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Show Publisher & Gi'iicral Manager, C. B. a kind Tuesday w as a cold, gray, dismal day, of sample' of w hat to expect this winter. As man is a sensitive animal, it was only natural that the natives of Murray should seek the warmth and comfort of indoors. The gentlemen we arc accustomed to see along the main drag discussing all departed. everything from soup to nuts w ere in his ofsnooze a Chief Lundquist was taking fice, and he looked mighty comfortable too. The chief seemed to be doing what everybody in town felt like doing, as the activity about town was about as exciting as a funeral. Murray Needs It Murray would fare much better with more of that civic pride that characterized the ciii.enrv some years ago w hen we had leaders like Mii'l Sent,' J. W McHcnry, George Htisclicr, anil others w ho devoted much of their time and effort in promoting movements for the general betterment of the city as a u hole. Disunity and confusion among the people arc not siims of a healrhv civic spirit. We face a number of grave problems which will not be solved unless we work together, not for selfish ultipersonal ends, but for objectives that will and one. each every mately benefit The men whose memories are honored were those who had a sincere and abiding devotion to the tow n in which they lived. hey spoke of with her an unselfish for worked Murray and innumerable achieved devotion. They things in their time, things we enjoy and remember them for today. It is time to think first of our city and its welfare; to support those men who will bring us back to unity. For without unity, no communAs a community, I V'ern Anderson's friends will be sorry to see him leave Murray, as he has been one of .the city's trusted business men for many years. Mr. Anderson is turning his drug store property over to Mr. Caldwell of Tooele on October 1. 0 0 More idle rumors are circulating about. One of them has it that the Wool worth boys may establish a store in Murray. 0 0 That clock on the Jenkins Mortuary finally had to be taken down. It has consistently been the most inaccurate timepiece in the city. 0 0 Kenny Carlson is going to take a bride this week, according to our Vine street correspondent. 0 0 to progress Another of Murray's younger swains, Fenton Murray, has succumbed. We hear the date has been set for October 16. America's Weekly Newspapers 0 0 That irrepressible pair of gossipcrs, Mr. D. Townscnd and Mr. C. Bubcl, were scrutinizing the state of human affairs while furbishing the battered concrete in front of their several houses of commerce the other morning. We expect some conclusions of great moment from this Uv Maicoi .m S. Fokbis Vublisher of the I 'air field (Ohio) Times and Lancaster (Ohio) Tribune ait J son of ?. C. Forbes, famous witer on business and finance and editor of Vorbes' Monthly.. Today 4;.6 per cent of all the families in the United States arc subscribers to one or another of this country's io,ooo-od- d weekly newspapers. Taken all together, these weeklies arc the prime printed medium for complete coverage of more than half the nation's population, and their total circulation of 21,000,000 by no means reflects meeting. ' 0 0 Mr. Peck, the portrait man is at it hot and heavy these days. Work on the yearbooks is already underway and Ellis is "mugging" thousands of the younger generation. 0 o their full readership each week. The rural counties these papers serve control the nation's political majorities; 46 per cent of all the stores in the United States arc centered in their territory, with sales last year totaling or 31 per cent of the national total. , Oh yes, when one starts playing with statistics on io,oH) weekly papers, impressive figures turned up, and .1 da..Iing picture can be painted! Rut to one of the 1,900 subscribers to the average little home town paper these figures mean nothing. On Thursday or Friday of every week this reader looks forw ard to seeing in his piper what happened to Mrs. Jones' proverbial cow, what cousin visited with which neighbor, or who was entertained at cards by whom, when, and where. Little things but the biggest things in the lives us all. of everyday i.ecausc only a little paper can cover all these items which occur in the day of .1 person living in a small town, the average weekly has a "soits peculiarly powerful apix-alcials" fulfilling a fundamental human need. The point here being made was bcautifuhV illustrated when, in reply to a tjucry from the writer as to whether or not she would miss her weekly paper if it ceased publishing, a lady an- - The draft, marriage and distant defense to create a shortage in the ranks of the work-continu-e 41 it - ' ' sw V SIMPLIFYING THE TAX BLOW reThe senate finance committee Chart Simplified the fur voted cently detersystem for helping the public seems now It tax. income its mine certain that the idea will become law and arrivals within the new that the tax classifications will almost be admitted on a system. Secretary Morgenthau says that with the rank and file of taxpayers "it ain't the money; it's the confusion." He contends that a man in the lower brackets should be able to a chart go to a post office, glance at Uncle owes he what out find and Sam without going nuts. Bicycles Repaired Reasonable Prices! E. Carlson I KT ..WW that the income tax laws have been eased so that anybody can get in. policy is to be dropped now Uncle Sam knows that if the rank and file of his citizens were ever asked to go through all that trouble making out an income tax blank, there would be what Willie Howard Either that or calls a "re-wolt- ." more mental collapses than our stitutions could handle. in- Hence the "Not A Headache In A Carload" type of tax collection. ' It is all right as far as it goes, but it doesn't go far enough. We think the tax blank should be made prettier. And carry a page of funnies. iL , ww ,ime I summer of grease. You can't expect to get the best performance from your car without uiw important change. your car in night-sweat- ... niA a UMUi v"vu i? Properly Cooked! months are almost over your car needs a change When the income tax was limited to the Upper Brackets and only took in a small proportion of the people, it was all right to let them suffer. There seemed no reason why they shouldn't be- - given the works, up to and including the headache, the spots before the eyes, the But the 4 m . the nervous breakdowns and the mad call for lawyers. No Cover Charge Car Service FURNITURE EXCHANGE 4889 South State St a Reasons'dSr Why You Should Use Our Gasoline 0 Not an Ordinary Gasoline! 0 Graded High as Ethyl! 0 No Driving Ping! 0 No Missing on the Hills! illlVD'V II DO---II t; Murray's Original V? j ci.i: t4400 SOUTH STATE STREET We submit the following extra suggestions for making tax paying more painless: I. Make the tax blanks prettier and include a page pf funnies. l ered w ith this question: "Of course, young man. iow cse would I ever know what parties I hadn't been invited to?" Iuman nature being what it is, weekly newspapers have the soundest future in the' world. Tremendous dailies at low cost, radio, television, facsimile transmission, frequency modulation-a- ll these can never cut very far into the reader-appeof weeklies, because it is physically impossible for them to cover the activities of the neighbors of each person in their vast audience. Only the home town paper has space for the social activities of the local church caretaker as well as those about the mayor's wife or the banker's wife. These great new developments utilizing the principles of radio arc far greater threats to the THIS WHISKEY I al dailies. And it has been a tradition that the average weekly editor wields a great influence over his little "family of i,oxx readers; his indeed arc the "grass roots." He writes for Tom, for Dick, for Harry, and not for "the of this great nation." pee-p- y well-ground- ed ul FALL! . . . Have Your Car 3 t ' What Fun to Ride! eligible males about town. T 1 W MPhillipr 0 0 I 1 10 South State st. Subscriptions 1 year in advance: $1.00, Salt Lake County; elsewhere in U.S.: $2.00 semi-gossip- 25 JANETS wivt INN pf-te- Wallace Editor, J. IJ. Wallace Entered as saconii class matter, Feb. 8, 1927, at the Post Office at Salt Lake City, Utah, under Published Thursdays Act of March 3, 187!), , Poisonous Plants Kill Stock Losses of valuable stock can n be traced to poisonous plant found in woodland pastures. Here&There The Hurray Eagle ity can hope Thursday, September THE MURRAY EAGLE Page 2 Completely Serviced! 2. Preface each blank with the words "Don't Bother Reading This. See Your Postmaster." 3. Inclose postage for return. 4. Have the mailman leave each blank with an apology and explain that it's just too bad. 5. Forbid lengthy discussion of the tax blank in the home. Let the husband say, "I guess I'll run down to the post office and have my income tax apprehensions attended to," and let the wife limit her comment to "Okay. I hope it's nothing serious." 6. Have the post office chart printed in colors and throw in couple of movie shorts in the corridor. 7. Require the postmasters to serve hot coffee and sandwiches. ll'V YEARS IS OLD w Do You Remember Away back when the ultimatum came first and the attack second? "Japan is proceeding with the reconstruction of the Chinese continent with the full of China. Churchill's charge that Japan is encroaching upon the Chinese people is wholly groundless." Japanese spokesman. And then again, the world doesn't seem to understand that those bombs are really flower pots. FORTR.WT Now is the time to change oil . . grease . . . and have the car washed! OF A MAYOR Into an airplane-O- ut of it quick! Into another With shovel and pick! Jl1 Off to a concert, Thcn-i- ip! to a spot To christen a hangar, A park or all-ho- i WE GIVE CAREFUL CONSIDERATION H TO EVERY CUSTOMER! V Here is Ike Pisco lor My Auiomobile . . . c RAVARINO Your Local Wasatch Dealer . . . Gasoline Refined to Meet the Needs of the Motorist! 3902 South State St. Phone Murray 710 1 Y- m - N 1 General Tires Certified Lubrication Car Washing Willard Batteries Champion Spark Plugs Whisk! To some city To dig a big hole, Run a steamshovcl Or help to mine coal! This way and that way With gusto and Joy "Flash" Florello." The Dynamo Boy! "Hank Made Grccnbcrg Headline. The Hanks arc coming! Cor- poral" A man named Low has been named an official of the New York gas shortage crisis. Elmer Twitcheil Just couldn't resist the temptation. He walked up to an auto bearing en "I Don't Waste Gas" sticker and scribbled on it "Wanna bet?" Ima Dodo says she isn't worried about America being drawn into the war for the next month or so. "It couldn't go in," she explains, "uij. til afler the world scries." PINT QUART H PINT 63 65 64 STIUIOHT 16 PROOF IOUIION WHISW THIS WMIlKUT COPYRIGHT 1941, THE OlD QUAKER CO- - II 5 lJ Tl UWRtNCtBl- - |