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Show BEAVER PRESS I33 'Mi ((' -- ? 1 Mf 1 "'2 7X Briefly Told for Busy Readers SUGAR IS STOKED. OVERCOME BY GAS. SMELTER IS OPENED. RODENT WAR OPFNS. OFFER BUFFALO MEAT. A z &, ' 19 3 3 y f 1. Andrew Jackson, the first Democratic President, who was occupying the 'Vhite House In 1833. (Author's Note: To forestall those who say, "But wasn't Thomas Jefferson the first Democratic President?" it may be pointed out that Jefferson, Madison, Monroe and John Quln-c- y Adams were known as "Republicans" or "Democratic-Republicans- " and that Jackson was truly the first Democratic President.) 2. Replica of the "Stourbridge Lion," the first practicable locomotive to run upon a permanent railroad track in America. The Lion's trial trip was made at Honesdale, Pa., on August 9, 1829, and It paved the way for other railroad ventures which by 1833 were proving the practicability of, this form of transportation. 3. A stage station and a stage coach, which in 1833 was the principal means of transporting pasengers and mail. 4. Chicago's "eky-line- " in 1833. . Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Democratic President who will occupy the White House In 1933 after three Republican administrations. 6. The "rallplr.ne," an entirely new form of high speed transport which has now been developed to a practical working conclusion. It can be built over existing railways, making It a fast passenger service. The passenger cars, which are and driven by airscrews fore and aft, are stream-lineand suspended from a steel girder. 7. The very latest thing In airmail planes. 8. One of the main groups of exhibition buildings for the Chicago Century of Progress exposition which will open In 1933, with their modernistic for terraces and multi-level- s ff , " ' S,Nj J :S -i ztri t- traffic. e ft. Ben-nio- self-wille- T "ft I 9T. L rr 7 rpt v - VJT Jfc ' .... By ELMO SCOTT WATSON HEAD of us lies a uow year l'JItt. Although It floes not mark the i "turn of the century" nor yet mark" "reaching the half-waboth of which furnish a logical excuse foe in using to take BiocK, io iook nacK anu 10 bp I Jf j 1$ I "f what progress we have made MfT-raJ socially, politically, economical- JAi. I nnH enlrltnollw trof thri la ample reason for doing that very thing Just now. For V.CW will round out the first third of the Twentieth century and If there Is anything In history repenting Itself, the next third will be filled with events of the greatest significance to the future of our notion. Certainly that was tme during the corresponding period In the Nineteenth century and a comparison and contrast of 1833 and 1!V13 cannot fall to be of Interest and, perhaps, of value to Americans as they face the new year. In 183.1 there was, new tj jK? of President In the White House, a Democratic President. Andrew Jackson was his name and his being there had come about through a vertlble political revolution. Its significance has been well appraised by the historian, Frederic Austin Ogg, In his volume "The Ilelgn of Andrew Jackson A Chronicle of the Frontier In Politics" In the Tale University Tress series "The Chronicles of America." He writes: "Jackson's election to the Presidency in 1S2S was correctly described by Senator Penton as triumph of democratic principle, and an assertion of the people's right to govern themselves.' Jefferson In his day was a candidate of the masses, and his triumph over John Adams Jn 1800 was received with great public acclaim. Yet the Virginian was at best an aristocratic sort of democrat; he was never In the fullest eense a man of the people. Neither Madison nor Monroe Inspired enthusiasm, and for John .Culncy Adams eveaKew Englunders voted, aa y Anti-Slaver- UT By ordinance, TOOELE, the Tooele county commissioners secured the power to close all flowing wells in Tooele county between November 1 and April 1 of each year, '''his ordinance will le effective on all wells which flow more han ten gallons per minute. RENO, NEV. The Nevada "bank holiday," ended with thirteen of banks of the state the twenty-siunable to open for business. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. Entry blanks for the world's grain exhibition nnd conference at Regina, Canada, July 24, to August 4, 1933, have been received by Harden commissioner of agriculture. TOOELE, Ut. The International Smelting company has resinned operations at its Tooele plant after being shut down for several weeks. One blast furnace wiil lie operated and approximately 300 men given work on a rotation system. SALT LAKE CITY, UT. The interstate commerce commission nt "Washington has denied the application of the Union Pacific Railroad company for authority to abandon f mile branch its five and road extending from Crass Creek station to Grass Creek in Summit county. MANTI, UT. Willis Parry, 14, was elctrocuted here while bathing. Young Tarry took hold of an electric heater in the bathroom while he was in the water. SPRIXGVII.LE, UT With the approach of cold weather, rats infesting ditch banks and fields move into winter quarters to take up their abode where food and warmth is provided. The government nnd agricultural agencies throughout the state are working with civic organisations to bring about extermination of rat, and a campaign will be launched here to flglit the rodents. x Kzekfel Webster confessed, from a cold sense of 2 ts N man can bring prosperity, No man caused these hard days. But since auceess begins at home. Let's help home and towns, it pays. PATRONIZE HOME INDUSTRY. on his automobile. j duty. "Jackson was, us no President before him, the choice of the masses. His popular vote In 1S24 revealed not only his personal popularity, hut the growing power of the democratic elements In the nation, and his defeat In the house of representatives only strengthened his own and the people's determination to be finally victorious. The untrained, passionate frontier soldier came to power In 18-- 8 as the standard hearer of a mighty democratic uprising which was destined before it ran Its course to break down oligarchical party organizations, to liberalize state and local governments, and to turn the stream of national politics Into wholly new channels. It was futile for men of the old school to protest and to prophesy misfortune for the country under its new rulers. The people had spoken, and this time the people's will was not to be denied."' In 1033 there will he another Democratic President In the White House. Obviously It would be futile to attempt to demonstrate any similarity between Andrew Jackson and Franklin D. Roosevelt for both the heredity and the environment which produced the two men were so different as to make any logical correlation Impossible. Hut since the forces which work to place men in positions of power and responsibility nre Invariably more Important than the men themselves. Isn't It more Important that there Is a plausible similarity between the forces which placed there two Democratic Presidents In the White House? A century ago there was a political revolution after four decades of rule by the Federalists and Democratic-Ilepublican- s (into which the Federalists had gradually merged). The election of last November had all the aspects of a political revolution after twelve years of Republican rule and there Is something singularly appropriate to that election in Professor Ogg's words about the election of Jackson: "It was futile for men of the old school to protest and prophesy misfortune for the country under Its new rulers. The people had spoken nnd this time the people's will was not to be denied." Fo In lit.'!.'! the American people face the future under a new administration not only In their National Capital but In many state capitals hs well. They have been promised a "new deal." for such was the slogan of the winning Presidential candidate. Whether or not he will be able to carry out that promise, with all its Implications, to their satisfaction remains to be seen. For. granting him the utmost In sincerity and honesty of purpose, tlie fact remains that factors over which he will have no control will shape the destiny of the nation during the next third of the century and those factors, rather than the actions of one man or group of men, will make the "n"w deal" whatever It turns out to be. There can be no doubt that the principles of which Andrew Jackson was the exponent profoundly Influenced the history of the United Stales (luring the third of the century which followed 1833. P,ut they were merely political principles nnd their influence on our history was negligible compared to the Influence of the social and economic forces which were set In motion during that time. It was this decade which saw a new social consciousness being aroused In the nation. For the first time men were beginning to question actively the right of one race to hold In bondage another race. New Year's day. 1831. saw the publication of the first number of William Lloyd Garrison's Liberator and within two years there had been organized the American society. More than that, the common man was beginning to become more conscious of his rights as a man nnd a citizen. Many of the states had rid themselves of the old property and fax qualifications for voters, the property qualifications for officers had been diminished or had disappeared nnd nearly all the state officers. Including Judges, were being elected by popular vote Instead of being chosen by the legislature or governor, as had been the case for merly. with these social movements (Vtlncldentally were economic movements which were to revolutionize the life of the American people. It was an era of Industrial progress, of Internal Improvements and of national development In a number of material ways. Albert Pushncll Hart, the historian, has declared that "In the 20 yean OGDEN, UT. In his annual report, County Agent Christiansen says that 230 Weber county farmers qualified for federal government emergency livestock feed loans, and received $31,114. There were approximately 300 others who asked for Information, many of whom could not qualify. SALT LAKE CIT1, UT. A tabulation of the income tax paid by Utahns shows that 34,797 pvrsona reported a gross income of less than $500 each In 1931. This group a total of 84,588 dependents. IDAHO FALLS, IDA. The 1933 district convention of Lions clubs of Utah nnd Idaho will be held In Utah, Tune 19 and 20. PARMA, IDA. R. Mitchell, 45, cashier of the First National Bank, was accidentally overcome by carbon monoxide while fixing a heater Og-de- d LsJUL Sally Sez Intermountain News tm CHEYENNE, A 7 ' i C A Ml A Ttmv4 frolu 18-- 0 to b-tnuiv inventions were brought forward tlian In the whole history of mankind before. The American manufacture of edge tools began: the Invention of planlnc machines revolutionized wood working ; platform scales were Introduced; the Nasinytli steam hammer was patented in 18pJ; the iron cook stove was put on the market about friction matches (Invented In Ktigland In 11"7) slowly began to take the place of the old flint and steel; the first crude Colt's revolver was patented In 1835. To furnish power for cotton and woolen mills, paper mills and other Industries, dnms were built on the falls of the rivers in the eastern, middle and southern states. . . . The methods of farming were changed by farm machinery. In 1834 McCormlck patented the first horse reaper, the basis of the present elaborate mowers and reapers." Transportation began to undergo a change. The steamboat made the sailing vessel obsolete and It pointed the way to the necessity for Internal Improvements such ns canals. Cut almost overnight there came the railroads to cheapen transportation, stimulate trnvpl and built up new states and cities. Then began the opening of pnblie lands, the rush Into the West (Its pop illation Increaslnc from C.f.o'i.noo to 7.000,000 from ISL'O to 1I0) nnd the demand for more la borers bringing n sfrong current of Immigration from abroad. So the young giant of the New world. Uncle Sam, got away to a flying start on the road of progress, a race which has continued to the present time. The year 1833 Is as good a year as any other from which to date this progress. What of the year 1D33? Will the historian of the future write It down as another beginning of a new era of progress social, political, eco nnmie and spiritual procress? We who live In tills year cannot answer that question. Hut If we learn anything by the lessons of the past, we can at least recognize some of the stirrings beneath the surface of everyday life which may give a hint of the changes that nre to be. lalmr-suviu- ; by Wtern Ntwapuprr t'nlon.J WYO Cheyenne Is to share with others over the state in the distribution of buffalo meat from the herd in Yellowstone national park. Welfare authorities were advi;ed that three of the animals will he sent lure for distribution in steaks and roasts to the reedy in Cheyenne and ovi r Laramie county. Fifty of Hie park herd are to be slaughtered. SCIPIO, UT. Millard county commission is using wood for fuel at the courthouse In Fillmore to assist In the unemployment situation. Ranger Rohbins roioris he has sold the county f; cords of oek nnd mahogany to be used for fuel. The permits for Tood this year have Increased 40 per cent over 1931. LEU I, IT. Approximately 175 tons of sugar will be stored In the Lehl warehouses of the Utah-Lho Sugar company, awaiting trensit to market generally In the east. The sugar Is le!ng brought from factories located at Spanish Fork, West Jordan nnd Garland. Utah, Blackfoot, Shelley, Idaho Falls and Sugar City, Idaho. Weekly rotation of help, principally among the unand surrounding employed of country, has aided eniplovment in this locality. Officials o' the sugar company state that the new sugar pack, which eliminates the old and heavy outer sack, is proving popular, as It Is made of heavy cotton material from which the brand can be erased In one washing, making the sack nvnlliblc for many purposes. BOISE, IDA. A agreement to enact uniform saies tax laws may evolve from negotiations nnder way In the Pacific northwest, Got. Ross fnld, in announcing he was communicating with other on the proposal h five-stat- e ASK YOUR DRUGCI8T FOR SYL-O- - W AN FAT !J INTERMOUNTAIN PRODUCT n, one-hal- 2 Why Not? "Mother, I want to ask yon said Steve. "The something," world goes around, doesn't it? Well, then, when the endurance flyers are up in the air several days, why can't they see China as it passes by?" Nothing Impossible is impossible upon Nothing which the enlightened heart of humanity seta itself, but it requires the leisure of a great faith. Ar-th- ur Henry Brown. Grown-u- Child p Smasher (after watching father make an unfortunate stroke with drives) Why don't you get unbreakable toys for daddy, too, ma? Boston Transcript. THIS WEEK'S PRIZE STORY It is a treat satisfaction to know yon are jrivin sometliinS worth while. Why not fill your Xmas s'.ockinirs t.-.lift packages this year with Intcrmou-itair- t mnda roodi? Besides helping Old Santa you will be helping yourselvei and other by patronizing noire industry. MRS. GLADYS J. WARNER. FiKmore. Utah. Sentimental Attachments A London chef finds that wolf meat, correctly cooked, may be quite palatable. Yet even in desperate times, one has r.n aversion to devouring the household pets. Detroit News. JOSEPH WM. TAYLOR, Inc. Clan's Uatinj Porlic jos Funerals on Tims Faymant Plan il Salt lain City. :a Ulaii desired : 'Pliant Wa:. 328 Aids Grapefruit Two grapefruit plants, which un- der normal conditions would not bear blossoms until they were at least five years old, have blossomed in five weeks under Coined by Rabelais The word "gargantuan" is from the work of Rabelais, in which is a gigantic king having an extraordinary appetite. Gar-gant- ua GASOLINE Packed With Power Jewish Memorial Day "Rosh HaRhanah' means beginning of the year. It is known as the Day of Memorial, and is kept by the Jews in "memory of God's creation of the earth and its marvels, the heavens and the great luminaries that are there." Old Custom "I had hardly got married be- fore war broke out," writes a correspondent. It is often like that! London Tit-Bit- s. pet week will be paid for the beat article on "Why yow hoold Intermoantain made ihSimilar Goods" la abort, gens your story In pros or yarso lo In- terfflonntaln Product! Column, P O Box KSS, Salt Lake City. If your story appears In this will ra column ) rely check for $5.00 $5.00 goT-erno- rs BOULDER CITY, NEV. Snow and cold weather have combined to slow down work on the huge Boulder Dam project. With the temperature ranging from 17 to degrees below zero, scalers were unable to work at night because of snow. SPOKANE, WASH The following students have been awarded Rhodes scholarships nt Oxford university at Oxford, England: J. R. Knnpp, Jr., of Portland, Ore., Rex B. Pontius of Lewlston, Idaho and Done Stnurman of Linden, Wash. W.N.U. Salt Lake City Week No. J25J Weather Breaker An old inner tube cut into utripi and nailed to the bottom of the garage door will keep rivulets of rain from running under the door. Some garages are hard to dry out and the safest way i. to keep them dry. Butter Preserved in Bog Althoufih an ancient oak urn found buried in the ground near Omagh, Ireland, was badly decayed, the butter Inside was in an excellent state of preservation. |