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Show J5EAR RIVER VALLEY LEADER PAGE TWO BEAR RIVER VALLEY LEADER ruMMiMl and others has been half-acr- e grabbed up even acre and Verof Residents tracts. and Duchesne Roosevelt, nal, other towns in the Basin are keeping watchful eyes on the independent drillers rather than the big oil companies. If an independent operator hits oil, he will tell the world about it. The oil big concerns might cap an strike and announce it later. iv i Veli Thursday of Each i at TrmwUm, Utah, for Friday Distribution First West Stn-Entered at the Post Office at Tremonton, Utah, 23 u Second 15, 1&25 Class Matter October A. N. RYTTING, SUIlsCKIITION KATKS (In Advam) SOLDIER RATES ONE YEAR - S2.M - rr-p- 11.75 7A Spotlighting UTAH RED MEN LAMENT BEAD SHORTAGE is n bead shortage A seriously handicapping Utah Indians in their efforts to get back Into the business of making beaded gloves, hunting vests and tribal regalia. Only a trickle of bright colored beads now reach America from Europe. During the war, bead imports ceased entirely. Full Indian tribal regalia calls for the use of thousands of beads and due to their lack, Utah Indians are short on Indian costumes. From Duchesne county, it is reported that there are only four or five complete Indian costumes left on the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation. This is explained in the fact that when high ranking Indians pass to the Happy Hunting Grounds they are burled in full tribal regalia. With no beads availnew the to make able clothes, present costumes will pass to the grave with their owners as burial clothes. Even in this modern age, Red men who bury their dead are fearful of grave robbers who fiendishly open up the burial place of a recently departed Indian to steal his elaborate war-bor- The questioners imagine that because of the heavy load of silt carried by Utah's biggest stream, that the water could support no fish life. The fact is however, that at Moab, some eight kinds of fish have been caught by fishermen on the river. The most interesting of which is the Colorado River salmon, so named by Major Powell who first navigated the stream through Utah in 18G9. This fish, sporting a huge head often reaches a length of 36 inches. And then there Is the Channel Cat, which often reaches thirty inches in length and weighs fifteen pounds, and his cousin the Mud Cat, a smaller fish. Then there is the Boney the Hump Tail, a Back, a twelve incher, and last the common Carp, Suckers and Perch. ten-inch- OIL JITTERS HITS BASIN The oil well jitters a high state of expectancyhas hit the Uintah Basin. The excitement started a few weeks ago when a big drilling outfit struck a huge 54,000,000 cubic feet flow of gas every 24 hours enough to supply the city of Los Angeles. The gas was reached at 5200 feet, a few miles northwest of Vernal. Operations went right on however, the drillers were seeking oil, and they had the facilities to go down to 8,000 feet if necessary. Within 24 hours after the gas was struck, 36 additional oil men arrived in the Uintah Basin, alCOLORADO RIVER HAS most every square mile of which PISCATORIAL WONDERS has been charted by crews of "Are there any fish in the seismograph men during the past Colorado River" tourists and 18 months. At this writing, all visitors to Utah ferquently ask. the land that can be leased by I, ar v. " e - i'f - Vv ' t. I'm 1 hT); AHEAD BENSON V Sfffi LA 1 '.'l lit 111 I "I ' GEORGE X S. CelUft Pmidiii-Hird- inf Sctttf. Ariitsat J Inflate or Deflate? Inflation is cxie of those things you talk about when you do not have it. We have a mild case of inflation now. We do not want it, but we are perhaps less scared about it now than we were before It came. Most of us do not mind adding to the tpiral a little bit, though we may dislike to see other folks do so. We teem assured that there is "turn bout for everybody" in the inflation jpiral. Some features of our snarled up relations, with the consequent paltry production and lower income for strikers, would represent deflation of a sort. But we must know that when we push our wages up and up, we simply must have production to justify these increased costs. If we do not, we may expect prices to follow or even shoot ahead, as the laws of economics begin to make adjustments. Plain Economics Higher wages without increased production create a situation that bears some resemblance to strikes without production. Either one will cripple American industry, and this is a time when labor cannot afford to contribute to industrial chaos. People the world over need goods desperately, even people with an inflation already well past our own. The only answer is production! We must produce, produce, produce. Without production, any wage premiums which labor asks and wins represent the direst sort of inflation and public liability. We have already approached the danger point. Now, without price control, it is easier to see plain economics in operation. Labor costs represent most of the cost of our manufactured goods. Any increased costs, as well as the costs of scarcities, will be passed directly to the people. Coal, For Example Suppose the nation's coal supplies ai shut off. Bituminous coal provides 55 of our industrial energy, 62 of our electric power, and 95 of our industrial power. No coal means no steel, and the shortage pressures then begin operating to force up prices of everything we buy, Higher prices for coal mean highei prices for steel. Steel is one of the basic ingredients of thousands oi things we require daily, and soon up goes the general level of prices foi consumer goods and for services as well. Suppose the miners win wage increases. Their success is eyed bj wage earners in varied other in. dustries and crafts. Already th industrial unions have made top bill lng of a new drive for increased wages. Up go prices again. That'i plain economics. We like Inflation for ourselves, when it is going our way, but gen erally we prefer to deflate the othei fellow. It is time somebody though' of the Golden Rule. May I submi-tha- t production is the Golden Rul way to steer ourselves out of thii jam and to keep the traditiona American freedoms we so mucl cherish. s S. V . LOOKING NORMAN LEI ABSTRACTOR Established 2113 WASHINGTON BRIGIIAM BLVD., OGDEN, UTAH 40 years CITY, UTAH ! President of Beet Growers Explains Pulp Regulations During the past two years an sent explanatory letter has been disour in beet to every card upon a return with trict which' the grower could indicate his desire to purchase his proportion of beet pulp and molassof his beet weight in pulp es 20 and 47c in molasses) at a definite graduated price set by the sugar company. This company price has been less than the comparative livestock feed price in our county. Therefore the directors of the two beet associations of Box Elder county have recognized a need to control the sale of pulp so that farmers not able to use their share of this byproduct could receive their fair share of this benefit by selling it thru the pool to some feeder willing to pay the extra price for the privilege of buying his pulp er THURSDAY, JANUARy, tions are met, including prior to have originated authorization. Veterans are ad cnarge or bee a use of s,C Tremonton, Utah i reason. vised to apply to the VA in pracsickness. This cases of tically all will insure that all local vet- FRIENDS ENTERTAIN erans will get the benefits to which they are entitled. In othvor to see that the pulp in the er words, veterans should let the Mrs. A. L. Cook ... silo goes to those who have com- VA determine their eligibility, Friday evening for a. uaiaerwuod plied with the regulations. and not just assume that they E. J. Holmgren, president medical rights just be J. M. Humphries of no have Garland Sugar Beet Grow- cause a disease or illness seems Mrs. Rose Kerr. ers Association. Explains Method For Veterans To Many veterans in the Ogden area are still confused regarding the proper procedure to be followed in applying for medical benefits at VA expense, and are ending up paying doctor bills personally, according to Wayne C. Dabb, contact representative of the VA office at 414 Kiesel Building, Ogden. Trie most common error of veterans is to go to their family doctor or local hospital for treatment and then to bill the Veterans Administration. By law the VA cannot pay such unauthorized bills, even where the veteran's illness was Mr. Dabb points out that prior authority for treatment, even in emergency cases, must be granted by the VA. This may be obtained by written application or in rush cases by a telephone call to the Chief Medical Officer, VA hospital, Salt Lake City. The simplest procedure in areas covered by VA contact offices is for veterans needing medical care to contact VA personnel on duty and let them handle the whole thing. In emergencies a member of the veteran's family should immediately call the contact office for out-patie- BEAR RIVER HIGH SCHOOL GYM Friday and Saturday, January d o 1. L -- pu' T'vs then Is the reason for this explanation at this time. We feel that a fair opportunity was given to every grower at the time of harvest to buy pulp. If a feeder now comes in with belated demands and begins to "bootleg" pulp we feel that in fairness to those who put their "money on the line" we will just have to cut him off. The company has administered this deal In conformity with the request and instructions of association directors. We feel further, that all farmers who are purchasing pulp should endea- - isr $1.00 COUPLE Come and Join Your Friends . in plus DESI ARNAZ and ETHEL SMITH in ?!a "CUBAN PETE" ir Cartoon : Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, Jan. 12, 13,ij HENRY FONDA - LINDA DARNELL - VICTOR MATUK 4 Ch: "MY DARLING CLEMENTINE" with Cathy Downs, Walter Brennan, Ward Bond ' S ' 'ir: & TiirE B That Nobody Should Miss" "A Show cl :ar Cartoon Mi o Thursday, Friday and Saturday, January Double ROY ROGERS - 16, 17 and 18 La? Feature Program DALE EVANS - GEORGE -e HAYES it rc "ROLL ON, TEXAS MOON" plus BRENDA JOYCE and DON PORTER ' s i in Ml "DANGER WOMAN" Short th ;! THROUGH JANUAH) hron Nev I .e t READY-TO-WEA- R N of SUITS V3 AND under the direction - KSL Brought to you by UTAH POWER & LIGHT CO. off only choice of .styles and io colors. off Vz I . tl t :: ca p--o yo' ft;orti tide t'.;.ir. r. . ' 191 in? in n y v! GROUP I CORDUROY Regular $7.95 $2.00 - Now II $2.00 FLANNEL Regular $12.95 $4.98 Now 'l ' tl, tfoi GROUP HI CHENILLE Still; $7.95 $5.95 N0w HOSE f $1.00 GROUP $4.00 ! I 's, mpi RAYON 45 GUAGE Full Fashioned HANDBAGS ALL STYLES and COLORS " 'It ; "a Hh, "HH '"i et 51 '111 1 0 1 ; I'CS r: ROBES Regular of, ij irexcel F io Vz off 1A Now ORCHESTRA Se u. it SNOODS DRESSES Regular $8.50 "HOUR OF CHARM" f hu: If FINE FELTS JUMPERS THE i S a HATS Now the new Electric Hour 2:30 P. M. ADMISSION u ? x "SUN VALLEY CYCLONE" COATS Regular $5.00 evemr cu:jdav PUBLIC INVITED v de-nr- PHIL 5PITALHY 9 o'clock it 11 Feature Program BILL ELLIOTT and BOBBY BLAKE of Ladies to Yz SKIRTS L and fer i r- Double nt !4 ALL-GIR- t EVENING SHOWS BEGIN AT 7:08 P. M. A COMPLETE SHOW AFTER 9:30 P. ML! 10 n c EARANC announce their annual ugar Ball e service-connecte- d. U. & I. Employees o J Theatre Liberty Tremonton Secure Medical Aid SWEATERS Be sure r.s pa; right. This year the directors felt that 60 cents bonus per ton of pulp was a fair price to ask feeders to pay the farmers for the pulp rights. The task of keeping accounts and disbursing the money collected is a difficult one, so we asked the sugar company if they would assume it if we paid for the clerical help necessary to do the work. They have been very cooperative in this thankless endeavor and beet growers have been glad to receive this additional bonus payment. We requested the company to give beet growers the first chance to purchase the pulp through the pool, which other farmers desired to sell. The final date for such buyers to express instructions. their desires was set for DecemDabb further points out that ber 1. After that date the com- the VA offers both hospitalizapany may sell to any outside buy- tion and treatment ers who cared to pay the regular to veterans of all wars. The medprice plus the 60 cent bonus ical service has been recently payment. expanded to include dental and Some farmers neglected to re- medical treatment from private turn their cards, indicating to us doctors in the veteran's home that they did not want their town, providing certain condi- proportion of pulp, while others made application for pulp but failed to advance their 60 cents per ton payment to assure the STORE-WID- E association they would take the silo out of the before pulp spring. The price of livestock has been so high that many farmers and feeders have been reluctant to take a chance on the feeding game this year, and it has been a question if the pulp could be sold at the price asked for it. But now that winter has set in In earnest feeders have found themselves shorter of feed than they anticipated and are beginning to fudge and want more puln. bringing in their neighbors card-- : long past due with .r .'; to the company for more - .r.s S!rj S1.29 and 89c $1.00C, LAGRA SHOP TREMONTON ( he CEC -- IO 1 |