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Show Park Record Thursday, August 16, 1990 Page B7 , . Shake and Shingle Oiling Population benefits and privileges increase by JACK FORISKA Record staff writer Editor's nrle: Microfilm copies 0 the Park Record are on file at the Park City Library. Ask a librarian for help with the machine. 100 Years Ago 1890 census figures revealed : "Census supervisor, Condon, announces an-nounces that the population of Utah on June 27, 1890, was 223,589," reported the Record. "This is not quite as high a figure, however, as we had been led to expect. At all events the ratio of increase over previous decades is very large. For instance, in 1880 there were 143,363 souls in Utah; in 1870, 86,780, and in 1860, only a few more than 40,000. If the majority of people in this Territory Ter-ritory were as American like and trustworthy as in other places, Utah would even now be a full fledged state," they said. The population numbers for Park City were not yet in but the paper said that the expected figures would be about 5,000 or higher. "Thus entitling en-titling Park City to take the rank of a second-class city together with the increased benefits and priviliges." Lotterys are robbery : Funding government through legalized gambling is not a new idea. Louisiana gave the idea a shot in the 1800's, and just like now the idea came under fire. The Record ran this article from the Chicago Inter-Ocean. Inter-Ocean. "The Louisiana lottery is the most gigantic robbery under form of law in the world. In the gambler's sense of the term the drawings may be Thonest,' but a lottery is in itself organized rascality. The President uses none too strong language when he says Tthe people of all the States are debauched and defrauded." There's snakes in them thar hills: 4 "Policeman Johnson while out hunting' yesterday on the Provd River, just above Heber City, killed a huge rattlesnake. Charlie Gitsch swears it measured six feet eight inches in-ches in length," said the paper. Train wreck near Echo: "Travel over the Union Pacific was interfered with Tuesday on account ac-count of a wreck near Echo on the main line . At an early hour a freight train was thrown from the track by the rails spreading and eight cars were entirely demolished. The engines kept the track and no one was injured. Ten cars loaded with, fruit, buggies and tinware were totally demolished, but no one was injured." 50 Years Ago Park City women speak out on war: (editors note: In view of the current cur-rent crisis in the Middle East, and the parallels being drawn between Hitler and the actions of King Hussein Hus-sein of Iraq, we felt that this eloquent elo-quent letter written by the Park City Womens Auxiliary in 1940 was very interesting. The letter is reprinted in its entirety to preserve its integrity. ) FOR SALE I .11,, "Utah's full service realty sales and property management company since 1980" , Realty Sales Property Management of Park From Time to Time Dear Editor: The war has laid its impress on the whole life of peoples of both belligerent and non-belligerent capitalist states. For eight months in Europe and over three years in Asia, the masses have been living in a nightmare of wars. The war is breaking down their whole customary manner of life. It is tearing tear-ing the working people from productive produc-tive labor, it is destroying the family, fami-ly, depriving children of their fathers, mothers of their sons and wives of their husbands. It is driving vast masses of people from their homes and bringing indescribable misfortunes down on their heads and transforming them into wanderers from pillar to post. The flower of nations, the youth in the first place, is being driven by the bougeoisie to the field of slaughter. Millions of people at the front and in the rear are contemplating with horror hor-ror what the morrow will bring, what new calamities there are in store for them. In the East, the Japanese Imperialist Marauders have plunged five hundred million people into war. America is feverishly preparing for war. We observe an obvious tendency to extend ex-tend the war and convert it into a world shambles, which threatens to bring new and untold hardships on the nations and to exterminate millions of lives for the benefit of the imperialists. The war has already caused tremendous hardship, want and suffering suf-fering to the working people. The military expenditures of the belligerent states have reached incredible in-credible proportions. At the most conservative estimate, the war, including in-cluding preparations for it, has already cost the the big capitalist powers $100,000,000,000, whereas the total military expenditure in the last World War was $180,000,000,000. The bourgeoisie is laying the monstrous cost of the war on the shoulders of the working people. It is drastically increasing the taxation scales and introducing new indirect taxes on the articles of general consumption. "War is a terrible thing you say? Yes, but it is a terribly profitable thing." According to the statement of the National City Bank, one of America's largest banking concerns, con-cerns, the net profits of 900 big firms rose from $647,000,000 in 1938 to $1,281,000,000 in 1939. The profits of the aircraft firm of Lockheed in 1936 was only $100,000, but in 1939 this firm raked in a profit of $3,100,000. The extent to which the giant Morgan-controlled steel trust is reaping super-profits from President Presi-dent Roosevelt's huge armament program was revealed recently in the firm's announcement that profits pro-fits for distribution to common stockholders in the second three months of 1940 reached the total of $19,201,008. In the second three months mon-ths of 1939 before the outbreak of war, United States Steel's profits were $1,309,761, indicating hostilities have multiplied this firms "take" almost 15 times. Facts such as these could be cited by the score, that plainly show the great mass of common com-mon people where they are at. We want defense that assures the common man that the sacrifices he makes aren't for the purpose of making new millionaires, of crushing social legislation, civil and Studio to 3 Bedroom Condominiums Prospector Square Convention Center location Excellent rental return On-site management in place CALL US NOWI City grows religious liberty, that disrupts social and economic life, and places vast power in the hands of a very few. We refuse to believe that the United States, in order to preserve its own way of life must cease to be a democracy. But this conscription-is conscription-is it national defense? The common man has a right to answer this question, ques-tion, because they are the ones to leave their jobs for a year, and possibly forever. (The war vets of 1917 were told they'd have jobs on their return, and didn't get them.) We must know that we are not being deceived about national defense, the way the vets of 1917 were deceived about fighting for democracy, the way the French people were deceived deceiv-ed by thcr government just a few weeks ago. Sure we're all for national na-tional defense. We don't like Hitler, and we don't like Hitlerism in America. We're proud of our democratic institutions, freedom of speech for all, the right to organize and work for equal opportunities for all, the right to worship as we please and vote as we please. What reason is there to believe that an allied victory will bring any thing better to the world than a German Ger-man victory? Britain and France emerged the victors in 1918 with such tremendous powers in their hands as had never existed in the world, not only power to dictate terms of peace to the vanquished but even to dictate to their own allies, the United States, Italy and Japan, as well as the smaller powers. What did they do with their power? What kind of Europe and what kind of a world did they produce? Europe is in a bloody mess today, that is the direct result of victory for the Allied powers in 1918. Since 1918 have the allies been any more democratic? Which congressmen and senators names will go down in history in shame remains to be seen. Respectfully submitted by The Park City Ladies Auxiliary Aux-iliary No.43, Press Committee. 25 Years Ago Park City's resort business starts slow: "United Park City Mines Co.l turned out a porfitable half year in its mining operations at Park City. It's resort division now in its second se-cond year of operation showed a loss," said the Record. "The resort division which embraces em-braces the activities of a year-round recreation complex at Park City-had City-had income of $221,987 for the first half of 1965, compared to $209,379 a Q O 1 teoffiife! - Located In The Holiday Village Mall to 5,000; year ago." "The net loss was $153,662, compared com-pared with $119,958 the year before," they said. At least things were picking up and they didn't give up. 10 Years Ago Jordanelle ten years ago already a nightmare: The August 14, 1980 issue of the Record ran an article on the progress pro-gress of the Jordanelle Dam which at that time had already been on the drawing board for 15 years. "But for those who live on the land which may some day be at the bottom of the lake, it has been a 15 year long nightmare," said the article. " They should just do it or quit,' says Bill Hull who runs the trout hatchery hat-chery on route 189. TWe are plum disgusted.' added his father Roy who bought the property in 1955. The Hulls were reacting to the latest development on the project, a three year delay for further geological testing to determine whether the reservoir would flood the mines in Keetly. According to the mining companies, the Jordanelle Reservoir, Reser-voir, as proposed, would have an unavoidable adverse affect on mining min-ing operations in the Park City District." The article further described the pros and cons of the project at the time. 10 years later they are still doing do-ing geological assessments of the area and how the dam will impact Summit and Wasatch counties is still an unknown. PRIVATE EQUESTRIAN DEVELOPMENT 3.2 ACRE HOMESITE, 22 ACRES OF OPEN SPACE Spacious 4029 sq ft home in a 40 acre, six lot, P. U. D. located in the Snyderville Basin. The homesites are on a hillside overlooking the 22-acre pasture, tack room and winter shelter with a magnificent view of the Snyderville Basin, north face of the Quarry Mountains and the ParkWest Ski Resort. A natural stream runs through four ponds. Access to the development is from a private asphalt surfaced road. All service utilities are underground. 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