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Show ID VA LE OURNAL WHAT IS CALLED CONVE RSATI ON B:r THOMAS ARKLE CLARK "'VOLUME 4 NUMBER 42 Phone Midvale 178 MIDVALE, UTAH, FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1929 MIDVALE FIREMEN GAY MACLAREN ANNUAL BALL Again the people of Midvale and those of the surrounding communitie s will have an opportunity to enjoy ·,. th mselves at the 6th annual ball oJ: the Midvale Firemen's Association , on April 15, 1929, in the Midvale Junior High School Auditbrium , Those who have bad the opportunity of attending the past annual balls of this organization will recall an occasion of pleasure and a real good time. Every effort of this fire fighting organization will be used to make this event the most successful and enjoyable time of the season. Not only is there an opportunity to enjoy ourselves in pleasant dancing, but in so doing assist in maintaining the long established Mutual Aid fund of the organizatio n, created and maintained for the relief of disabled firemen. Firemen are called upon frequently to jeopardize themselves in that there may be little or • hazards no loss of life and property. We have enjoyed and appreciate • the splendid support of our community, say the firemen of Midvale, and our surrounding friends in the past and appeal again to all to join with us • again in this greatest of all our 6th • annual dance, April 15, 1929. WARD RELIEF SOCIETY MEETING A special ~eting of the ward Relief Society was held Sunday evening in connection with the regular SacSpecial business rament Service. pertaining to the re-organiza tion of the society took place ,also a program as follows: Invocation, Mrs. T. F. Greenwood. Singing, ''Oh That My Soul," Relief Society Chorus. Vocal sole){ Mrs. Earl Tripp, accompanied by Mrs. Charles Schmidt. Paper on th~ first organizatio n of the Relief Socie\y, Mrs. Cornelia Clayton. Reading, Mrs. Annie Greenwood. Financial repeort read by Mary A. James, retiring secretary. Remarks, Stake President Mrs. Eleda Jensen of Sandy. The following named were honorably released with a hearty vote of thanks: Pres. Mrs. Carl Tholen; First ,.Councilor Mrs. Geo. T. Sharp; Second Councilor Mrs. Jas. H. Glover; Secretary Miss Mary A. James. The new officers include Mrs. Lester Forbush, president; Mrs. T. F. Greenwood, 1st councilor and Mrs. Gus Carlson, second councilor. Other offices have not been filled as yet. T .. 4 APOLLO QUARTET TE PROGRAM A large and appreciativ e assembiy listened to the musical program given by the Apoll Quartette Sun» day evening at the acrament meet,. ing in the First ward chapel. • The personnel of the quartette is: Charles Schmidt, first tenor, L. W. Frame, second tenor; D. M. Todd, Jr., baritone and S. D. Burton, bass. Gwen Summerhay s is the accomp~t. • FORWARD! HO Are Boy Scouts lazy? Well, we wonder! Last Saturday Boy Scout Troop 118, composed of thirteen members of the Moose, Beaver, and Arrow patrols, accompanie d by one leader and one bull dog, took a day's hike to Little Cottonwood canyon. Equipped with last winter's rubbers and all the coats, sweaters, and earpads that their mothers could pile upon them, not to mention beefsteak, weenies, spuds, sandwishes and all the accessories, the boys left Midvale about eight o'clock in the morning. Until they got to Sandy the boys trekked steadily. Then rubbers began to wear out, sweat began to roll and sweaters became a burden. To make the miles go faster, the Arrows decided to play they were mountain goats and frisk along over the sagebrush and sand. A few Moose decided to run like dogs, while others were horses and jackasses- it made little difference, as the object was to get over the ground. Arriving at the mouth of Little "The girl with the camera mind" Cottonwood about noon, the boys the only artist of her kind comes to flopped down to eat beefsteak, beans, Midvale Friday, March 29, to give her and baked potatoes, cooked over conown sparkling play "Father and test fires that the boys built in rec d time with but two matches and no Dad." the off and on paper. Signaling contests to find both Most people, stage, have a secret yearning to be whether or not they knew their A. the "whole show." But Gay Mac- B. C's, first aid competition s, and Laren really is just what the term compass examinatio n followed the implies. She's the vampire and the grub. They then decided to visit a gold heroine, the villian and the hero-not mine located north of the mouth of to mention the stage director. Miss MacLaren attends the produc- the canyon. While scaling the hills, tion • of a play from three to five the boys got alarmed and thought times, never more, and is then ready some bulls, enraged by the red signal to reproduce the entire piece, giving ftags, were chasing them, but the every bit of stage business and im- source of trouble was only a herd of cows that thought the scouts looked personating every character. However, Miss MacLaren is not a extra green and juicy. This was the first trip to any mine m1m1c nor an impersonato r. Her work is something more than that. that many had made. The miners In addition to the presentatio n of the let the troop into the mine on the very acts, gestures, intonations and condition that they push a car the characteriz ation of the original actor, .• ~00 feet to the end. The group, wit~ Miss MacLaren puts in something of the light, went ahead leaving the her own and makes the audience see greater number behind in heavy darkevery action as though it were really ness. They stumbled over the tracks hanging onto each other's coat tails, consummat ed. In giving a performanc e Miss Mac- fearful that they would be blown up, Laren wears only a simple evening or imprisoned in the inky darkneses. frock. And her own personality is ex When one strayed off into a side eluded with a great deal of care, as tunnel he yelled for all he was worth it could be a serious interference in lest the others became lost. After what seemed to th.em, hours making the various character transitions, changing from comedy to pa- of uphill climbing in absolute blackthos, emotion to passivity, man's ness, the scouts came to the end voice to woman's. Nor does she need where the men were working. Some a gun to produce the illusion of a pis- of the lilcouts wanted to stay until the tol shot. The audience "sees" the miners reached the vein of free gold glint of the revolver, and "hears" the which they expected to strike at any clink of handcuffs just as you often time, but six inches of drilling into hear the distant slam of a door in a the hard mountain was a good day's movie, even when you know that a work, and the boys didn't bring along their shaving kits. fiash on the screen can't slam. After they came out of the mine, Miss MacLaren is more than a mere play interpreter; she is an ar- they finished the last weenie and dill pickle and started to come home via tist. Th her play Miss MacLaren sets the rocks in the creek bed. The day forth a dramatic demonstrat ion of the proved too much for Rex, the bulldog difference between a neglectful flesh- mascot, who started to take fit~. much and-blood "father" and a "dad" who, to the consternatio n of chance travelwith no blood tie, "lays the founda- ers and working men. These scouts who started so hopetion for love in later years" It is absolutely up-to-date, and discusses ma- fully in the mornning compla.in('d bitny of the problems that coD.front par- terly going home. Such tired, dead ents foday. It shows a keen under- tired scouts, never were. They drug along with but one goal,-home . An standing of modern youth. This great attraction will be held in escaped fox failed to thrill them, a the Midvale Junior High School Fri- herd of bull!! couldn't move them. The object of the trip was to make day, March 29, at 8:15 P. M. under the auspices of the of the Extension a fourteen mile hike to map for secDivision, University of Utah. There ond class scout work. Although they hiked about twenty will be a small admission charge of miles in all, some of them are willing fifty cents. to admit that the trip was only one conbe Cooked Food Sale will of seventy five miles. But no wall ducted by the Ladies Aid, of the M. are concerned with the problem of E. Community church, the Saturday putting the mine, the fox, the rock preceeding Easter, March 30, at the of the creek, and the mad dog into church building on East Center street. one map. All kinds of cooped foods will be sold. D. M. Todd Jr., was in charge and announced the numbers with brief explanations, as to their classificatio n and called attention to items of- interest concerning their composition . The program given by the quartette follows: Sacramenta l, "Jesus Lover of my Soul," "Prayer Perfect," ·"Holy Art Thou," "Homing," "The Builders," "Annie Laurie," "Lassie 0' Mine," "Shadow March," "De Coppah Moon", "Sleepy; Hollow," "Mother Machree," C. K. THOMPSO N LEAVES "Absent." A bass solo by S. D. Bur"Tommy" Thompson, for the past ton, "A Benediction "; tenor solo, "It 22 months in charge of the lead furwas for me," Charles Schmidt. Remarks were made by L. W. naces at the Midvale Smelter, left Friday for a visit with his family in Frame and S. D. Burton. Arizona. He expects to go to MexMEETING CLUB shortly after this visit and engage TY ico COMMUNI The regular meeting was held on in smelter work in that country. Wednesday afternoon of The Better Gardens Committee, Mrs. Born, the NEW BOOKS FOR RENTAL SHELF "A Lanter in Her Hand," AUrich chairman, was in charge of the pro"Bishop Murder Case," Van Dine. gram. "Dusty Answer," Lehman. A representat ive of the Utah Nur"The Best Plays, 1927-28," Mantle. series was present and gave a talk "In a Yun-Nan Countrard," Miln. on garden arrangemen t and other "All Kneeling," Parrish. matters of interest to flower lovers. "The Parson of Paramint," Kyne. The Better Gardens committee serv"The Canary Murder Case," Van ed the refreshmen ts. The new chairs for the club rooms have been placed Dine. "The Mad Carews," Ostenso. and the members have begun paying "The Emigrants, " Bojer. for them. Each member voted to pay "Trader Horn," Horn and Lewis. for a chair. The work of re-catalogin g the books Am ng other matters of business decided upon at the meeting was that in the library is progressing as rapidthe club rooms would be rented to · ly as possible and it is expected that 1 other organizatio ns if desired, at a the library will be open for the release of books after next week. J:e&Bonable rental. 3000 COPIES WEEKLY . PRICE $1.00 PER YEAR To Contest for Ryder Cup MURRAY LIGHT PLANT FIGURES Dean of Men, Univeraity of lllinoi•. 1 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I l I I 1 I• Mrs. Allen had been very unhappy at •Bath when she and her husband with their friend, Catherine M oreland, as guest went down for a few ho'iday. we('kS' She had been very unh.1ppy, indeed. I say until she wet Mrs. Thorpe, an old schoolmate of hers whom she had not seen tor years. Now she had some· one to talk to, and at once the two old friends Indulged In what they called conversation in which Miss Austin tells us "there was scarcely any exchange of opinion an:l not often any resemblance of subject, for 1\Irs. Thorpe talked chiefly of her children and Mrs. Allen of her gowns." Nelth· er one expected or cared for any pal.'tlcular response from the other. It wa! quite sufficient that there was a listener who . would not attempt to etem the How of words. What is called conversation ·s often only two people in justapositlon eacb ot whom has an opportunity to give a monologue upon his own part!cula1· and favorite topic, whatever that ma1 be. When Mrs. Faris has been out of town for a time and Is back In her own house all she wants Is a chance to tell about her trip. Let ~<Jr get started and you can go about your business quietly and without your eaylng a word she will run on for an hour giving every detail J~ what she said and what they saw and wha~ everyone did and thought. She leaps from one topic to another with the agility of a mountain goat and would be quite surprised tt anyone should indicate that the vocal e,;TCerclse In which she is Indulging Is not convel'satlon. Gregory has opinions-ve ry definite and settled opinions which he Is eager and glad to expounrl to anyone whose ear he can get for a ft:~ minutes. He drops Into a group of men or he ts Invited to a dinner party, and Immediately he takes matters Into his own hands and begins what he would term a conversation with his friends. In exposition, tt ts point of fact It Is a discourse, tt Is an oration. It Is a play of words In which GregorJ takes all the parts. If you will listen to Gregory for a few minutes he will tell you exactly how the difficulties In which the farmer now finds himself can be amicably settled. He knows who Is going to be the next President of the United States and why, and be has a solution of the problem of the unP:nployed which, If people would only listen to him, would put an end to stril;es, labor riots, and general discontent. While Gregory is talking he expects rapt and undivided attention. He doesn't like being Interrupted or questioned , whlle · is engaged In what he calls : conversation . Every community, every : organization , every group of a halt dozen gathered together has Its mono- 1 Iogue artist lll;e Gregory who labora under the delusion that when he ls monopolizing the talk he is engaging In conversation . Due to the fact that erroneous reports have been circulated in Murray concerning the Light Plant operations Lhe Murray Commission authorized a complete audit of the accounts of this department of Murray City government recently. On March 19, 1929, Worsley & Forman, certified public f accountants of Salt Lake City, sub) mitted the following report: "In . accordance with request we have compiled the information in regard to the Murray City Electric Light Plant, !rom the original con"I<Jd' Dudley, one of the ten "pro'a" struction to and including January, who wlll represent Amerlc11 ln the 1929. "During December, 1912, the City Hyder cup matches to be held on the Moortown courses, England, reatlng issued $60,000.00 in bonds to pay in at'ter several rounds of golt on the part for the original constructio n of coul'!e at Sea Island Beach, Ga. the Power Plant. "There was expended on construction of the Hydro-Elec tric Plant, the Transmissio n and Distribution System and the Auxiliary Plant, a total of $247,689.98. To this we must add the cost of the Progress Company lines purchased, o::- $32,500.00, making a total cost of the system to December Mr. C. Earl Alsop, who has been 31, 1928, of $280,189.98. on a mission for the L. D. S. church "The operating expenses such as Sandy to return will in England, labor, materials and supplies, actusoon. A telegram recently receive ally paid out in cash, were $157,124.61 expecthe that stated by Mrs. Alsop, "The Interest paid on the bonded ed to reach Denver on Friday of this debt of $60,000 was $44,758.33. week. He is expected home about "The interest paid on the Progress Wednesday of next week. Company notes and the Burton Loan being is A welcome home party was $9,119.14. planned by members of Sandy Second "The amount actually paid out for ward upon Mr. Alsop's return. meter refunds, material and labor reMr. Alsop, who is well and favor- sold to customers was $32,926.62. ably known throughout this section, "The amount paid on bonds and beargarage the conducted formerly notes payable was $72,000.00. This ing his name' on the highway at Sandy is represented as follows: Bonded Debt ........................ $31,000.00 Progres Co. Notes.......... ...... 32,500.00 8,500.00 Burton Loan ........................ $72,000.00 ............... Total ..................... City Paid Out .................... $563,618.68 The many friends of Miss Ruth City Received .................... 557,524.34 Bergman wil be interested to learn Balance due City ................ $6,094.34 "During the early history of the of her marriage late in January, to the City paid out sums varyPlant Jackie Burton, star athlete of the U. ing from $4,000 to over $20,000 each of U. Ruth is the $ughter of the late N. year more than they received from E. and Elizabeth Bergman, and due the Plant. "Since 1921 the Plant has been to her musical talent, is known in all turning over to the City more than parts of the county and Salt Lake. Mr. Burton is the son of Mr. and was expended for the Plant. HowMrs. Chas. T. Burton of Kaysville. ever up to December 31, 1928, the The young couple will make their Power Plant had not repaid the City's home in Los Angeles where Mr. Bur- advances by $6,094.34. "The confusion existing in the ton is employed in offices of the Union Pacific R. R. Co., and also has charge minds of the citizens of Murray in reof the athletic activities of the office gard to the Electric Light Plant is force. Mrs. Burton has been trans- caused by the misleading report of the ferred to the Los Angeles store of committee of which Mr. J. W. Mcthe Sears Roebuck company and will Henry was chairman. "Mr. McHenry and Mr. Wallace join her husband there as soon as the opera, "Gypsy Rover," in which she called upon me and asked how much profit the Electric Light Plant had has an important role, is staged. <©. 1929, Western Newspaper Union.) Mrs. Burton has been the motif of made during the last few years. I several interesting social gatherings gave them the information for the erating revenue. among which are a shower given by years upon which I had reports on file "The question may be asked as to Mrs. Owen Bergman of Murray and in my office. This information togetwo similar entertainme nts given in ther with the profit and loss of the how the Plant could pay $146,719.74 Plant since its constructio n is shown for constructio n when only $104,000.00 Salt Lake. in our Exhibit "B". (This exhibit is profit was made. "The depreciation accounts charged A large crowd attended the grave- on file at the Murray City Electric side funeral services held for La Von Light Plant office and competent in- to operating are not paid in actual Edna Richardson who died of spinal dividuals are invited to inspect same cash, but represent the decline in the value of the Plant as a result of wear menengitis Tuesday of last week. at any time.) "Since starting operation the net ing out thru gen~>rating, producing, After the invocation a quartet consisting of Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Dahl, profit of the Plant was $104,399.38. and distributing the electricity to cusElsie Dahl and Charles Schmidt sang. This is shown on our Exhibit "B". tomers, therefore the amount shown Speakers were Jas. A. Bateman and It will be noted that depreciation was each year was available for expenditure and it was expended to conBishop Wm. J. Leak. Benediction , not computed for 1914 and 1915. Lawrence Dahl. Interment was in "The information was compiled struct new facilities, pay off obliga· the Sandy City cemetery under the from the audit reports on file in the tiona, etc. "Summariz ing the situation the City The large City Offices. Had the depreciation direction of C. I. Goff. crowd that attended in the cold and been considered in 1914 and 1915 the has advanced over $6,000.00 to the storm and the many beautiful floral rsults would have shown a profit of Power Plant that has not been repaid to date. There was not $80,000.00 offerings, showed the sympathy of less than $100,000.00. their many friends in their deep sor"The Committee, of which Mr. Mc- taken from Power Plant funds and row. Henry was chairman, either inten- used in other City Departmen ts as tionally or thru misundersta nding, stated by the Committee. As a matpublished a report stating that the ter of fact the Power Plant is short City for plant had made over $80,000.00 which $6,000.00 of reimbursing the to the had been used by the City Commis- the amounts expended incident activities." Plant Power sion to pay the expenses of other City January & February, 1929 Department s. Mr. McHenry nor Mr. According to Mayor Lester, the Wallace asked what had become of for January and February, reports the money realized from the Plant operation but merely, "How much 1929, show toe folloV~-ing condition: Paid out ................................ $13,986.85 had the Power Plant Made." "The cash realized from operating Received ................................ 9,201.04 Loss in Jan. and Feb ..... $4,785.81 the Power Plant was used to pay the Previous Loss ............ --- .• 6,094.34 expenses of operating the Plant, for additional constructio n of the Plant, Total deficit March 1, 1929 $10,880.15 All reports, audits and records conpay off obligations incurred, and to pay the interest on such obligations. cerning the operation of the Murray This is all clearly set out in our Ex- City Electric Light Plant are available to competent persons for inspechibit "A" accompany ing this repcrt. "The total cost of the Power Plant tion and verification . on December 31, 1928, was $280,189.98, of this sum $128,375.90 was realized from a bond issue and the issue of notes. This leaves a balance of Many a tnan Is $151,814.08 that was paid for by the out In the back yard City and the Power Plant itself. bemoaning his hard "The Plant is short $6,094.34 of regood when luck, imbursing the City for the cash adt fortune knocks vanced which deducter from $151,814. door. the front 08 leaves $146,719.74 as the cost of the constructio n paid for out of op- Earl Alsop Is Returning BERGMAN- BURTON , Look Out! n• |