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Show Comment om UIIITED STATES NEWS Mmyvd 5rWce HANGING COWS UP TO MILK If a fanner hung a cow up by the head so the lacteal fluid would flow more freely when he milked her, we would say: "He's goofy." And when a painter paints a picture of a watch dripping off the edge of a table we will say, "She's goofy." She may cau d herself a surrealist, a or flapper. She may resent having her art displayed with that of insane people and children aa did Miss Katherine Dreier, but what we wonder at is: Why didn't the children and insane complain? You may think that we are too old or too dumb to appreciate flights of fancy, but we aren't so far gone as to say that we enjoy a picture of a woman with a square hole through her middle through which a seascape may be viewed. We call such fancy- - flightiness. FLOODS. THEN AND NOW us People who are prone to remind nH then of the "eood oia aaya would hardly have preferred being in a flood then. This thought floated into the editorial mind as the announcer said, "Send high truck To such an address, blind invalid weighing 260 pounds. Power boat necessary for confinement case, rowboat might capsize, couldn't be handled in current." Iu the "good old days" there were no high trucks, no power boats. Another announcer said, "Doctor waiting at such and such a street with medical supplies." The horse and buggy couldn't have gotten that far in time. "Typhoid shots are being given at days Tiik school" In the coodin old times of fever broke out wholesale flood. "Aimlane droDDed tents and sup hill." plies to 150 marooned on island These would have starved 10 aeam in the "good old days." The short wave radio made rescuers aware of the location of people in danger who without it would have perished. It also facilitated the giving and receiving instructions where other means of communication failed or ' were , or so lives hundred a of Instead run into have would total the lost, thousands, fifty years ago. Today with modem machines and modern organizations such as Boy Scouts; Red Cross, W. P. A., National Guard and a universal keen willingness to serve, suffering has been mitigated and death has been cheated in ways and to a degree that the good old days could not have even imagined. non-existe- nt "BURNT-UP- ", er g, The cost of research may be of two kinds. There is, first, the cost of doing it, and there is, second, the cost of not doing it. And the cost of not doing it may be it is indeed quite likely to be much the greater of the two. T. A. Boyd, Arthur D. Little, Inc. THE PARDON OF CHANG HSUEH-LIANAFTER G a nominal sentence of ten years imprisonment for having kidnapped the country's dictator is consistent with the suspicion that an deal was arranged in connection with the release of Chiang Further evidence of the success of anti-Japane- se Kai-she- k. Chang's coup may bee seen in the apparent abandonment of Nanking's recently announced campaign, and in the fact that the troops of the rebel Chang and Yang n have been allowed to retain their positions in contact with the red army. While it 'does not seem probable that T. V. Soong, Chiang's brother-in-lawill im assume the premiership, a mediately is anticigeneral Cabinet shake-u- p much a will larger give pated that g elements representation to and may be the forerunner of a genuine Popular Front government for The Nation. China," ist Fu-che- anti-Japane- se w, A voune: girl in New York ran afoul an electric wiring system intended to finish anv marauder who might at tempt to enter her apartment as did the Titterton murderer. She died. It has been suggested that possibly boy friend who didn't know too much about electricity did the wiring to protect her. If we. the people of America, will and clean-u- p squads give our our whole hearted backing and tuuy agen support all cies, we may eventually relieve every young woman lone but in our cities of a great load or tear. some-arden- t ve good-looki- ,' TAXES THAT BRING TEARS TO CHILDREN ; pdT DETATTs ONUTAHFAr! tT HE ATI1T& LAUGHED JM& 4 ill . Si 5' In talcing soundMiiippL bottom th ot the riyer ing calid out Man i pilots Thrt. 4c. 'tf (Samuel bars' "Hucklbrrr Finn." are n ioyed br young and eld alike. .a m m i ii left-win- IWAINT i ciiMENsr Famous as a humorist and always Iminklna. vat there Is a bitter strain in his h uinar, and h did not noy lile. A lady one kissed hi nana and said. God must lore youl" "I bop sol" he an it j swered, ana added later. 1 guess she hasn't heard ol our strained farms. Of the total farms being in 1935, 68 percent of them or iS! farms were singularly owned, ownershio of Utah fa W 16 ner cent, or 43R2 on a share ha oia' 1 operated nm . . fa0 "1 . iw. n 1 1 a B. A shlpl" picked up 9,198 farm workers 1930-3These workers men and women who had not m I km a. Hum uiiui j.ou Dut moved to one in the five years mention These workers were located on 34 larma wim represtmauves in county m uie eutie. WORLD NEWS JAPAN'S SECRET NAVY NOT EVEN STANDING ROOM Puerto Rico has a population of people in an area which can not comfortably support more than 800,000. There is a problem for you, or someone. But here's a greater one. 0 At the present rate of increase a year) there would, without interference be more people on that island than are living in the whole of the U. S. Moreover their present predicament makes such a thought alarming. According to the North American Re (40,-00- too-tig- There are those who get a ghostly thrill when they think of Japan as a yellow peril to this country. Although most Americans believe that little Japan (and she is little by every measurement when compared with your Uncle Sam) will not do any face slapping as long as your Uncle minds his business. However, many will be interested in the following gleaned from the America Mercury: "It is maintained that Japan has ed tonnage figures with armament been a consistent and energetic violator of naval limitation engagements ever since 1924. She has constructed cruisers which are in fact 10,000-to- n "pocket battleships," light cruisers that are in reality destroyers over the naval treaty quotas, and "defensive" submarines which can opperate off the Panama Canal from Japan without refuelling. A comparison of the officially announc 10,000-tonner- s, 5. and speed of the Japanese ships as against American and British vessels points to the conclusion that the Japaneses built the number and size of warships they wanted, and then arbitrarily announced tonnages to fit Ftfty-fiv- e farms. in the state ofl figures. (The treaties in more hire than 10 laborea I Utah are the Treaty Washington question of 1922, and the London Treaty of aay. mrougnoui me state 2,553 farats I 1930; both pacts expired January 1, empioy less man iu laborers of the family. 1937. Ed.) 1 the-treat- ht of the 3,500 view: "Only of is miles cultivation, square capable is available and only for food crops. The peon who' repre sents not only 60 percent of popula tion but its4most rapidly increasing part, lives in extreme poverty, under- nourlssed, unable to resist disease. At present, 80 percent of population are on relief rolls. Millions have been spent to stem tuberculosis, syphillis, and other di seases which are rampant; but the stricken have multiplied at a rate which has made facilities for medical care a drop in the bucket." There is some hope in the fact that the people are free to leave If they can find a way. There are more Puer to Ricans living in New York than in San Juan. What do you suggest as the best way to deal with this situone-four- the years th PR kA&w T S. .3-- , I A WORLD REVOLUTIONIST NEXT DOOR Leon Trotsky now lives with an artist friend in a little blue house in Mexico. Full of energy though past fifty he talks tranquilly of Marxism and world revolution. He intends to spend his time writing letters and issuing phamplets. Stalin is not enough of a world re volutionist to suit him but he would like to have an International Court free him of charges that he plotted against Stalin. - 1 r-- mmm V I That same old dollar I Back again Customers of tKe UtaK Power & Light Company received a far greater amount of electric service for their money in 1936 than in any previous year of the company's history. t at The new plan for extra electricity was inaugurated late in 1935. so it was during 1936 that the Benefits of this low-coservice materialized to the advantage of our residential and commercial customers. A total of more than 45,000 took advantage of half-pric- e electricity and the reduced rate, and enjoyed a total saving of approximately $275,000 during the period. Another saving to these customers resulted from the reduction of lc per kilowatt hour in the lighting rate in practically all of the company's territory, which became effective October It 1936. An additional lc reduction In the residential lighting rate will Become effective April 1, 1937. half-pric- e st DOLLAR you spend for printing in Tremonton, Merchant, stays right here. It goes to work for your neighbors and customers, and the chances are it will soon be back in its old place in your till again. THE Eut the dollar you spend out of Tremonton has, very th likely, kissed you goodbye forever. It will never work for you again. The Bear River Valley Leader employs a number of people, and they spend most of their money here. The X dollar you spend with us for printing helps us to keep those people here. If we couldn't pay them they'd soon $ move away, and you would have fewer customers. I t It will pay you to remember this the next time you feel inclined to give an order for printing to an out of town . . ..... concern uecause you n imnK you can save a little money. 1 Phone 23, a Representative will caM I t A. The definite downward trend In electricity cost is reflected in the present average rate for household service of 4.34c pr kilowatt hour as compared with a corresponding rate of 6.72c in 1926. Ten years ago the household customer used an average of 54 kilowatt hours per month, foe which he paid $2.28. In 1936 he used 7 1 kilowatt hours per month foe which he paid an average of $3. 1& He has more than doubled his us? of service, with an increase of 110 for which the average increased cost was only 82c per month, or 36! more. He received this additional service at an average rate of 2.2c pe8 kilowatt hour. The constantly decreasing cost oE electricity and the further develop ment and availability of Electric Ser vants has placed the home dweller; in a position where the added com" fort, convenience and economy re" suiting from the greater use of elec tricity are enjoyed more extensively than ever before. It. is anticipated that further reductions in the wages you pay thesa tireless, dependable Electric Servant will continue hand in hand with m8 increased use of electricity. wnick fives such tremendous value for fittle cost. V BEAR RIVER VALLEY LEADER t Mt-K- Hl , dim-- ffAt MflvllA VA11 Will sg e. vw J r W JVM HHU in I mm 1 The population of the farm, state has been estimated at people who are distributed on SH! the owner are not very preiaw? this state with only 2 J?" 155 farms being listed in thU th 1I Ton ant farm a in prominent, the agricultural statist shnoHno' 1 4 nar tent being operated by tenant farmen Only 2,754 of the 138,242 farms, ulation are colored, the report sho! This represents slightly more tta one per cent of the entire groun w -- , , T! was bom tn a littl Missouri town. Hannibal. lived la th Far West In Nw and York and in Earop worked as a rier pilot on the Mark Hall Mark Twain." Th words ."Mark Twain" yrrrm his pen nam. H loved to speculate and was constantly bivesttna: in nav cramea old schemes- - gold mines, arms, printing machine and so on. His famous stories. "Tom and Sawyer" Farm population still holds commanding position in the BbttJ nearly 30 per cent of the entbT uuuu uruig uu i. arms, it was from statistics compiled and i! issued by the United States ment of agriculture. H "?F - GIVES ation? -- Such heavy taxes were imposed on circus parades by some cities last summer that one big circus Is said to have jumped one state entirely. Whether a child can get a ticket to a circus or not, all may thrill at the sight of the camels and elephants with their gaudy trappings, at the antics of the clowns, the roars of the lions and the blaring' of the bands in a circus parade. It would be a good investment in child happiness for those who remember their own circus day joys to see to it that this Spring and summer no tax will stop the circus parade. T- ATP HEROES OF AMp"'gAM HISTOrtYl th BUT SHE BURNED crime-preventati- Many people will be nervous because Trotsky has moved next door. But to us he appears as no more of a danger on this hemisphere than on the other. Ideas are not limited by geography. Neither are they greatly abetted because of the proximity of their source. Stein-minde- color-flipp- HE WAS 1937 najpgR, THVPSPA7. FEBRUARY , BEAa KTVS& VAJLLEY FAUS SIX mtl tt tit ill li tl I 1 1 Ml KU IUTAH POWER & LIGHT C0f ' |