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Show THE MID VALE SENTINEL PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY Entered as Second Class Matter at the Postoffiee at Midvale, Utah, under the Act of March 9, 1878 EDITORIAL NATIONAL IasVochucSn Subscription Rate, per year (anywhere in the U.S.A.) $2.50 (Advertising Rates Given on Request) with us again. Once the Thanksgiving turkey has made his last gobble, thoughts are turned to the great holiday known as Christmas. It is the season of plays, concerts, parties, shopping, and church services that produces a glowing tiredness in niost adults before it is all over. To children it's the mostest. Only the most cynical can fail to resppnd to the Christinas spirit-beca- use it prevades the human spirit and makes children of us all again. So make out the Christmas list, plan for the days ahead, and bring to others the happiness that the Christ Child brought to the world in his birth 1954 years ago. The Christmas season is WANTED: MORE WISE MEN centuries ago, three Wise Men made a long journey Many and they arrived safely The purpose of their trip to Bethlehem was to celebrate the birth of the Christ Child. Now one thousand, nine hundred and fifty-fou- r years later, many men will journey to, their" own birthplace to join family and friends in celebrating that same birthday anniversar- yChristmas. These men will travel differently by high speed motor vehicles but if they are wise men they, too, can arrive safely. It is ironic that this Christian occasion should be the most Coundeadly from an accident standpoint, the National Safety cil says. Last year, 519 persons were killed in Christmas weekand December 24th is the most dangerous end traffic accidents day of the year in traffic. Early darkness and bad weather, which add up to poor visibility, increase holiday traffic hazards. Fogged windshields also make it difficult to sec and avoid accident situations Rain, snow and ice mean slippery streets and highways. Good fellowship stimulates more drinking, often before driving. And thousands of unwise men fail to adjust their driving speeds to these hazardous conditions. To overcome the added hazards of the season, the Council and says, more wise men, bearing gifts of extra caution, courtesy Christof traditional spirit common sense, are needed. Then the will' Good Will to Men" spread over "Peace on Earth, mas the highways and the land. - - - Projects Pay Water is such a common commodity that most of us don't think about it. It's like the air we breathe, always there when we need it. But in the arid reaches of the western part of the United States, water is neither so common, nor is it always available, When it rains in many places in the United States, the downpour is a mere inconvenience. But in desert country, rain is never an inconvenience; when it comes it is one of God's greatest blessings. Sometimes rain goes beyond a blessing; sometimes it comes all of a rush and then the revulets swell into bank-higstreams, and dry rivers- turn into raging torrents. h - rivers transform themselves into frightening, angry masses of relentless water, and many miles of fertile countryside are flooded, sometimes with much loss of life and always with the destruction of valuable property. In the arid West, water is always a problem, it is a problem by its absence, and too often when it comes, water is a problem because it comes too quickly, and with too much destructive force. Once-dr- y Help Needed So, many years ago the people who live in the West called on the national government to help them with the problem of water. And reclamation projects were begun. Some of them were dreams for many years before they became - Over 7900 Books Circulated by County Library non-politica- A total 79014 books were circulated during October in, the Salt Lake County library service, according to a report submitted by l. 3; Mrs Louise Critchlow, acting librar- ian. The headquarters library in was high in circulation with 10,675 books circulated, and the Mid-val- e Calvin S. Smith library second with 10,661, and the county bookmobile No. 1, with 6,954. cost-sharin- Mill-cree- 5,975; Sandy, 4.502; Ashton, 4,061; Granite high school, 3,012; V- 9:45 a.m. Sunday School 11 a.m. Worship Services 7 Youth Fellowship p.m. 7 p.m. Choir Practice, Tues. The youth and adult division of the Sunday School w ill give a skat ing party Friday, Nov. 26, at Sugar House. All desiring a w ay to go, be at the church at 2:45, to leave at 3 pm. Bring at least 75 cents to pay for skating and for chili which is being served on return to the church. Come and enjoy a few hours of fun and fellowship. The Woman's Society will hold its regular meeting Thursday, Dec 2, at the church. Loraine T. Benton, Minister . j) 'S ) DRINK y VV If f A jCTT TV I & i I lVllJUJLVl UUH MIIK FOUNDATION Vf' ft'' - get-togeth- - Heavy Expense California, Nevada, and Arizona could not have supplied the money to build Hoover Dam, for instance, which was one of the early success ful efforts to tame the mighty Colo rado River. And California, alone, could not have supplied the money for Shasta Dam, which controls the Sacramen to River, nor for the vast Friant-Kerproject which regulates the flow of the rivers of the fertile Central Valley. And Oregon and Washington could not have supplied the money to build Bonneville and Grand Coulee, which are a step towards the control of the Columbia River. The people in these areas per suaded the federal government to lend the money for the construction of the dams, the Irrigation projects and the power projects which accompanied them, That money now is being paid back with interest. The people who pro posed these vast projects to control the rivers of the West said that the n far-seein- g Costs Repaid But in the case of almost every reclamation project completed in the West, the claims of the most visionary advocates of the project have been exceeded in actuality. The expansion of the West has been speeded immeasurably by reclamation. Thousands of acres of land, only partly useable as grazing land, have been turned into fertile agricultural land, raising valuable cash crops. Grazing land today is worth from $5 to $10 an acre; but that same land, turned into agricultural acreage, is worth from $500 to $1,500 an acre. The government is repaid in increased income taxes; in interest payments made by the power portion of the projects; in direct payments by the irrigation districts concerned. And millions of dollars of valuable property have been placed on the tax rolls of the states, counties and cities concerned in the West VT ii Arecfe's ; ; ' r . ' "Jit' jitt 1 i in mwi--- Safe Deposit Box Priceless documents and other valuables can easily be lost or misplaced if not properly stored. The best place in the world for insurance policies, deeds and titles, wills, or other valuables is in a convenient safe deposit box at Sandy City Bank. ... low-co- SANDY CITY BANK OFFICES IN ' . ' !'"" LrWmm - "" - Ku MEMBER FEDERAL v DEPOSIT INSURANCE - . ' ' . - J FQtfiLgD'e Piirstf-hD(3- G &--' iLoek . 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Micktlun, Reporter It is possible to have snow whea Phone: Mid. 0481 J2 the temperature is as high as 47 degrees F., but it usually is below Mr & Mrs George Poulsen heard freezing when the white stuff from their son, Elder Gerald Poulsen, missionary in Germany, that he has been moved and his new address is: Elder Gerald P. Poulsen, Wilhelmshaven, Germany, t: Heppensersti, 24. b Wagner. He would like to hear from friends. Mr & Mrs Vera Morgan and sons visited in Springville last week, at the home.of their daughter to cele7 SPECIAL! brate Mr Morgan's father, William I Ask about the $6 H. Morgan's 82nd birthday. Twenty I discount cn 47 I guests were present. H and 48 Triple- Mr & Mrs G. E. Mickelsen attend j Phosphate t Super VI t InrAm i,,v pt u a Hinnor at iha miv 4fA. WJ. UdU JUU 1 Fertilizer ior high school Monday night. Faculty members and the custodian's and their partners were the guests. carload Special Dinner was served by the home u ' .1 prices on Ammo- - lEj 0 economic dpartment. Some of the nium Nitrate JY . teachers furnished the program. YfW ton, $92.50 per Mrs Fay Riggs had a birthday car. off party for her son, Vick, on his 6th birthday Tuesday, Nov. 23. A large group of children attended. Mrs J. W. Sharpe was a house guest at the Vern Morgan home. WATER ON THE RAMPAGE She is from Wickenburg, Ariz. Mr Unchecked, rainfall in the arid West turns what could be fertile farm land into & Mrs Ross Morgan and family,' Provo Canyon, and another sister, Ugly ravines. Properly controlled, much unproductive land can be turned into valuable irrigated farms. Mrs Lola Fegert, Salt Lake, joined them and they had a family enough money in any of the West- - development of these large 'dams last week-end- . em states to provide the tremen- woulds pay for the costs of conMrs George Mickelsen entertaindous sums required to control the struction, eventually. Many opponed the first and second grade chil-rampaging rivers, to build the huge ents were positive that the dams dams which are necessary. were a waste of money. MIDVALE METHODIST !Sk ranue non-fictio- The circulation at other libraries in the county included: East dren, Nov. .23, at 2:30 p.m., the occasion being her son, Chris 7th ! realities; many others still are in the dream stage. But little by little, the water sources of the West have begun to be tamed. The story of reclamation Is not a story of Republican or DemoCentral, 2,920; Bingham, 2,674; cratic administrations; both politi2,381; cal parties have lent their support 2,508; Riverton, Magn:. to the solving of the problems of West Jordan, 2,365; Brockbank, Granite Jr. high, 1,897; Book- the west. That support has been mobile No. 2, 1,710; Plymouth, non partisan and The reasons for this support are 1,644; Monroe, 1.577; Valley, EdLibbie understood; there Is not easily 1,381; Copperton, Jordan ward, 1,295; Garfield, 1,130; ACS high school, 1,086; South Jordan, Farmers to Apply for 701; State Prison, 598; and Cyprus, Work Before December 1 545. Farmers In Salt Lake County who Of the total circulation, 41,730 contemplate doing any fall pracConwere juvenile books; 10,336, adult tices under the Agricultural make servation Program and will fiction; 9,703. reference books; application for government visual aids; 5,642, adult must make application 2,558 magazines, and 69 prior to Dec. 1, 1954, If the work pamphlets. There were 1,425 new is to be done by Dee. 31. J. Melvin Salt Lake of patrons registered during October Petersen, chairman the far ASC Committee, urges including 1.222 children, 140 wo- County mind. in date this to mers keep men and 60 men. - Friday, November 26, 1954 -- Their Way? ON TO CHRISTMAS SENTINEL (Utah) Page Six Mrs Gordon E. Do Reclamation J. PARR GODFREY, Editor and Publisher THE MIDVALE WATER - FEAST OR FAMINE IN ARID L NDS OF WE WEST RIYERTOJJ, UTAH |