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Show PAGE. TWO PRO V O (U T A ID; EVEN I N G HE R A LD, TUE SD A Y, AUGUST 5, 1930; Questions OUT OUR WAY BY WILLIAMS TODAY mr??m ' - v i-iw-im - -rr-n- , "'v:;t -n jit.. I VII wwv Published by ScuppiCanficId Proclaim liberty Gllxnan, Nicoll & Ruthman, National Advertising Representatives San Francisco hrourhout o'ice, 607 Montgomery street; Chicago office, 410 North Michigan avenue; tha land"- New York office, 19 West Forty-fourth street; Boston offjee, 18 Tremont,. , street;. Detroit, Michigan office. Room 2-266, General Motors Building.' ; Subscription termsBy carrier In Utah county, 50 cents the month; $2.75 for six months, in advance; ad-vance; $5.00 the year in advance; by mail, in the county, $4.50; outside Utah county, $5.00. yj, w. GOODELL, Editor andManager. -t J. A. OWENS, Advertising Manager. 7 . - . THE TED Til QUICK '. ' vi ' ' -' Neither this newspaper, nor any of its stockholders or officials has any connection whatever, directly or Indirectly, with any political party, publ ic utility, real estate promotion or other private business except the publication of newspap ers devoted solely to disinterested , public service. Mr. Hoover The people of the United States spent millions to develop MuscIe Shoals as a power plant. Thev have seen most of the cower deliberately allowed to run to waste for years, at 000 a day. They have seen the Alabama rower Co. allowed to buy part of the power at a low rate and resell it at huge profits. They have seen the little town of Muscle Shoals, at the dam, refused the right to buy power, its citizens forced ' either to pay tribute to the' trust or-usc oil lamps. ; J . :: ; X They have seen a huge hydro-elecric fertilizer plant lie idle while American farmers paid high prices for imported ! fertilizer. - - - - " And today, the American people may sec a letter, written writ-ten by President. Hoover .to a -Tennessee congressman, appro ap-pro virg all these things. . . - If any attempt is made by the senate to allow the peoplo. to operate their own power plant, he will veto the bill, writes the president. He is in favor of private monopoly; of high profits by -private concerns frorri publicly-constructed plants; cf high fertilizer prices for the benefit of wealthy corporations; of a strangling of any attempt on the part of the people to get lowur power rates by operating their own plants. These things being so, the duty of the American people is plain. The people must elect, to congfessand the senate, Americans who have some sense of justice, who will pledge themselves to override the president and give to the people those things which the people, in common justice, should "have. J . -". - llandins: over Muscle Shoals to private monopoly 13 nothing less than a callous theft of public property, an invitation in-vitation to every trust to go out and rob the public as it sees fit,' assured of presidential protection. ; They Could Eat the "Saiid-Which-Is" There Tom Edison,. America's Choicest Gift to the Question :5if?ro:i;.i?ittrv. is nut. with somft more. Several lads, aspir ing to become "Amenca3 Tbrightest bo of 1930' are an- ..swerinxthem. In the 1929 contest,' if memory serves, the boy contest ants had to lift a 100-ton rock up onto a 15-foot bench without with-out tools. Personally, we gave it up and let the rock lie. It's there yet, as far as we know or care. In the 1930 corttest the prize question is: -A You are therhead of an expedition which has come to grief in the desert. There is enough food and water left to enable three people to get to the nearest outpost of civilization. civiliza-tion. : The rest must perish. Your companions are: A brilliant scientist, GO years old; two half-breed guides, 58 and 32; the scientist's wife, interested mainly in society manners, aged 39; her little son, aged G; the girl you are engaged to marry ; your best friend, a young man of your own age who has shown great promise in the field of science. . . Which would you choose td'live and which:to die? - Give your reasons. . The question blowsx up, of course. In i case like Hhat the leader of the expedition, having' failed, wouldn't have anything to say about it. The three who would survive would be the three strongest and shrewdest as, in normal life, the strongest and shrewdest survive; - But a'lot of people probably will thavc a great deal of fun arguing outjhe question. And it will be good mental exercise for .them. V Somethin g Wrong With This Theory "If,"-says Henry Ford, "bolshevism ever gets into this country it will be because the country needs it." Anyway, it's an -idea that things don't get into a country coun-try until the country needs them. But how about radio sopranos?. ' Or our 4,000,000 laws? - COOL OFF! - Delicious frozen desserts scores of recipes for ice creams and ices of various kinds that may be made either in the regular freezer, or frozen in the mechanical me-chanical refrigerator, are given in our Washington Bureau's newest bulletin FROZEN DESSERTS. If you are in a daze from the heat. and. want to know what to have for dessert, fill out the coupon below, end for this bulletin, use it now, and put it in your cookbook for future reference. -. 1 - - : ' - CLIP COUPON HERE FROZEN DESSERTS EDITOR. Washington Bureau, Provo Evening Herald 1322 New York Avenue, . Washington, D. C. I want a copy of the bulletin FROZEN DESSERTS, and enclose herewith five cents to cover return postage and handling costs: NAME ST. &. NO. CITY I am a reader of the Provo CLIP COUPON HERE ; A SCRIPPS-CANFIELD NEWSPAPER Every Afternoon, except Saturday, and Sunday Morning the Herald Corporation, N. Gunnar Rasmuson, president; in the Herald Building, 50 South Uirst west street, Jrrovo, utan. liinterea as second-class matter at the postoffice In Provo, Utah, under the act of March 3, 1879. Comes Across a loss of. something like $30H ' t - i STATE Evening Herald. - .'!a fi AO dTS y Howdy, folks! Isn't Jtv almost tinu" for the Christmas number of tho Saturday evening Post to appear ap-pear on the news-stands? .. . y You can say thi3 for .the "talkies." "talk-ies." No news reel has yet tried rrATKNT; APPLIED lOR Miss Tillie lipstick," local" stenographer, stenog-rapher, has just patented the nbovu device, designed for the- use of office workers, who are always losing: los-ing: their pencils. It consists of a heavy chain bolted to the car, ti which a pencil or pen can be padlocked. pad-locked. A heavy section of anchor chain is recommended. Orders now being taken. rf. t . - . "Do fish smell?" asks a writer inTti-scientific journal. That depends de-pends jup.on JhowJqng Jhey'ye, been out of the water. ' SC OUTING SONG It's y hoi for the woods and the tiieadows, ? For the forest glades "we're bound ,.s- i (But I've got a hunch that a picnic bunch ' Has scattered pie-plates around!) ' Then off for the sandy beaches," f Where the lazy seagulls float, (13 that awful noise from a crowd of boys In-an-outboara-tnotorboat?) Then back to the ribboned high- " N"-"way, , :- . - '. And the call of the-open spaces, (But v-there's sure to be about -"'seventy-three Hot dog ftnd Orange juico places ) . . : ". : . ,. Go speed thru the open country. Thru the merry greenswood roam (But I'lsit here with a large, cool beer . 'Mid. the peace and quiet of .-home!) .EFFICIENCY NOTE ' Dtspite the present financial depression. ) Henry' Hen-ry' II. lleanpolc, local barber, has discovered a surefire sure-fire method of stimulating , business. busi-ness. IIe rubs hair-grower- o n his customers' faces after shaving shav-ing them. ' . i Li'l Gee Gee; played' a mean joke on the mouse that has been run- rncaked.up and stole the piace of ning around her house. She cheese out of the trap! : ... .-. , : ART SHANNON. Pore n Flit Keeps Insects Away Outdoors I WorSi Largest Selling Ituea-KiHer i al im j V E ' '- .-.-''it OsVthe Ife u .''v -.-y-yy -y y y- - -.'C r. ,-, : -r YOUR QUESTIONS , You can get an answer to any I unswerable question of fact or I information by writing to Fred- J eriCjk RL Kirbq, ; Question ,Edi- v I tor, Provo Evening Herald's j j Washington Bureau, 1322 New i j York Avenue, Washington, D. j I D., enclosing two cents in ( stamps for reply. Medical and I j legal advice cannot be given, j nor can extended research be j made. AH other questions will 1 be answered. All letters are i j confidential. .You are cordially I invito to make use of this free j service as often as you please. v : KDITUlt. ! Q. What part of . the imports of crude oil comes from Mexico? A. -Imports of crude oils to the United States in 1928 totaled 79,767,-000 79,767,-000 barrels, of which 17,584,000 came from Mexico. Q. What baseball teams com pos the International league? A. Baltimore, Buffalo, Jersey City, Montreal, Newurk, Reading, Rochester and Toronto. Q."Who is the commissioner of pensions? ", A. Thcoffice has been abolished by a recent act of congress combining combin-ing thee pension office with the vct-eians vct-eians bureau to form the bureau of veteran's administration. General Frank T. Hines. formerly director of the 'United States veterans bureau bu-reau is now. head of the combined veterans bureau, pension office arid the national homes for disabled volunteer soldiers. : V v J Q. 1 What is St. Elmos light?,. A. The name is given by seamen to the electric-brush discharge sometimes seen on the tips of masts and yard-arms of vessels, especially during'1 thunder storms. This form of electric discharge occurs also on land, most frequently on mountain summits, where it glows and hisses in brilliant tongues of white and blue light several inches . long. Q. What was the origin of the custom of university, students wearing wear-ing gowns or robe3? - ' A. The custom seems to have been inherited from the 12th ( an 13th centuries, ;ien the univcrsr ities were finding a form which recognized rec-ognized a. democratic factor ;,iri the self-governing, powers, but under a headship appointed by the church.. The scholars were clerics, and their" robes were net far different from. those of clerical orders The cold building of medieval " times re quired capes and hoods for warmth. The cap replaced the hood for the neaa ana tne capo wim nooa was modified into the present hood. Q. What is the' caloric value of mushrooms. A. They have a fuel value of 203 calories per pound, and contain a small amount- of - protein and Bmallcr arrfount of fat. Q. Who is governor-of Alabama? A. Bibb Graves. Q. What Is the difference between be-tween an "American plan and fa European plan hotel? A. American plan hotels furnish lodging and meals for a fixed price .vhile under the European" plan lodging and meals are separately, charged for ... . - I. - - i- Today's Oddity Early marriages is the iule in China. It is seldom postponed beyond be-yond the 20th birthday for boys and the 18th of girls and many times is earlier. 'ihe bride is dressed in red from iieut tu iuul, iier xtcu is concealed behind a ted veil, and she is carried in ,a .closed sedan to the home of the bridegroom. The wedding procession is accompanied ac-companied with music and firecrackers firecrack-ers and, in the case of the wealthy, with presents. At the home of the bridegroom a feast is, in progress, all the' relatives of, both families having been invited.: Cerem6nics last two or three days. At no time during the wed- ding is the consent asked of either the bride or the groom but is taken for granted. The bride must keep silent during the entire - proceedings. proceed-ings. It really wasn't necessary to recall re-call Camera for I training 'in the army, r He .vas ' getting splendid "setting up' exercises in this country. coun-try. ; , . , ; 1 At the top : Horlick's is the most successful malted mlllr : because more - people conanuous purcriase, than any other. Recognized Recog-nized the world over as the quality malted : milk, its sales today are looming large. Send us ten cents today for sample and mixer. H O R L I C R' S RACINE. WISCONSIN UET GOCv(- . f OAT vmHuT L OROP OFF I DAT .AM.? vO- v I WORE. HAD OW J A KCK M OE pANTS- - - - v ZJrTi '( u,Arn,-tBor 4w n ism -537. 1 "v them 3 f HiYs77sSZMil sUAfe4X'V SSJWfJ - I M W Yi i'mh VstZS ' V . , must . iwa.o.s.PAt.or.-k A- otaaoBYKCAsertyicciNC . , : U ...', .. :''.' , - . .fy rrr- -r-r ; ; . r '-y-. : : ' ' i X: 1 T ; T T WE OlS E RErR By JIM MARSHALL Every time, we read about some-x: body who gets up and demands that somebody else'll bring "order out cf ch'acs" we alwaS's go away into a corrifr ana nave - a snicker " " because such a thing is not only impossible but it is getting more impossible every day which anyone can see with half an eye If he will 'take the troubls tg think for a minute it i3 a nice, pleasant dream thatsome day tr.o world will be a neat and orderly place but a dream is all it is - ' - - Consider something about which everyone . i3 familiar- the tfaffic problem v if thore was only, one Xwo-vkh;. highway and only two one-way automobiles it would be possiDie o avc order by making a jew S5nypie rules --hut directly you-get three cars on the highway and three men of varying temperaments driving them you require a lot morejuiea until when . you got a million people driving-you theoretically require so many million rules that the whola system collapses. js it has collapsed in America today ' 4-'-:,:",-rV""' """ The only solution for the traffic problem is to allow only two cars on any given highway at. one tims humanity is presumably not willing to utilize that rather drastic dras-tic method of "bringing 'ordr out cf chaos" and so-the traffic prob lem is insoluble and getting more so every day - legislatures can pass statutes until they are b!ue in tho Ifaec traffic cops may get apoplexy swearing at people and ; highway patrolmen can bo a3 th'ck -as sardines sar-dines !on the roads " ..;-'. ''.. but the problem will keep on rcttinir worse right along It's the same way with every thing else and the succeeding years see the world, more and more chaotic . ' ' the future holds no promise whatever of order j but tho contrary con-trary ' It is nuite possible for two or three people to live on a section of land and some sort of order but it is impossible for 200 or SCO to do it vet cities demand that 20,000 or 20.C0O ncorla live cn a snrf! m 1 , under some sort of regulation . Ah, well it's a loc of fun listen ing to the order-demanders and knowing all the time they're talking nonsense' the more chaotic the world get the more interesting it ' is be cause you never know what's going to. happen next except that you know it'll be something you won't believe when have approved it, ; by it happens AND, LISTEN: .We wish we could live about 500 years to see all the machinery break down in one grand catastrophic smash. SCIENCE I An automatic sliding door that opens and closes without conscious human effort ha3 been perfected in New York. A perse walks towards to-wards the door and when he gets within the" proper distance it openj and lets him pass, closing when he has gone thru. A ploto-electric cell does the trick. A ray of light is focused past' the door threshold onto the cell. Tllia ray,,qg.h':?n interrjjjpieUby.tha body of a person approaching the door way sets a hydraulic door opener to work. r A tube is connected so that it controls. ; thru' an amplifier, an uu- tomatic relay, hich in turn starts a gmall motor that operates the hy- draulic device. A A lever then forces the door open J and holds it for whatever timelt is adjusted - : 1 ". r.-yy I 1 ' THE SIGN OF FINE COFFEE EVERYWHERE PACKED BY MJ.B'S HI-TEST VACUUM METHOl This West of Ours Its Romantio History - IVrhapa no man had morn ad vrnt!!iea .with Indians- durinpr the days of the early west than did Cart. Fvrnk C. '"KiUrjugCi , Captain' Kittridge. lied about his age when 16 and joined the Union aitny. Ho loveil horK'j.s and eventually even-tually brought "0 bout his transfer from the infantry tS the cavalry. Tmine:liatrly after Tie close of he Civil war he was plarcd"in change of a company of trooper? sor,t t; Ca,lifornia toguard pioneer ira'na across hostile Indian country. He' pulled thru countless battl'i with the redskins. Once hii tiol diers were ambushed by Sioux Iji dians and all hut seven or toe, soldiers were lost. CantaiiK Ivit trklge was shot three timerby th rcdmcn but survived. Walter . Damydsch says: "The radio will save family life from disruption' by the automobile." P. P. Walter Damrosch plays for the radio. - A house without doors has been erected in London. The builders are 'thought to be amateur bridge fans anxious to avoid further grand salams. 0 Hear M;J-B "Dcmi-Tasse Revue" every Wednesday, 9:30 to 10 p. m.9 over HuYl and Columbia network. (Continued From Page One) . -' mertau and will see the Passion play tomorrow. Ffrst IJrltish prime minister to visit Germany since the war, he will be well received and entertained entertain-ed at; dinner by the premier of Bavuiia. War hatreds 'and suspicions suspic-ions are gradually dying, and tho tefults of war are puzzling. . Of the three great European nations na-tions involved, Germany beaten, in .more rio?Prou8 than England victorious. vic-torious. And France victoi ious H infinitely more prosperous than any of the others. - - - FORTY-NINE boys, competing in the Edison "most intelltirent boy in America' test" had before A questions of which they 'answer i-. were asked to give ythe it ten acre of-farming, land iod section of Iowa. Not even verfio'r of Iowa could answer ith certainty. The boys were asked to tell by what facts they will deteimine whether they have succeeded or 4'ai.e'a, us they lie on their death bed.' Answers t6 that question will be inteiett'in. On his death bed a man doewn't fook back over his life, praising or blaming himself. He Is too worn an'd weary. He asks for a handkerchief, handker-chief, or lile Goethe, for "more light" his failing eyes making him think the room is dark. Th(..M questions are deep nnd in-ierestinp. in-ierestinp. The boy -rending them might well say to Mr. lMison "If I could answer your question?, 1 wouldn't need your scholarrhip, i d bo too wise filready." GOV E H N M EjNT piohihilioii forces, for , the present, will concentrate on 'big violators" ignoring ignor-ing "home brew" arid other efforts f citizens to alcoholize themselves. Prohibition may become an efforl toprevent bootleggers from mnk-thg mnk-thg money by their trade, leavir.'t the citizen to supply himself with alcohol' as best he can, without in terference. ' Unfortunately the -ftl-cn would then poison 'himself 'slowly. Nothing is Tivoic destructive to a man's in-teruuy in-teruuy barring -wood alcohol, than improi'cily niaflc-"home' brew." NINETY per cent of New York -. ' sn railed "lppil iitial n thratei'H. in which actors appear in poison and talk to each other, are closed. Producers Jearn that the public pre fera a sgood 'talkic" to a fieeoml rate legitimate play. (Extortionate prices for seats in the hands of the speculators inaj have etarted the trouble. . However "talkies" demand intelligent in-telligent talkers. Tlood actors only. The "legitimate' 'theater run tiai.i and produce them. Great moving , picture concern-may concern-may bo compelled to run the legitimate legiti-mate old ; fashioned theaters, even at a loss, as laboratoiies for the training of talent. y O M J B CO. 1950 I - - ' - - - - O 103a itUM0 7t |