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Show THURSDAY, MARCH THE LEHI SUN, LEHI, UTAH 3. U PAGE TWO THE LEHI SUN, Issued each Thursday at Lehi, Utah, by the LEHI SUN PUBLISHING COMPANY Entered as Second Class Matter, at the Postoffice at Lehi, Utah, under the act of March 3, 1879. PB 1 National AdvtrtUing Rprintattv NK1WSPAPBB AaVEiml!VC SEHVICE, INC. N.A,sJ " Wrin? AmwfeVi AivtrW tiAj&t Horn Tw Ntwpprf T1 0m4 CmmI TwiImI IMt., Not Y. N. T.V . Ymmmmmmmmmmmmmmammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmi Subscription rates $2.00 per year; six months $1.00. WASHINGTON WATCH- EDITORIAL TEN PER CENT PAYS FOR GOVERNMENT For the second straight year in Utah, John Q. Public, Little Biz and Big Biz paid a higher percentage of their total income in 1947 for state and local taxes than was required in any other of, the 13 western states for which comparable data are available. State and local taxes in Utah in 1947 totaled approximately approxi-mately $72,000,000 or 9.3 of the total income payments of the state which amounted to $773,000,000. Of the western states, Arizona was a close second high with 9.1. Nebraska and Wyoming were lowest with 6.9 of the respective incomes paid as taxes to state and local governments. Perhaps the services rendered by the local and state governments are worth nearly 10 of one's gross income. This is an opportune time to take inventory to ascertain if the 10 is buying as much as it should. There is little indication indi-cation that the cost of government will be substantially cut until there is more demand for such curtailment. If taxpayers taxpay-ers demand more service, then they will have to pay for them, more service means more government, more government means greater concentration of power on capitol hill. IS THERE A LIMIT? The senate chairman of the joint committee on reduction reduc-tion of non-essential expenditures found that the number of employees on federal payrolls increased at the rate of 297 persons per day in 1948. The number of employees on the federal rolls stood at 2,104,000 at the close of 1948 as compared with 1,995,000 a year earlier. Much of the increase came in the executive branch. Senator Thomas Writes: "General Washington," wrote Woodrow Wilson, "set an example which few of his successors seem to have followed. He made constant and intimate use of his colleagues In every matter that he handled, seeking their assistance and advice by letter when they were at a distance. It is well known that his greater state papers are full of the ideas and the very phrases of the men above him whom he most trusted. His rough drafts came back to him from Mr. Hamilton and Mr. Madison in great part rephrased and rewritten, re-written, in many passages recon-ceived recon-ceived and given a new color." When members of clubs, labor unions, employers associations, or even the Congress of the United States find themselves in the midst of discussions sometimes some-times individual argument and the discussion itself slips to a level which makes no cne proud, but out of it comes great things. Out of it we find democracy seeking the truth. Out of it comes that unity and stability which reflect so well our democracy, democ-racy, a unity which is attained after harsh discussion. We call it freedom of speech. It is much more than that. It is man learning learn-ing how to live with his fellow men, learning hew to reason out his problems, and learning how to gain understanding. Mussolini and Hitler and the whole group of our modern-day dictators could not enter into discussion with their fellow men. They were called efficient because of single-will single-will always prevailed and all their followers believed that everything which the leader did was for their best good. But where are those dictators today. Baek-Log From Citizen News Columns Card of Thanks TWENTY YEARS AGO Two big snow slides have occurred oc-curred in American Fork canyon, according to E. J. Swenson who made a trip to the Pacific mine on skis ten davs aeo. One slide, just above the Cave Camp, has piled snow 50 feet high. The nther is at" Mill Rock between South Fork and Dear Creek Snow depth was five and one- half feet at the Pacific. A minimum price of $7 per ton and a 50 per cent participation in the profits were guaranteed farmers in their contracts made this week with the Utah-Idaho Sugar company In honor of the Alpine ward M Men who won the basketball honors for the stake, a dance is being held in the Alpine gym to night. Players were Hunter, Forbes, Wendell Moyle, Bateman, Smith Clark, Hamnett, and Aus tin Moyle, manager. TEN YEARS AGO Constructive action on the proposal for widening Main street to retain the routing of highway 91 through the business section is expected to develop today from a meeting cf the County Com- . . v, TTtoVi stnt.fi Road missioned, mc - Commission, and a delegation from American rur.. uo,r,orprt hv a driving north wind that since Saturday has drifted from two to seven - fv, wirhoiav from Fair- field to Lehi. Working 12 hour shifts, 12 men bucked the drifts for 48 hours wun uiree nvc-w i. i. r. cn.vinrspnnwer trac- irUCftd ttliu a vv-"w i tor before the road was opened to traffic. Snow depth at the Timpanogos Divide measured w.m ,iv. a wQtpr content of lo.vl at thp nave CamD there were 22.75 Inches of snow, with a water content of 6.17 incnes. Edward R. Tuttle, formerly of Salina, has accepted a position in the shoe department at Chip- . wic mciriv friends are man o. pleased to welcome him back to American tor&. Mrs. William S. Storrs and Mrs. Alma Olson left Monday for California where they will meet Alton K. Storrs, who is returning from Hawaii where he has been laboring as an LDS missionary for the past two years. They have gone. But the American Ameri-can people are still here carrying on their battle of words and the great ones among them are like Washington they are not afraid of counsel and discussion. There figures point up the fact that there is no tendency to lessen the power of the central government. There is apparently ap-parently common consent to increase the cost of government, though it is supposed that services will be increased as the cost goes up. Government employees in Washington tend to perpetuate per-petuate themselves in their bureaus and they tend to become a world apart from the world back at Oak Creek. It is time the taxpaying citizen quit signing blank checks and demanded that only competent and essential employees be placed in government positions. Let quality replace the quantity. Verdun H. Monson Opens Watch Repair Service Verdun H. Monson, who early in the year graduated from tne American Academy or noroiogy Denver School of Watchmaking has returned to his home town t.n hpffin business. Mr. Monson, after completing two vears in watchmaKing re turn prf t.n the school for two mnnths sDecial study on compli r-atpd watches. He passed the United Horological association of America's national standard of proficiency examination in watchmaking and was granted the coveted UHAA certificate. Since leaving school Mr. Mon son and his wife, the former Shirlev Pehrson. have been visit ing in Chewelah, Wash., with her parents. Diet Range of Spiders Spiders are able to devour small back-boned animals, such as lizards liz-ards and fish, which they kill by means of their poison fangs. lllillllllllllllilillllllll m liMiilffiiaMw I I' I -1 1 liWYI Y V V I 1 , I ! 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New features? Come in and see them all. No matter what car you thought you were going to buy, compare it with this brilliant new De Soto. Then decide. 7 Tune in "Hrr the Jackpot" ry Tuesday night, all CBS station . YOU CAN DEFEND ON DE SOTO - PLYMOUTH DEALERS FOt GREAT CARS. RNE SERVICE, A SQUARE OEAl i " 3010 ""ORES THAT -.. f j W ENJOYMENT EVr , ii T'Te"rc Shift with m ., h New Feather. . . j ,:j Light Steering ?r Wfebase with I ,H 8 tutl "cradled ride" 1 1 High Compression . . r Povvermaster Engine fafe8"ard Hydraulic ! II ... Brakes 'th new 14 New All-weather Qycle-fionded liinES f Comfort System 8 I J New Ignition . -. . 615 East State Road Telephone 342 American Fork How safe are your children in traffic? Whether they walk, ride their bicycles or drive cars do they know the traffic rules and how to behave safely? Chief Jed Mercer asked these questions today, pointing out that it's up to the parents to see that, their youngsters develop self-reliance and good habits to safeguard them in trarnc. "You can't always be there to protect them," Mr. Mercer saia. "But there are several ways you can help them grow up safely and, when they start to drive cars, to toe skillful, responsible drivers. "First, impress upon the youngsters young-sters that streets are for automobilesnot auto-mobilesnot for tricycles, scooters scoot-ers nor games. "Second, teach them to cross streets only at corners and to stop at the curb, look both ways and for turning traffic, wait for the traffic signal or until all is clear, then walk across. "Third, make them realize that when thev ride their bikes there are special rules they must know and that they must also obey the traffic laws that apply to motor vehicles, including all signs and signals. "Fourth, when your teen-agers are old enough to drive, it's your job to see that they realize that driving a car is not for children. When they drive they must behave be-have as adults. They must be skillful and most of them find it easy and fun to handle a car well but they must prove that they are responsible, too, by driving driv-ing at proper speeds, observing all the traffic laws and rules of courtesy." I Mr. Mercer said that teen-age drivers have piled up the worst accident record of all, according to the National Safety Council. Drivers less than 20 years of age have an accident rate four or five times as high as the average. "So, it's up to the parents and all adults to see that youngsters know why and how to be safe, to set them a good example, and to follow up on their instruction to be sure it is obeyed." Tomato Juice A five-ounce glass of tomato juice gives an adult about one-third of the vitamin C he needs for a day. A half-cup serving of canned tomatoes toma-toes will supply about the same amount. Tomatoes are about one-half one-half as rich in ascorbic acid as are oranges. The vitamin keeps well in both foods because, they are acid before they are digested. By HAROLD HOLto A team cf Army doctors has Just drug called dramamint tt supposed to cure To anyone vT?k the ocean by ran come as a hnnn m I that ranks right: Up can opener. Many Ci sick just watchinV , o SUIC with mine r ' l 1 thpvll w. ItoT; J the Alia: without missing a bm was NaDoleon Army marchps nn If. -i but it has taken' uu Jtaio lUf US 10 do thing about it. Anyway glad this problem haa'h settled. t; A St. Paul woman is vorcing her husband who; to see the Dempsey-GF fight in 1923 and never' turned. Maybe he thcuj-was thcuj-was a double feature, d let your budget be kno out by car breakdowns, it-keep it-keep your car operating e; iently at ALPINE MOTOR INC., 190 E. 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