them? Just walk a few steps, bouncing as you go and when you find a springy spot dig! A foot down you'll find the sticky blue clay in which you'll find the crystals. Down on the knees and paddle in the water which seeps into the hole and there you are. Nothing like getting your edu-cation first hand. And thi is fun for the whole family. Even the four year old grandson had his own excavation and bless his heart found his very own crys-tal. There are details available on how to "cure"the critters. So far as I know they haven't any prac-tical use. But they're fun. Had a wonderful letter from Esther Peterson in Washington, D.C., last week in which she sadi she had read the column and was so happy to see it back. Make you happy? It did me. Who would have thought a gal as busy as she would have time to say hello in such a nice way. Just goes to show you we Democrats are gaining attention all over the country. I have a copy of Senate Bill 1416, introduced before the Senate on March 26 by our Sen. Moss, which I find encouraging and interesting. The bill would recognize the authority of the states relating to the control, appropriation, use, or distribution of water major commodities falls below a reasonable level the economy of the state suffers. We are lucky indeed to have a man in Wash-ington who fights for the wel-fare of the working man. Further information on any legislation affecting our state and our economy can be had for the 'asking. Again, "Write your Congressman." And time has run out to say nothing of space. Rainey Army Pvt. Sheldon L. Dansie, son of Mrs. Cleah Mac Auaris. 621 West First North, recently was assigned to Headquarters Company at Fort Meyer, Va. Dansie, a clerk, entered the Army-las- t June and completed basic training at Fort Ord, Calif. He is a 1955 graduate of West high school. THE SALT LAKE TIMES ' Combined with Tbe Salt Lobe Mining & Legal Newt fcarleSS Published Every Friday at Salt Lakt City, Utah . , Entered at the postofFice at Salt Lake Gty as second IIICpCBOent class matter August 23, 1923 under the act of March 8, 1879 ICnSpaper 711 South West Temple Telephone EM 64 . GLENN BJORNN, Publisher Subscription Price $3.00 per year in advance "This publication is not owned or controlled by any party, clan, clique, faction or corporation." Volume 38 Number 50 Garden Club Dates Annual Spring Show Salt Lake Flower Garden Club will conduct its annual spring flower festival May 9 and 10 in the Flower Arts Building at the Utah State Fairgrounds. The exhibit is open to all resi-dents of the Salt Lake area. The show will be set up and conducted according to the rules of the National Tulip Society and the National Council of State Garden Clubs. Judging will be carried out by nationally accredited judges, said Mrs. V. H. Hutchens, gen-eral show chairman. She said the show receiving room would be open May 9 from 8 until 11 a.m. and that all ex-hibits must be placed during those hours. Juding will begin May 9 at 11 a.m. and the exihbit will be open to the general public from 2 to 9 p.m. May 9 and from 10 a.m. until 9 p.m. on May 10. Ernest E. Combs is the club president. Why the Cry for a Comptroller?! (Continued from Page 1) First, he is fully responsible for the accounting procedures of all receipts from the entire city and all of its departments, and permits no expenditures within the city budget without full city commission approval to be disbursed by his department. Monthly financial reports are submitted by. him to the public and to the board of city commissioners, which are a matter of record, always accompanied by recommendations as to the fiscal program. His office is also required to maintain the master book-- ' keeping system for the entire city as well as to engineer and set up the accounting and bookkeeping programs within each de-partment, which includes all proper forms to coordinate the reporting to the central office. He is a budget director and is required to enforce the com-pliance to all budget regulations. He is required to set up the financial basis and to sign all bond issues. The City Auditor must administer all insurance programs on city payrolls; administer all retirement programs, compen-sation programs, and handle the affairs of all the internal asso-ciation groups, such as credit unions, etc. He is required to keep a complete personnel record of all city employees and to per-form periodic audits of all divisions of city government and to fulfill hundreds of other requirements placed upon him by the board of city commissioners. He is also required to coordinate all payroll deductions, including tax deductions for both the federal and state govern-ments and last but not least he must act as an alternate Commis-sioner to offset a division of appointment to replace a Commis-sioner when the other four commissioners are deadlocked. ' St Let's Keep the Commission Salt Lake City Commission is going to give' the voters an opportunity to decide on what form of city government they want. The recent Legislature . provided machinery for possible change and the city' commission is setting it in motion. It is difficult to see why any reasonable voter would want to change the commission system which has provided the city with excellent government over the years. But the vote will take place anyway. Let us hope that the number of level headed people who go to the polls will outnumber the professional do gooders and the people who vote for a change simply for the novelty of 'something new. ' We can see no justification for substituting a form of city government which is untried locally for one that has proven its worth for a long time. The companies represent a cross section of industry in the United States, Canada and U. S. territories. They are divided into two categories 80 companies employing about 210,000 workers, and four companies with 137,000 employees. The com-panies are engaged in activities ranging from manufacturing heavy machinery to operating paper mills. No. 1 hazard to employees of the 80 companies, the study indicates, is slips and falls. No. 2 hazard: auto and truck acci-dents. The reverse is true among the four large firms auto truck accidents edge out slips and falls as the main injury-deale-r. For deaths alone, auto-truc- k accidents are the No. 1 killer of employees of all 84 firms, regardless of size. "All this emphasizes the urgent need for greater effort to prevent accidents off the job. The safety movement desperately needs the kind of leadership business and industry can give to cut down on accidents and injuries, which cause untold suffering and each year waste huge amounts of money," he said. t Safety Conscious Off the Job, Too A safety man has come up with a sure-fir- e suggestion on how industry can save itself a lot of money each year. "Extend your safety know how and resources beyond the factory gate," advised Harry C. Johnson. "Keep your workers as safe off the job as you do on." Johnson is staff representative of the National Safety Coun-cil's off-the-j- ob safety committee. "A worker injured off the job is just as absent from work as one who has been hurt at his machine. Off the job accidents cost industry a huge amount of time and money. Johnson cited figures from a study of the off the job acci-dent experience on 84 firms employing nearly 350,000 workers. The statistics show that accidents occur much more often off the job than on "as much as five to 20 times more often." i |