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Show FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1943 Till AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 194 Un3er The Capitol Dome By J. J. Cahoon Utah State Frew Association The state finance commission which has loomed behind the scenes of the 1943 legislative session as the probable battleground between administration ad-ministration and antladministratlon forces, has come Into the open as the major bone of contention. The senate not only drafted a set of bills which, if passed, would strip the governor of liis pet commission com-mission of practically all of the . power they have wielded during the past two years, but even went 60 iar as to cast doubt on the legality of the appointment of Gordon Gor-don Taylor Hyde, finance commis sion chairman. A cross section of sentiment strongly indicated that a good ma Jorily of the bills will find favor with the solons and will pass. And while the house may not wish to go quite so far as Its companion body, early events In the lower bouse indi cate strongly that proadmlnistra' Uon sentiment Is, to state It con servatively, not predominant, and et least 6ome of toe measures would probably get house approval. It is expected that the governor would exercise freely his right of ye to, but the necessary two-thirds vote to override the guebmatorlal "No" is more than likely to assemble, as-semble, for at least some of the bills. Major changes provided for in the reorganization measures Include: In-clude: 1. Taking from the finance commission com-mission all power over other state departments except that of an advisory ad-visory nature. The finance commission com-mission would have control over departmental expenditures, but none whotsoever over department budget totals. 2. Adding three men the governor, gover-nor, the secretary of state, and the attorney general to the finance vynrntsurirm and then giving the tame three men. In their capacity of state board of examiners, veto power over finance com mission acts. Effectively, this gives the attorney attor-ney general and the secretary of state authority to check the gover nor and his appointees of the li- nance oommtsidon at will. A. Issuing of all state f the XI-warrants by the finance commission without the auditor's signature (now required.), re-quired.), but requiring the auditor to conduct a continuous post-audit of all departments. He also would be empowered to recommend that the board of examiners stop payments pay-ments on any warrant, if he felt such action was Justified. 4. Taking from the governor him self the control of sales tax reve nues for relief and giving such con trol to the welfare department. During the week, both Democrats and Republicans in the house recommitted re-committed themselves to the need for changing the state's present direct primary law, but the Dem crats couldnt' agree on a Republican Republi-can measure that was introduced, and killed It. However, other bills, proposing changes in the election law, including includ-ing one by Senator Claude Hirschi, (R), Washington, to repeal the entire en-tire state law, have been Introduced. Gaining most favor among members mem-bers is a bill sponsored by the senate sen-ate state and municipal affairs committee to provide for both a convention and primary election system for the selection of candidates. Throughout the week, house mem- bers seemed to be In rebellious mood and most measures of statewide state-wide Interest considered were killed and quietly laid to rest Major action taken during the week by both houses included: House: Killed H. B. 33, by Representa tive A. B. Anderson (D), Utah, to give local boards of education power to change boundary lines and to discontinue small school houses. KlUed-OL B. 12 by Representative O. A. Staples (R), Sevier, to provide pro-vide standards lor slaughter houses and regulations for the sale, handling, distribution and label ing of meat and meat products. Killed H. B. 35 by Representative Quayle Canno Jr. (R), Bait Lake, to eliminate the runoff primary. Killed a B. 51 by Mitchell MeUch (R), Grand, to require county at torneys to be members of the bar. And killed H. B. 38 by Representative Repre-sentative a W. Elswood (D), We ber, to reduce annual auto license fees from $5 to $2. Senate: - Passed H. B. 1. by Representa- GIMMEI GIMMEI 1 "ii . ' r -r fcV t THE MOUNTAIN STATES TELcTELCQ. H tr tt r IN THE tlve Val H. Cowles (D), Carbon, prohibiting legislators from taking remunerative state appointments during their leective terms. Killed H. B. 29, the bill to license naturo paths In obsete tries and minor surgery. sur-gery. Passed to third reading H. B. 28, the bill to raise school teachers' teach-ers' salaries, with definite promise that It would be amended to make sure that money approplrated would be used for no other purpose. Roll call tabulations on the above: H. B. 1 Yes: Senators Bailey, Child, Dawson, Farr, Hirschi. Hop- kin, Hugglns, Kelly, Kendall, Lund, McMurrin, Melich, Morrill, Rich, Richards, and Mr. President. No: Senators Ashton, Ericsson, Miller, Nielsen, Romney and War ner. Senator Christensen absent. H. B. 29 was killed on motion of Senator Macfarlane to strike the enacting clause. Couple Observes Fifty-fifth Wedding Date a, 4rLZ. . iJV '5aA In every one of our telephone exchanges there is a service emblem em-blem dedicated to the 621 men nd women who worked beside us until they went into Uncle Sam Y armed forces to fight for liberty and freedom. Our prayers and hopes go with them wherever they are. We who remain on the job, speeding an increasing volume of vital war messages from one corner of the nation to the other, are backing them up to the best of our ability. We all look" forward to that thrilling day when the telephone wires will sing with the message, "Ours is the Victory," and..r)jir folks and yours will be coming home again. "February 1, 1943. 5 101 i ... The Mountain States telephone and Telegraph Co. More Pork Needed In Western States, Says Packer LOS ANGELES Need for greater pork production in the far western states is being emphasized these days because of shortage of hogs for slaughter on the Pacific coast. California In 1941 Imported from other states 65 per cent of the more than 2.100,000 hogs slaughtered slaugh-tered within the state under federal, state and municipal meat inspection. inspec-tion. Of this total, more than 25 per cent came all the way from Nebraska, that state having shipped around 621,000 hogs to California in 1941. Under present strained transportation transpor-tation conditions, the Pacific coast is unable . to import the normal number of hogs from distant states therefore, the need for greater pork production In the far western area. More than that, California has always depended to a great extent upon shipment of hams, bacon and some pork products from the middle west and these shipments have dwindled down to a trickle. To a great extent, the "Pacific coast must depend upon small farmers who will carry only a few sows, to supply the Increased demand. de-mand. Many fanners who have never raised hogs may find It possible pos-sible and profitable to engage In pork production on a small scale. It wou'd' greatly relieve the pork shortage on the Pacific coast. Livestock markets are on a generally gen-erally firm basis. Oood quality led steers are selling at $15.50 to $16; medium to low grade steers $14.50 to $15,30; common grades aat $12.50 to $13.50, and cutter steers down to $11.50 per cwt. Some feeder steers carrying fair flesh went to country buyers at $13.50 to $1450. Common and medium heifers are in active demand ata $12.50 to $14.25 and choice, heifers are considered quotable up to recent sales at $15.50 to. $15.85. Common and medium cows are selling -at- $- to- $1250, odd head as high as $13 a cwt. A good many dairy type cows were tacladedm "receipts" arid" were sold mainly at $10 -to $12 a cwt. Canner and. cutter, cows are bringing $7.25 to $9.75. Medium to good bulls are quoted at $1125 to $12.75, common bulls down to $10. Medium to choice native vealers are bringing $14.75 to... ,$17 , and,, .soma ...tocker . calves moved out at $14 to $15 a cwt.. . The hog market shows little change from day to day and the bulk, of good VOA choice .M to 260-lb. 260-lb. hogs cleared at $1625 to $16.50, ;wltli J280 to 300-lb. weights at 115.75 to $16.10; some 140 to 170-lb. lights at $1525 to $15.75. Sows aw quoted at $1455 to $1525, some heavy sows down to $14.50 cwt Oood and choice wooled lambs art nominally quoted at $1523 to $15.75. good wooled ewes $8 to $850. Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Wilde, who were celebrating their 55th wedding wed-ding anniversary, were the guests of honor at a dinner and evening eve-ning entertainment at the home of their daughter, Mrs. Owen Humphries, Sunday evening. A beautifully appointed dinner table was attractive with a bowl of red, white and blue flowers, blue candle holders containing white princess tapers and patriotic pat-riotic place cards. Covers were laid for Mr. and Mrs. George A. Varney, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Green. Mr. and Mrs. William Thome, Mr. and Mrs. James Spratley, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Thornton, Mr. and Mrs. William Miller, Mrs. Charlotte Featherstone, Mrs. Rose Varney, Mrs. Eliza Buckwalter, Alma Wilde, Mrs. Ida Wilde of Ferron, the host, hostess, and their chil dren, Marlam, Lois and Guy. The honored counle were the recipients of many lovely gifts and anniversary greeting cards. Moroni Alma Wilde was born in American Fork, February 10, 1864, the son of Joseph and Mary Shuttleworth Wilde. Harriet Maude Shelley, the dauehter of James and Mary Lee Shelley, was born May 21, 1867 In American Ameri-can Fork. They were married February 21. 1888 bv BishoD Will iam Bromley. Always active In civic ana cnurcn ariairs they have made a host of friends who wish them many years additional oi mamea are. Pruning Course Slated For Utah County Dr. Arvll Stark, extension horticulturist horti-culturist for Utah State Agricultural Agricul-tural college, wiU give tree pruning demonstrations In Utah county Thursday and Friday. The demonstrations, arranged by Assistant County Agent Clarence Clar-ence Ashton, will be at the following follow-ing places: Tuesday, 10 a. m, at Big Springs farm, owned by Fred Stholes, Pleasant Grove; 1:30 p. bl, at the L J. Burr farm In Orem. Friday, 10 a. hl,' Joe Carnesecca farm, Mapleton; 1:30 p. m A. O. Page farm, Payson. .. These demonstrations are free, and anyone wishing to learn bow to prune their trees for greatest production during this time "of the time and place most convenient to them. This year, due to the shortage of canned foodstuffs, it will be advisable that we all know how to get the most out of our crops for home storage. ALPINE GOLD AND GREEN BALL The Alpine MIA are announcing, announc-ing, their forthcoming Gpld and Green Ball for next Tuesday, March 2, in the Alpine gymnasium. gym-nasium. The queen's procession, with Miss Afton Devey reigning as queen, will be staged at 9:30 p. m. The queen's attendants will be Miss Ula Burgess and Miss Dorothy Brown. Ten couples- tmder the direction direc-tion of Mrs. Reed Burgess will give the floor show. Trees Best For Utah Planting, Listed By Expert After a 13-year experimental period, pe-riod, 11 species of hardwood and softwood trees have been found most suitable for farm planting purposes in the state of Utah, reports re-ports J. Whitney Floyd, extension forester at the Utah State Agricultural Agri-cultural college. Sponsored by the extension service serv-ice and the school of forestry at the U8AC, the Utah farm tree planting plant-ing program makes these 11 species available to farmers of the state during the spring season. Farmers may obtain order blanks for these trees by writing to the USAC school of forestry, Mr. Floyd states. He adds that since the trees will be distributed ac cording to priority orders, It would be a good idea to file your order now to insure getting the particular par-ticular species desired. Mr. Floyd describes the 11 species spe-cies and points out their particular uses as follows: In the softwood class, the eastern red cedar Is a medium slzearifee" particularly valuable for windbreaks and shelterbelts and very durable for fence posts. A valuable saw-timber saw-timber producing tree Is the poder- osa pine which also Is useful for wlndrbeaks and shelterbelts. An other excellent windbreak and shel- trebelt tree Is the blue spruce. Heading the list of hardwood trees Is the green ash, a valuable strong tree good for woodlots, windbreaks and for planting as single trees for timber production. The Siberian elm is a rapid growing drought-resistant, disease-tree tree especially adapted for windbreaks and shelter-belts. shelter-belts. Probably the most universally univer-sally planted tree In the Inter-mountain Inter-mountain region Is the black locust, which produces a heavy, hard, durable dur-able wood suitable for many farm uses. Recommended for woodlots and windbreaks, the honey locust Is a large, hardy tree, with very hard and tough wood. A rather low-growing low-growing tree with a tendency to spread out, the Russian olive Is Invaluable as a hedge tree or In the outside row of a windbreak. The Siberian pea tree Is more of a shrub than a tree which makes it particularly suited for planting 'n the outside row of a windbreak, since its full crown near the ground fills the gaps In the crowns of taller hardwoods. One of the best and most valuable harawoods In America Is the black walnut, which Is recommended for woodlots. The golden willow Is a small tree especially recommended for windbreaks and shelterbelts on irrigated or swampy lands and for planting along stream banks to prevent erosion. SOttTAIY ( ACMCUITUW WlCKJlRO with Miss Welker's Physical Education Edu-cation class far In the lead, having hav-ing collected $6,470.95. The drive closes this week but the students have developed so much enthusiasm in their efforts to help lick the axis that another drive will be started in the near future. YOUDE RIGHT. Mr. U end Boctridty is doing its part on thousands of farms in this area In hundreds of jobs, Electricity is speeding production on the majority of farm in this area, In many instanoos cheap Electricity Elec-tricity has takea over tasks for- awriy performed by men who are now fighting for American liberty on the battle fronts of the world bringing closer the day "of Victory! UTAH POWER & LIGHT CO. MAKE YOUR DOLLARS FIGHTING DOLLARS-BUY DOLLARS-BUY . .3 BONDS Misuse of Ration Book Carries Fine Warning residents of American Fork that heavy criminal penalties are attached to the misuse of war ration books, Mr. Leo Nelson, chair man of the local war price and ra tioning board, indicated today that only about 25 per cent of the ration books of deceased persons and those going Into the armed services, have been surrendered to the local board. In the case of persons entering the armed services, the family fe required to surrender the ration book within ten 10) dajs after induction. in-duction. Survivors of the deceased persons likewise, . are required to send ration books to the local board within ten (10) days after the death of the owner. Parents of new babies must get ration book No. 1 (for sugar) before the baby is thirty 30) days old. Every person must have ration book No. 1 before a No. 2 book will be Issued to them. Saturday, February Feb-ruary 20, is the last day book No. 1 will be Issued in American Fork STAB FLOIE MAKES BETTER BREAD AT YOUR GROCER THE OLD JUDGE SAYS... HIGH SCHOOL BOND DRIVE The report from the high school bond drive aa of last Friday Fri-day shows a total of $17,037.40 "Judge. I didn't realize UIi the other night when I ran across an article ui the paper what a whale of a tot . of Industrial alcohol. the gbv tor the war,",. , Ml should say it does. Chet I understand the beverage distilleri around the country are producing about 240.000.000 gallons of industrial indus-trial alcohol this year for ammunition, tires. and other things. Td say it's mighty fortanati these distilleries are available to do the job. Otherwise, U we still had prohibition, tot government would have bad to ipead millions mil-lions of dollars and use op I tot of critical materials to build plants...to say rwthmg of all the time ft would take. It might ton bn just another case of 'too little, too |