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Show THE MIDVALE SENTINEL {STRICTLY BUS INESS PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY by Mcfeatters ) Bntet""ed •• SecoDd Class Matter at the Postoffice at Midvale, Utah,.- under the Act ol March 9, 1878. {[DlUJr Wat§~ul!llgtmll THE SENTINEL, MIDVALE, UTAH JRep((JJrter Wittich's By L. B. BLOCH HOWARD C. BARROWS Editor and Publi~her IV A E. BARROWS, Associale Editor - - __,._ > •- • ..,..1':1r!l..... ....... - uTAli"si..Um "' ASSOiWIO!i NATIONAL EDITORIAL !nf~:tM~KIATION Iii . 7J1.£I1IdtA:. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year Cin advance) ............$2.00 PRICE CONTROL Although there will be heavy opposition to the extension of the life of OPA beyond June 30, it is expected that Congress will permit it to continue its existence for probably six months or a year. This does not mean that Congress approves of all OPA practises. While recognizing the need for price control, the lawmakers have been sharply critical of the high-handed methods sometimes used by that agency. Policies adopted by OPA frequently work a severe hardship on business. Directives issued by it often are so confusing that businessmen, being unable to understand them or get the clarified, simply don't know• where they stand in many instances. During the past four or five years the Nation's many thousands of independent grocers and other merchants have cooperated wholeheartL'<Ily w i t h price control and rationing. Today they are just as earnest in their efforts to prevent excessive price rises and to protect the consumer's purse. But the fact is that because of rigid OPA policies which make no allowance for increased production costs of many products, merchants find themselves unable to meet custmners' needs since some produceTS can't manufacture and sell their products without loss under existing OPA regulations. OPA price contml cannot prevent inflation indefinitely if it stifles production. Congress, in extending the life of OPA, should insist that it take cognizance of tl1e facts of business life and shape its policies so as to encourage, rather than to thwart full production in America. THEY DON'T STRIKE The refusal of nationwide farm organiz.o'ltions to sanction a farm strike expresses the true spirit of tl1e American farmers. However much the vast majority of farmers may be incensed by labor strikes, especially those which delay desperately needed fann equipment, they realize that striking against strikers would chiefly harm innocent bystanders - the public. The unselfish and consistent service of American farmers has been paralleled only by the service of such groups as the independent grocers who market the greater part of the Nation's farm products eitl1er as fresh fruits and vegetables or as processed foods. T h e independent grocers, whether in business in metropolitan center~ or in crossroad villages, have been keenly aware of their responsibilities to theil customers and communities and tl1ey have as a whole conscientiously fulfilled that responsibil- ity. One can well imagine the chaos that would result if either the independent grocers or the farmers were actually to go on strike. \Ve would realize as never before just how valuable a service they perform. But that isn't the method of either group - thank heavens! 1!Jllal hl IH!nglhlw~y r~an1ll Sllllggesas Jlill[J)W ymu ar~mc JL~ws VEHICLES MUST STOP AT CERTAIN CROSSINGS The State Road Commission is authorized to designate particularly dangerous highway grade crossings of railroads and to erect stop signs therat. When such stop signs are erected the driver of any vehicle shall stop within 50 feet but not less than 10 feet from the nearest track of such grade crossing and shall proceed only upon exercisjng due care. 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(Adv.) ~ r ADAMS JEWELRY SHOP WILFORD ADAMS. Prop. 11 N. Main-Midvale Time and Instrument Repairs - Watch Repairing Alarm Clocks and Electric Clock Repairing BIRTHSTONE RINGS - CHILDREN'S and BABY RINGS Also - Diamonds and other fine Jewelry ASK ABOUT OUR LAY-AWAY PLAN _,,_........,,,__..,_,__ ,_,.,,_,, ......_........ .._,,_.,,.,_.,,,..,_,._Hoo•<n•o•"_,.""•"'••••-•••••••-••••oo•"'; -....................................................................................... . """""."''""'•••••.,.,.,.,,., ... _.,,.,.,,,.,,.,, .•......••••••••.,,.,., •• _ ~ H STANDARD CLEANING SOLVENT jj GENERA TOR EXCHANGES FUEL PUMP EXCHANGES OIL FILTERS. SPARK PLUGS FAN BELTS, RADIATOR HOSE BRAKE FLUID BRAKE PARTS BATTERIES GENERATOR REGULATORS- '' and CUT -OUTS TIRES and TUBES ~~ COILS. CONDENSERS POINTS. BRUSHES DISTRIBUTOR CAPS H:AND SEPARATOR OIL FLY and ANIMAL SPRAY MIDVALE GARAGE __ ARNOLD C. TROESTER .........,_....., ..... _,.,.._,, ,........... _ ........ __ ,.,,,,._,.......,__ ,,, ____ !! n II II! GEORGE S. BENSON Pmldtllf--J/Arlilll C1llttt St~rq. .Arlllt/61 Creative Spark Invention is declining ln the United States. Between 1930 and 1943 patent applications went down 1 about half at the Patent Office in Washington. To be very technical, the drop was 54% per 100,000 of the country's population. It the totlll number of patents applied for annually had varied a great deal in former years, this would not be so surprising, but it had not. From 1900 to 1930 our number of patents increased each year, about like the population grew. Many people played at being inventors. Some original gadget to make living easier could be found in process o! development at nearly any wayside wagon shop. Many a housewife cherished what she hoped was a secret recipe. Boys and girls dreamed of wealth from something they might "think up." All to the Good Only a few of these formul9s or mechanical devices ever reached the Patent Office, but the youngsters who worked with them gained valuable knowledge. And out of this wave of creative energy came useful things. Patent applications reached an all-time high between 1925 and 1930, and (population considered) patents actually granted broke a 50-year record, only a few months later. Invention is the spark of creative thought. It was during America's era of invention that the people of the United States rose up industrially and climbed to the top of the world, in wealth, in education, in health and in living standards. Inventions increase employment, boost wages and shorten working hours. Inventions create infinitely more jobs than they destroy. Historical Sketch F. 0. Richey of Cleveland, Ohio, one of the nation's distinguished patent attorneys, in1ormed me recently that the history of invention divides naturally into tour periods: (ll Before the 17th Century when there were no patent laws and few inventions; (2) The 17th and 18th Centuries with poor patent laws poorly administered; ($) From early in the 19th Century to 1933, and (4} since. America's era of invention covered more than a century back of 1933, a period with Ben Franklin at one end and Thomas Edison at the other, in which Chief Justice John Marshall stood out for fair use v! the patent system. Those were the years when inventions and their scientific development were profitable t'o men of intellect-schools of engineering and chemistry flourished. Page Six FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1946 Washington, Feb 4-From extremely confidential sources comes the report of an impending break between Robert Hannegan, Democratic national chairman and the White House. The story is that Mr Hannegan has despaired of getting the president to pursue a consisla~t. liberal and aggressive pol icy. Color is lent to this report by the revelation that Mr Fifnnegan is assembling a corps of assistants to d:irect Democratic policy. This has been done heretofore by presidential assistants. All the elements of a first class feud are now provided. But it wont be a simple fight. It's a three sided battle, with the White House. State department and post master general are now squared off in different corners. Just to add to troubles, congress is becoming increas-ingly difficult. One after another of Mr Truman's recommendations are being scuttled. Seasoned observers are predicting that this will continue until congress goes home to the hustings in July. The legislators are in no mood to go on record in such controversial matters as wages, prices and labor controls. Several congressmen have come out in the open with statements to the effect that they refuse to antagonize any of the powerful, organized pressure groups. The only way out is a do-nothing policy. Congress can't pMs any of the post-war reconstructlon bills without offending labor, ·agriculture. or the general public. Of course the latter is un· organized but the legislators know they will be at the ballot boxes come October. The president, on the other hand. must adopt a firm policy and line hmtF-elf up behind constructive legislation if he is to have more than a nodding acquaintance with the White House guards after his current term expires .. On this dilemma hangs the part~ in power, at the moment. Mr Hannegan has decided to get off at least one of the twin horns, if he can. But in the process he may split the party wide open. New Caledonia is an island east of Queensland, Australia, with an area of 8,548 square miles and .. a population of 53,245. On it mineralS abound, including cobalt, nickle, iron ,manganese and gold. Other products are coffee, capra and guano. We Repair All Malces Appliance Sales - Service Phone: MicL 251-J Refrigeration - Radio Norge & RCA 7658 - 1662 South State East Mid vale __ Utah That new ·paintjo& hel'-s make it t>lain I'm independent • Here in Midvale, at 36-40 W. Center, I've been in business for myself 23 years now. Yet lots of people never realized I was an independent businessman until I recently got a new paint job on my station - and put up my new Chevron Gas Station sign. You 'II find the same folks here to serve you - and the same top-quality products, Chevron gasolines and RPM Motor oils. Drop by soon, won't you? We'd like to show you the extra attention and courtesies an independent station can give you! ARNOLD C. TROESTER Your local independent Chevron Gas..Station MIDVALE GARAGE 36-40 West Center St. Midvale, Utah FOOD MAKE YOUR NEW. 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Necessity makes people improvise; Invention springs from love of achievement' and hope of reward for good ideas. Among Europeans, the Swiss have the most freedom and lead in inventions. The Chl· nese, having no hope of reward, invent little. In America, our Pat· ent Office safeguarded the reward in the 19th Century. In the last dozen years, however, the U. S. patent system has been the target of much verbal attack. Holders of patents are pointed at as if they had stolen something_ Moreover the rewards, that come (by nature suddenly) to inventors, are twisted trom them by taxation. What is the result? Inventors are not inventing. Must America's creative spark be quenched. or may her inventors be rewarded? •• MOUNTAIN FUEL SUPPLY COMPANY Serving 26 Ulah and Wyoming Communities THE MAGIC FLAME THAT WILL BRIGHTEN YOUR FUTURE Phon,e Mi<l 298 ~ ------- - |