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Show Page S i x - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - THE SENTINEL, MIDVALE, U T A H - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - F r i d a y, March 31, 1944 lOOKINfl mE MIDVALE SENTINEL Published Every l<'riday AI/EM . Entered a.a Second Cla.as Matter al at Postoffloe at Midval~. Utah, under the Act o f March 9, 1878. \sTRICTLY BUSINESS by Mcfeotten I GEORGE S. BENSON HOWARD C. BARROWS Editor and Publisher Dollar Daring fVA BARROWS, Associate Editor u~Jrs'fu~·· NATIONAL EDITORIAL m~~o~ SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year (In Salt La.ke County) $1 .50 Outside Salt La.ke County, 1 year U.OO V-MAIL ALWAYS GETS THERE There is a real danger that overseas mail may be rationed. We are sending 34,000,000 letters a week to our men on the fighting frotlts and simply haven't enough cargo space for this. Very often there has to be a choice between sending bags of mail or plasma. It is unfair for us to force this choice on the United States Postal Service. The solution to this important problem is an easy one. Use \'-Mail. Forty-nine letters sent the \'-mail way occupy the same space as one letter sent in the ordinary way. If you haven't been availing yourself of this convenienc<· it is time to sta1t. If you don't know how to use it ask aboul it in your post office where you can also get Vmail paper. There is no mystery about it. It is simple. Furthermore, V-mail letters always •·each their destination. Letters mailed in any other way are far less certain. Two hundred million V-mail letters have been delivered and not one has been lost! \Ve all know tl1at letters from home are the greatest comfort that the men have. We cannot risk cheating them out of any part of the happiness they get in this way. It is patriotic to use V-mail. GOVERNMENT BY EXECUTIVE ORDER? It is revealing, to say the least, to hear from ll.1innesota's U S Senator Shipstead that, while congress has enacted 4,553 laws in the last ten years, the president has issued 3,703 executive orders. Sponsoring a senate resolution which would authorize a congressional review of execu~ tive orders, the Minnesotan believes it is the duty of the lawmakers elected by the people to ~find out about the source of authoritv and see if we want this situation continued." Senator Shipstead describes the situation as "bad and dangerous," and holds that it "could go on until we had nothing left but executive orders. ·• A people who have seen their country grow great and powerful in a system of liberty and self-government-a govenliDent of laws, nol of men-will weigh the ~1innesota senator's warning when he says: "If you can pass a law by executive order, congress might as well go home." ------- RECORD SEED POTATO SUPPLY Farmers can utilize the largest supply of seed potatoes in history to meet the 1944 wartime Irish potato goal o! more than 31,~ million acres. Sharp increases in acre- Investments make jobs. Large investments make good jobs. Paying investments make permanent jobs. Communities where substantial cap-ital has been put to work wisely are prosperous communities. Their ra· tio of gainfully employed people is high.. Incomes are adequate for gracious living and merchants prosper because their customers have money to spend for something besides a bare living. These desirable conditions result !'rom Investments. Not all projects prosper. Not all investments are wise. Nobody can be perfectly certain in advance whether a proposed venture is a good one. but if our enterprisers had always withheld their invest· ments until they could know how things were going to tum out, America never would have become the world's most in.duential nation. We would be on the back bench with China and India today. Fish In the Sea An incident in the career o! .James A. Patten illustrates pertecUy how boldness In business creates wealth. Deals in wheat. not fish, made Patten's name familiar to every adult American in the first tell years at the 20th Century, but he once la id out a million dollars to build the first fish cannery in Alaska. While it was still in the planning stage, the famous plunger consulted his banker. Bankers are proverbially conservative. "The fish are still in the sea. Mr. Patten," the banker reminded, after hearing the business man discuss potential returns. "It is worth trying, .. Mr. Patten said. •·If I lose, I lose. Out of three pioneering ventures, if two are successful, it is enough." He built the cannery and it prospered and grew. Hundreds of men were employed. Good jobs were created. People in many Ianda were supplied food at !air prices. More Than a Gift Fish taken from Ule sea and sold in cans the first year had a value somewhat above 1.5 million dollars. In the absence ot Patten's venture~ some spirit, this progress would have been delayed; might never have come. This is the spirit of progress and adventure that gives America leadership among nations; that currently is feeding the fami~ lies or a war~cursed world. A mellower millionaire than Patten might have endowed very richly some uplift movement for under· privileged Eskimos (i! any) and accomplished much less for humanity than did this investment for profit that started a new industry in a new country. After this war will come the greatest demand for new jobs that the world has ever known. The whole Earth will look to American enterprisers to offer gainful work. U we uphold America's living standards which are different from any in the world, and better than any, we will need all the good ideas our 130 million people can devise. Freedom ot opportunity encourages venturesome investment; makes paying jobs. Acid Indigestion Relieved in 5 minutea: or double your money back 'W!!~n ~ tnc .._,, .o~lr Pre~<"rlbo atomach at'ld CIUM!a vatnl!ll. rutr«atct"maeh and bl'artbun. cL.oo.-:ton usuall.Jt the raortest-a.-tlnc mP<IItlnes known fc.: f1lllnt01llatlc rellef--tdfdldnea lite tbole In Bell·Sl!JI !'ablets. No laut t•e n .. l t-ana ilrlnp romfort tn a 111!Y or doubl(lo YQUr raon~ b*'t (I~ return o( ~Ur to ur. :!~ at au druJ!lLIU. age last year in ·23 out of 27 seed potato producing states jumped the 1943 production of certified seed to more than 29,000,000 bushels from a previous high of 20,491,817. War-approved grade seed potatoes boost the supply to 41,667,000 bushels. FOOD nSHER and BECKERS BEER On Draught JACK'S DeLuxe LUNCH Phone Mid. 298 Hia'- cost elt&l acarcity .,, wfre Is no problem , •• with PA.RMAK rou con triple your fence with wire Oft hond. Produce more with leu time, lobar, cost. Guaranteed ond opprovecl. lm~ mediate delivery. See us today. PETERSON TRACTOR lk IMPLEMENT CO. 7750 S. State Midvale, Ut, They'll Help Someone I Sell or Swap Your Idle Electric Appliances--~~~LJThey've got a job to do - those discarded appliances loafing idly around your house. Call them to arms. Dig them out and sell them or trade them to your electrical dealer. ••• ' ! ,..1 see Jervis is oickin~ up a little business on the side !u Gen. Eisenhower ~<Reviews" War Dog Hero .... He'll put them in shape so they can save time for someone. Perhaps for a housewife doing double duty as a war worker. If you don't sell or swap, she may have to do without appliances, because manufacturers are busy on other things needed to win the war. Use the convenient "Trading Post" coupon. "WARTIME TRADING POST" COUPON Date ..... ··-······ .. -. -·-··--· -····----·· I would like to buy O sell 0 trade 0 (check uans· acrioa in which you are interested) the following used Elecuic Appliances: •-- ·-·--(Type of AopUcau:ej (Api)roxila.ale Value) I (Approximate Value) {Type of Appliauc:e) • (Approximate Value) (Type ol Appliaon) My Name Telephone Number . "Chips" - fa~ous War Dog Hero being "reviewed" by General Ersenhow~r - wtll be allowed to. keep his decorations War Depart. ment offic1als have announced. but m the future medals will be award~d only to humans. uChips" is the hero of dogs provided for servIce by Dogs for Defense. These dogs are highly trained for homefront and battle service. Major General Edmund B. Gregory, Army Quarterll'!astel· Gene.1·aJ, recently congratulated owners of dogs supplied for servlC';, and :'a1d that a~vances made with dehydrated dog food have made 1t poss1b le to prov1de energy for Army dogs without relying on foods where qua~tities arc limited. Dehydrated food has also helped to .solv!! the fe~dmg problem . fa~ American pets, many of which are gomg mto serVIce, and are provmg to be ''man's best friend" on the battle fronts of the world. Addreu (Str..t. P. 0. orR. P. D.) State City Not.1 ThU Uatiag ill good for fifteen dcry.: aft.r date ncei.-ed. U appUcmc.. are ati4 oa. ba~~.d. a:fter that time. they Uolild be re-U.tecl. MAD. or DELIVER to oae of the dea.ler• U..t.d below. or your ueGl'est Utah Power & Light Compcm.7 office. Your in!J~ will be twued oyer to cr "Wcutime Electrlc Appliance Trading oat" Decaler who wUl uuist you. UTAH POWER & LIGHT CO. Tlte following Electrical Dealers operate "Wartime Trading PoshM to mist rou in buying, selling, trading Used Eledric Appliances B,.- JEAN MERRJT't Beia::r. Bome ln$tUut.J cup dark corn syrup teaspoon prepru:ed yellow mustard ;4. teaspoon Worcestershire sauce. Bake, covered, in a very slow oven (250° F.} lor 4~.Z hours. Add water o.s needed.. Bake 'h hour longer with bean pot uncovered. To avoid mashing the beans do not 3tir w~.r~ bJ.k.in.g, unless necessary. Y4 ~~ Leftover Baked Bean Beauties Serves 6. Bean Supper Dish Best way to make the m.ost of a big batch of home-baked heans is to plan seconds along with. the fir:>t- :a.t::J i.~serving meal. Don't let a Oalf-thleci Fut bean pot languish in the refrigerator L"ntil ~enrlnforgottez: for day/. Don't Jet the 1 mcdiu:~1 onioil sliced. family mbble wasteful spoonfuls be-l H , , ' fore meals, or before b('dtime eit.h~rt!:t~-· Have a well-designed scht::me ! 1t:' · Li rect!JE: of Home Style Baked using them, and a<ihPre t~1 il t·wo Deems witi1 Tomato Sauce days latel'. (see aboveY Never just re-lH-"ai ~u!ct ~erve. tn- orste-ad, feature the bcan.c:; tn t ri~- 1 171:.: O"!. jar oven baked beans in licious new dish. Say a nhort~f'.~e,, torr~a~o sauce. msde of two pat~ of corn bre:. . d wtth 1 home-baked beans he"lped in beSpt·ead between, and on top of, tween. Or, baked beans scooped 1 ~~~e!·s o~ corn bread. Garnish with into a toasted ho.:."Tlburgf'r bun and omon slic~. topped w~th a. tenderly b.."lked eg$· Baked Eggs in Buns Your famtly vnll vote bean-SX<•~lctS Fot· each individual serving cut "first/' when you serve such dishes out and :i."eserve a lid Hz inches in so: diameter fr.;~m top crust of bun. Home Style Baked Bean:; with HolJvw out center of bun to make Tomato Sauce a nest large enough for beans and Inegg. 41h. cups water In hollow pl.acePlace% cup home-baked beans. 1 pint (1 lb.) dry pea beans. Over beans break-Add-1 egg. 2 teaspoons salt. Season to taste withBring to boiling point. Co-ver and Salt cook over mediunt heat for 2 hours. Pepper. Place beans and liquid in quart si.ze Cover with top crust of bun. Place bean pot. bun on baking sheet and bake in Combine, and pour over beansmoderate oven (350° F.) for 20 ;4, cup condensed cream of tomato minutes or until egg is cooked as soup, undiluted ., desired. Remove top crus t and Pinch of salt serve immediately. Serves 1. GIVE MORE The Way You Like It I slaughter and sale or pork that were in effect before suspension of restrictions on November 17, 1943. A license or permit is required for the home slaughter of hogs if the pork is delivered to persons not living on the fann, and Utis permit or license designates the quantities which may be delivered. e:./Ll EM INTP A&TIPN1I - A Ta.me EndJng But let me tell you the rest or the Patten story. He quit enterprising. Born before the Civil War, he lived until 1928 and witnessed the coming or taxes that tended to restrict the gro\\1h at new enterprises. Two successes out of three venturesome investments had been enough to encourage his early activities but, at that rate, if be were operating now aod paying 66% percent tax on his profits he could only break even. In later years taxes on profits have reached even more discouraging heights. A 75 percent tax makes two success.ful ventures out of three show an over~all loss. Some men pay taxes of 90 percent but Patten quit taking long chances before such rates were dreamed at. In his late years he invested in government bonds. To him this must have seemed tame. Government bonds pay returns and they are safe but they create no wealth; no jobs. FARM SLAUGHTER RULE RETURNS The period in which farmers could slaughter hogs without a permit or license and deliver any quantity of pork to persons not living on the farm expired March 17, the War Food administration reports. Farmers again are subject to the regulations governing the IN44 RED CROSS WAR FUND GAMBLE STORE. Midvale 0 & E ELECTRIC. Mindvale WESTERN AUTO SUPPLY CO.• Midvale S. J. MICKELSEN. Draper BRINTON ELECTRIC CO.. Riverton RIVERTON MOTOR CO.• Riverton JENSON & KUHRE. Sandy \ Our Specialty- WEDDING INVITATIONS and ANNOUNCEMENTS * 71te /Jtit/v~tle ~entinel HIGH QUALITY- LOW PRICES Phone Mid. 178 * 136 N. Main HEADQUARTERS FOR Butter. .wrappers In the Jordan Valley We use the best quality vegetable parchment, and give you first class workmanship and service. 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