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Show I [ [ Jottings .Iottings Iottings . From Froma ] a Prodigal J5on Son SonDear I ' De Dear B Bish BishI h I note that Moab has completed her hec herbeautlful hecbeautiful hejbeautiful ? beautlful beautiful $136,000 136000 $ , school house nouse ' : ; F Fpress From Frompress . press notices It will wilI rank . 'with with Wlth ' any any- anything anything anything - thing in our state stare It goes to show showthat showthat showthat that Mbab's Mbabs Moab's Moabs ' school scl1oo1 board and ithe rthe the good goodpeople goodpeople goodpeople people of Moab kn knew w what to do when whenthey whenthey whenthey they decided to buHd bufld build a school house- house housethat houseoutranks housethat - - that outranks many of the.cit1es thecit1es the . titles cities a dozen dozentimes dozentimes thattrines times trines her size in population IPOPulatlon ( , and thensome then then'some thensome ' some Congratulations , Moab , on your yourI yourbus yourbusiness yourbusiness I business bus mess acumen and your far s1ghted sighted s1ghtedbUSIness sightedbusmess sightedbusiness bUSIness busmess ability lability hbhty ( to get something that thatyou thatyou thatyou you will not outgrow outgrew for a quarter of ofa ofa ofa a century , at least What a stnde stride stndefirom stridedram stridefrom firom dram the old log- log logschool - school house of forty fortyyears fortyyears fortyyears years ago With sqme same of the most mostable mostable mostable able and competent teacheis teachels teachers in m the thest3.te thestate thestate st3.te st3te state . , Moab need not take a back seat seatnor , , nor go away back an and sit down and andWISh andwish andwish WISh for something somethmg that might havebeen have havebeen havebeen been As I hark back to the days when whenI I went to school when the curriculumcomprised curnculum curriculum curnculumcompn.sed curriculumcomprised compn.sed compnsed comprised . only the tin thiee ee R Rs s , readin readin'ntm readinntm ' , , 'rltm rltm 'ritm ritm ' ' ' ' and 'nthm nthm 'nthmetic nthmetic ' tlc , I nio nb longer Y yearn yearnwith yearnwith arn arnwIth wIth a feeling feelmg intense mtense , for a day that thathas thathas thathas has fled never more to be known here herem hel heiein e em m our fair Utah We must progress progresswe progress\\e progress e \ we \ \ \ e canrct canI'C't canICt canret ' ' remain foiever dotever 1 ( 0I ever everuthout \ without \uthout uthout pro pro- progress progress progress - - gress m any worth while endeavcithat endeavcI endeavcIth3t endeavcithat , th3t that brings us more knowledgeAnd knowledge knowledgeAnd I And nOlet now nO\\ nO \ \ let me digress for a mo mo- me- me mol moment mement moment - l ment and say a vvoid word " 01 d to the pupils pupilsthose , I Ithose those aho "ho ho who " al aie are e now in m the adolescent adolescentage adolescentage adolescentage age , and are striving stnvmg to get an educa educa- educaI education education education - I tion Just a nord word \ \ ord fiom flom from one who has hasgrown hasgrown I hasI grown old , and whose schooling school1ng was wasI wasvery wasvery very limited I1mlted You are now m the for- for formatI for-matne for matne - - - I matI buildingCHARACTER bwldmgCHARACTER buildmgCHARACTER , e ( ( period \ when hen you are bwldmg buildmg bwldmgI CHARACTER Did 3 ou au ever pause tothmk to tothInk tothink I thInk thmk thInkhat \ what \\hat hat \ tha.tord that tha.t . v.ord vord \\ord ord word ' \ . means9 means ? You Youllugh Youhigh Youhigh llugh high school students have been in m the theI themakmg themaking themaking I makmg making for nigh mgh on to too 20 years yoors more moreI moreor moreor moreor I or less You al ai aie e a shaping shapmg b oui Oul our own owncharacters owncharacters owncharacters characters e\ e e\ery e ery eery \ ery day you live Are Areyou Areyou Areyou you buildirg buildlrcg bulldirg on the sure and solid solidfQundatlOn solidfoundation solidfoundation fQundatlOn foundation that makes of you ; ou men and andwomen andv-omen andv omen women , \ - omen of integrity'1 integrity1 mtegnty integrity ' ? ' If not , , you al are areon aieon e eon on the wrong "Tong Tong wreng " road and the quicker qUlcker you youmake youmake youmake make befor the turn tum the better it will WllI be for you , before you travel the : road any anyfurther further Young men and women of ofcharacter ofcharacter ofcharacter inthis character are alwa always s sought after in this day and I3nd age of the " , world orId Some Some- - - kindthat times Sometimes it's its ' ' hard to find fmd just the kind that are wanted In applying applymg for a aJob alob ajob Job lob , one bne of the first questions asked 15 is iswhat , what is his or her character ? Does Doeshe he gamble , drink drmk and I3nd carouse9 carouses carouse ? If so soyou , you better not make application for a agnod agood good gnod agood job lob Let me impress unpress inpsess upon j S ou southe outhe the feltfor necessity of making makmg yourselves yourse1ves felt for good i-n i n 111 iii - your community , , for char char- character character character - acter nameis IUUneis and good habits A good IUUne name is characterBe synoonymous synamymous synonymous with good . character cultivateit cu1t1Yateit Be jealous of it , guard it and cu1t1Yate cultivate it . , as you cultivate the friendship frlendslup of ofgood ofgood ofgood good men and women . . "A A " . A good @Od @ . . , name nameis nameis 15 is rather to be cho chosen n than great greatrichea greattiches greatriches tiches riches , " so said saad sa Solomon centimes centunes centuries ago The agoThe Letthis hetthis same truth holds good today Let het this be your guiding guidng ! star , as you travel ! tl1rough through travelthjrough traveltl1rough travelthrough l lrie life e , , whether in w 'Or Or er ' out of school schoolSome ofschool ofschoolSome Some day I hope to come . back b\ck b ck ' \ , , If I only ifonly to get a glimpse of your elegant elegantschool elegantsohaol sohaol school house I could not compete competewath competeW'Jth competewith W'Jth WJth with Icould ' yoU you educationally educatlOnaIly I hope that I could look you . ! all .al al straight in the face faceany faceal1d faceand al1d and say I have tried tned to be a man , , and to andto J live a adllcent dtacent decent l1e life ! e . . That to me 1S is isvorkh 1S"orth isw closeto "orth orth w " , orth w " Mhlle "hUe hUe hale On that score I Id d cut close to balancing balancmg the scale , let me hope hopeCongratulations hopeCongrotuIations John-son John son Johnson Congratulations CongrotuIations , , : Mrs Horace John- John - . son , , on your j'Qur jQur ' 7&th 7th 79th & birthday God has hasbeen been good to you and your husband husbandOver Over half a century in Moab Think of Thinkof It ; longer than many people live this onthis earth uhboth r.Iay rIay : . God watch . . . . . over , , . onbless on is ? > * and andcere I onI bless 3 sou ou both , ismy is my mysinwatch my sinwatch sincere smcere cere wish 'wlh wlh ' < a.iiU aiiU for foriou forOU foryou you ) OU . , I YOU KNOW MEPostmasters ME MEI I Postmasters throughout the United Umted UnitedtatfS Umtedstates UnitedStates states tatf-S tatf S - _ will mxU iw iwt " -t t , I cash the - - - interest . , , . - - - - w & n\.fu n.fu n .fu fu * \ bearing yccuuly bearingcoupons coupons of Federal Federai Pann Farm Mortgage Corporation MortgageCorporation . , i iI iNinety I , I ! Ninety inety per cen cent of ai our ur female popu popu- - . . lation ration population marry at least once , , 50 per cent llation popullation of centof them at it 22 < and another 10 per cent I centI at centat 25 years of age . . t - estimates e.sUmates Federal Office of Education i esti e.sU- e.sU esti- . estl-school-Is estl school Is - mates the total number of school - . goers school-goers school goers in the United States this year at yearat 32,500,000 32500000 , , . birthsIn dec1mein In tho the 13 years since 1921 the decline dec1me line lineabout ; births in beenabout births in this thi1 country countrV , has been 2,200,000babies 2200000babies :000babies about 25 per cent with only 2,200,000 2200000 2,200 2200 , , , ' :000 000 : babies being born in 1834 1934 I { Telephone lines Imes of the United Umted States Statesl , wouldj Ilf if strung in a continuous contmuous line lme , , would wouldreach reach to the moon and back 105 timesThe times timesThe I IThe The crime rate of Washington Washmgton , , D D.I DI . . I Ie C , was nearly half haI ! as high again agam as asthe asthe asthe the aveiagc avelagc average in om ow oui other large citiesfor citIes citIesI citIesj citIesfor citiesfor : , for 1934I 1934A 1934 1934A I j - I IA I A tax has been levied on all radiot radio radioreceivers t ' 1 receIver receivers . : ; m Manchuria to aid in m radioI the thef thesupport theI thesupport the\ the thesupport I f I \ support of four broadcasting broactcastmg broa4casting , stationsDeclaring stations ] - " i Declaring Declanng that he was afraid al111d ! to l1ve live l1vewIth livewith JI JIDeclanng wIth his w wife e . because bec.a1.lSe beca1.lSe beca1lSe . she threatened threatenedto threatenedI I to kill him in m seven _ different ways , 1 Donald MacGregor of Montreal v . was wasgranted wasgranted as 1 1granted granted a divorce . . Harvard university umverslty astronomers m in mtakmg intaking intaking takmg taking a new count of the stars in m the theuruverse theuniverse theuniverse uruverse universe have discovered 125,000 125000 , new newgalaxies newgalaxies newgalaxies galaxies and their thelI ' map is only one- one onethird one-third one third - I oneI completeI thIrd complete completeDi completeDr I - I I IDl Di Dl Dr Chailes Challes F Pabst , of Brookl Brooklyn Brooklynsays , ' says n'lsays that clothes and other mfiam mfiammable mfiammable mflammable n'l nl mable materials waterlaIs soaked in a solutIOnI solutIOnof solution I of t\\ t to t0 t \ \ \ o 0 pounds of ammonium phos- phos phosphare phosphate phos-phate phos phate - - ' ) phare phate and two quarts of water ' will 111 \ > become be bei ' be'I 'I I I i come fireproofi fireproof i _ I France has the world worlds s Ia.rg Iarg . largest t sub sub- submarine submarine submarine - - marine , 400 feet long , WhlCh-cost WhlCh cost which ' - cost bout about about$8,000.000 about8000.000 about8000000 $8,000,000 8000000 $ , . , $8,000,000The The . ' average barber makes about 250 250strokes 250strokes 250strokes strokes with his razor to shave the averago av- av avcrage av average - erage crage erago face . . A French Frcnch chemist has Invented invcnted aprocess a ; . process for tor removing the shine slune from fromworn fromworn fromworn worn clothing clothmg and restoring the nap . Oil 011 as neavy ana inexpensive irexpensiv " ' 2xpensiv as auto- auto automobile automobile auto-i auto i - mobile crank case drainings d'ra1nings dra1nings dralnings ' can be usedlin usedin used lin ! in a new residence heating burner . More than half a million mIll10n saddlehorses saddlehorses saddle | . horses are maintained maintamed in this countryI countryfor country I iI for horseback riding riffing , which is gafnJngI gafnJngin gainingin gaining gafnJng I [ in popularity . I | I I . Tests show that . , v vpigment hu c i cpigment pigment in car tA , corn cornfr lt frOnt trotn "oai3 oai3 " A is to made w i , cannotplant Plant without cannot .sunHght sunHght .sunHght't 5wnlltDO 5wnlltDOVatican . S be 't\ 't t ' \ 'tA c . : O 0 OVatican Vatican stg stgA - . A Aarmy stgarmy City Clty sta .7 7 , . army in m ii1 theVtWld .the the VtWld wbrld W M \ tJo\ tJo tJoSIze wbrldsize size and in intJo . POPulation populatl PopulatlLW . % b l'g lg ' 'I I { ed men and a c civil ci S STho " ' _ Tho The depressi depression d ressloirt ' . , 1'ed 1ed ' iposlt&rStates iposltrStates of teaching 1POO1tlons iiiositz & . ; iiiositzStates Ine states -"around "around around - " from ifrom apDiwi3,11 apDiwi311 , , appixaround apDiwi3,11"around appix apProXlrna 'proxlt1 proxlt1 ' : 'al'Ound alOund around ' 600000 600000Dr 600 000 ) I Dr M Mx X Sullf Sullivan S " " - av DC D C , disCovered th.1t th1t that . n Of a \ thathad had a deficIency anr . ; Of SU finger nai1s nails s " ' irelieved thorelieved hulphur bulphur sulphur made u up the tho i relieved the sutfering suffering sufferin ? ' |