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Show That Got Away You Should Have Seen the Politician EPSON IN WASHINGTON Stevenson Relaxed But Careful With the Press PROVO, UTAH COUNTY, UTAH, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1956 By PETER EDSON Approved Water Important for Provo Periodically over the past several years Provo City has received warnings from the Utah State Public Health Department is not up to the that its culinary watersanitation-wisdepartment's standard The latest warning came recently in a letter from Lynn M. Thatcher, chief of the bureau of sanitation of the department, who said Provo's water is still carried' on the unapproved list because of physical defects in the system and because contamination, in some samples taken, exceeds standards set up by the U. S. Public Health Service. Generally speaking, city officials, over the years, have been inclined to minimize althe health department warnings though to their credit they have made definite progress toward correcting some of the deficiencies. The new city council all the probably hasn't had time to study as yet. legal, economic and health angles, disa at recently, The council, meeting cussed Mr. Thatcher's letter with mixed reaction. As we understand the situation, there is no evidence of continuous contamination of Provo water. Only a small number of samplings each year have shown contamination. There is no continuous test carried on. Once a week, 8 to 10 samples of water are taken, from different sections of the city. This means that if a bad sample turns up on one of these checks, it is possible, though not necessarily so, that there could be bad water for several days prior to the taking of the sample, and it might continue until the source of infection is found. This year only two samples have turned up with contamination. But the public health department's attitude is that "pure" water does not mean safe water most of the time; it means safe water all of the time. Unless Provo's water is soon placed on" the approved list it appears that certain local industries may stand to suffer economically. The sanitation standards have an economic effect upon such establishments as meat packers, milk industry, drink? was a key factor. The Utah State Agricultural ment notified slaughter houses a short time ago that they must meet state inspection henceforth ; and have been given until Jan. 1 to get their plants approved. One requirement is that water be approved by the Utah State Board of Health and Utah State Agriculturalepartment. Besides the threatrcohmic"loss7 there is always the possibility, of course, that contamination, even though slight, may result in an epidemic' of some type. Salt Lake City and Ogden have provisional approval of their culinary water, with treatment plants either in operation or under construction. The health department has asked treatment of the surface water used (mainly in summertime) by Provo City. A treatment plant would cost from $500,000 to $750,000. City officials seem justified in demurring on such a plant, for the present. Rather, they Tiope to be able to eliminate the need for use of surface water, except in cases of emergency, as a result of new supplies of spring water and the city's new 6,000,000 gallon reservoir. Thus, the need for a treatment plant might be forestalled for the present, although it should go on the list of projects e for planning due to the anticipated population growth. Other requirements of the health department, to get Provo's water on the approved list, aren't so expensive: Continuous supervision of chlOrination facilities including installation of a residual recorder; treatment of water served the public in Provo Canyon above the chlori- nation point; detention tanks to give cjjjorine contact time of at least 30 minutes before use; and a fine screen and settling tank ahead of chlorination to remove organic matter. ; The residual recorder, as explained by health officials, would male it possible to insure enough chlorine is in the water at all times, to kill any organisms which might get in, and at the same time prevent use of more chlorine than needed. It would take the "guess work" out of the chlorination procedure. If the immediate need for a surface water treatment plant can be forestalled through the means mentioned above, it would appear Provo City could meet the other health department requirements without great expense. It is not the intention of this editorial to alarm the community over the water situation. Rather, it is our intention to point out calmly that our water, according to health department standards, is not ', . completely what it should be. Presumably health standards are set up to protect the people. It seems to us that the wise course .for Provo City to follow is to proceed to meet the requirements set up by the health department and get our water approved by the board of health. Provo has a fine water supply. We believe the people want it developed to the utmost and protected to the highest standard of sanitation possible. We think they are willing to pay the cost" of that protection. The water problem must be faced squarely sooner or later and it might as ; well be now. THE MATURE PARENT Afraid of What Son's Doing? Admit Feai By MRS. MURIEL LAWRENCE The summer Mike was seven, his parents bought a house overlooking a bay. Offshore some yards was a huge black rock. At hightlde, it became a popular diving base for older boys and girls. - ; One' afternoon as Mike's moth- er, her other guests and I were sunning ourselves, he yelled at us, "Watch how long I can stay hctfl1I if 91T ha Chut Vile anas grabbed his nose and sank from sight for- an impressive number of moments. When he he ran ,'over to us, panting, dripping, fresh and cold from the sea and someone said, "My, that was fine! Soon you'll be able to dive - X ed, I from the big rock out there with the big kids, won't you?" Mike was annoyed' by the question. "I could jdive from It now," he said curtly. "The only reason I can't is that Mother is afraid of me doing it." And left to join a friend who'd caught a horseshoe- crab by its tail. Clearly Mike had been taught to disown his mother's fear of his diving, regarding it as a weakness of hers which he had to consider, not share. - Today,' he's one of the most young people I know. Why wouldn't he be? For years his parents have taken great care to present their fears for him as personal limitations, not rigid laws of safety.; As a re-self-relia-nt SIDE GLANCES small-figure- well-dressed-m- - By GALBRATTH suit, Mike inherits fewer anxie- ties than other children. This column is for a mother who writes, "I can see that continual No's to children could make them afraid of any action. Yet we have to forbid things they want to do as dangerous. How can we avoid . infecting them with our anxieties?" , By remembering to claim the anxieties as our private belongings. wnai nuns cnuaren is our fears' suggestion that bad is the only uossible result of their en terprise. This is not true. It is always possible that diving off the rock, riding the bike in traf fic, going, off on the un chaper oned weekend will reveal the child's strength, not his weak ness to him. The problem is, we don't think they will. So let's make that clear to the child. Instead of saying, "No, you can't ride your bike . i "off-the-cuf- f" oot-in-mou- th" THE CHOPPING BLOCK Impressions from Writers Roundup By FRANK C. ROBERTSON Usually, when I go to the annual Writers Roundup of Utah I edify my readers with a report of same. I shall not attempt it this year, though I have just returned from the one in Brigham City. Also in attendance from Provo were one of the editors of the Herald, a gentleman named Luke, something or other, the society editor, whose name I have - forgotten, though I remember that she is a great-granddaught- er of Brigham Young, and a part-tim- e reporter whose name is, I believe, Mrs. Smith. What chance, then, would a mere columnist .'have of snitching in a news story. Especially sinceNy some lucky co QiUUU- 3.' ' "wv tion of cirhum- stances this cHy . J"--- -' editor got himX self on the program, and by a brilliant display of wit and humor fairly ' outshone the RIr Eobe, celebrities who shared the ,lect (under the influence of an insp ing Roundup I can use words like that) with him. These celebrities, by the way, enjoy a nationwide reputation as humorists, so our boy had his' foot firmly on the threshold of greatness. A modest fellow, I doubt that he will write the story himself though he would if he had to , and I suspect that it will be written by. the part-tim- e reporter, since she was cast for the role of speaker herself, but developing cold feet all but promised to become the fellow's lifelong slave if he would substitute for her. Being a little slow on the uptake I didn't realize what he meant when he asked me if I knew where he could buy an - A. visiting Pail Herald Correspondents 33 33 View-Vineya- rd 6-3- 324 - B-4-808 TJW. Rag. e 1M I T US. Pal. Oft "CA SaniM. Inc. looked everywhere for that corduroy jacket, mom! reporter, was reporting this Roundup I should say that it was one of the; best ever, sparkling with brilliant speeches and scintillating conversation . I would congratulate Ed Tuttle, President of the League of Utah Writers, and his entire corps of helpers, who did a masterful job. I would remark upon the wonderful hospitality of Dr. Boyce,, head of the Indian School, who was always where he was needed, who had his Indian boys and girls entertain with songs and dances, who served food and drink, and hallowed be his name forever, served coffee to the audience during the speeches. The coffee wasn't particularly needed there, but the Lord knows I have sat through many a meeting where it was. That alone would make the Roundup worthwhile if the custom takes hold. - ' COLUMN Injections of Calcium By WILLIAM BRAD medicine for some such emergencies. It is hardly worth mentioning for correcting nutritional deficiency. Other than her obsession about cement" and milk, Mrs. F. nothing about qher good ces of jcalcium in her diet sucfiv foods as egg yolk, cheese. as, salad greens, nuts; peanutsX oatmeal, plain wheat, celery, broccoli, and kale. Even without mHk one might get enough calcium from these foods. Milk, however, remains the best food source of calcium for children or adults." Every child or adult must: consume at least 1 pints (three glasses) of milk daily to maintain good nutritional condition. If whole milk is not acceptable or not available, skim milk or separator milk or buttermilk supplies as mu c h calcium though less vitamin D and less cron Barbs 'wft: ing tired and sleepy I had my chance to talk. If I, instead of the poor part-tim- e " of the paper Nam Phone Community 087J4 Alpine Lorha Devey American Fortt Dexu Grant ,100 W Am rk. Ouan Durrant (dr.) S08J Benjamin. Mrs. J. R Peay 0119R3 WR Edcemont Tana Richards Goshen Kberta Marguerite Watertmry By HAL COCHRAN Highland Cressis Greenland 089 J 1 Lake Shore. V.rr; Bellows 0318-R- 1 A doctor advises folks to take Lake up horseback riding to reduce. Mrs Kent A Prue AC ULbi Josephine Zimmerman 71W There's a good chance of falling Lehl 101W Paul Willis cir.) ' off. 5374 Linden, Evelyn Blake Mapitton zora u muss UXJ 21 Nephi Lee Bailey What this world needs is more Orem Margaret WhJtwood AC Irene Keith (dr.) AC early risers. At least, they Orem 031 1R3 Shlrlene Ottesen Palmyra have get-uS23J Parson Madeline Dixon Parson Amber Jackmac jcirj 327 J PI Grore Beuiah G Bradley 2351 4382 Grore Guy Hiliman An Illinois doctor speaks nine PI PI1 Grore Jennie Gilbert(sports 2fifi4 frtr.t languages and can be called a. PI. View. Yvonne Pem m Salem Marrrette Taylor 0107R1 man of many tongues,. 6902 Santaqnin. LsteUa Peterson S28J Ep Fork Frank G King In Minnesota a police car was En rork Virginia Brans(Soeletr) 297 Fork B Darls Grans (dr.) 297 stolen from the jail garage. We Sp Sprlnjr Lake. Uortense Butler wonder if "they've counted their EnrlnrrlUe EveJm Borer HD Eds. lUlaerine 2ulr!d IIU policemen. t7st lZta. lixa. Drsara Lisbon C3L7J 5-3- 460 " dictionary. I think I learned something about the development of charac ter in a story as the four critics, two from Provo, and two from the vast outside world, all seized unanimously upon a weak point in the poor author's story where she stated simply, "The heroine wore a sweater, but it did nothing for her." As one voice the critics stated that this part particularly needed development. Me, I have never noticed such small things. It was a most uplifting experience. I had as my roommate at the Roundup an old friend from Oakland, Calif. , named Jim Nackos, who is in the bishopric of a Mormon Ward down there. Jim long ago gave up trying to save my soul, but he told Mr. Barker, "If the time ever comes that ninety' per cent of the Mormons apostatize and start making it tough for the remaining faithful, old Frank will become a Latter-da- y Saint over- gnt." mat, too, I considered a pliment, for the only ones I everxget are backhanded. didn't get to talk to Ethel Jacobsek the famous, wittv. and DR. BRADY'S 5-1- 292 p. 4-0- . 25 0-6- 172 loss of calcium Volumette 28 of the Pocket without the appearance of symp- Health Cyclopedia, The Calcium toms," said Henry C. Sherman, Shortage, may give Mrs. F., and Ph.D., Sc.D., in his famous text- others who harbor , odd . notions book Chemistry of Food and Nu- about milk, some useful infortrition ' ( Macmillan Company, mation. For a copy send me in New York), "because the losses care of this paper 35c and from the blood and soft tissues stamped, self - addressed envemay be replaced by calcium lope. withdrawn from the bones." If you have any of the followAlthough Mrs. F. does not ex- ing manifestations of calcium plain how she knows she needs deficiency send just a stamped, calcium, she does describe a sinenvelope for the "W h en want: I gular idiosyncrasy: (1) Eczema, pamphlet you take calcium wafers with vita- - (2) Why nave Headache?, (3) min D or just plain calcium tab- - Adult Tetany, (4) AUerry, (5) lets," I get bound up as though Hay Fever, (6) Asthma, (7) Cal- by cement. I am unable to drink cium and Rheumatiz, (8). Hives. milk, as I get an extremely ofQUESTIONS & ANSWERS fensive breath that lasts for days x Sleeping Prone if I take a glass of milk or even Have always turned, my babies a small portion of milk on ce- on their stomachs to sleep. Is real, creamed ;. vegetables, etc. this wise. Some visitors think Would calcium shots be - advis- it is not good for babies. (Mrs. able?" C.R.D.) Answer it is o.k. Let the Hypodermic, intramuscular, or intravenous injection of calcium baby sleep in "whatever position gluconate or calcium chloride so- he likes. lution is an emergency remedy . Margarine for gallstone widow black In colic, my "late fifties. I feel that ' bite, or other painful cramps or margarine is better than butter spasms. It may be the best for one of my age. How do they long-continu- ed self-address- ed ( ; . k 1 . ed j Nie-hau- old-fashion- ed J . est compliment I have been paid for many a year, as I heard an unknown and unrecognized voice from just behind me say, "Who is that old roue that beautiful young lady is always hanging around?" I know what lectern means, but I shall have to look roue up in the side-stepp- "For years I have own," says Mrs. H. J. F., 52, at I need calcium. A simple declarative senten It reminds me of the way some Y. W.s go for penicillin, vitamin buggywhip. B12 or what's' newthey drop inI, too, had my moments of glory to the "clinic" and tell the clerk' since I furnished the automobile to on duty they need a shot of vihaul two of the visiting speakers, tamin, streptomycin, or corti Omar and Elsa Barker, to and sone, and they from the Roundup, and I dung to get what they. them tenaciously whenever I ask for or take could so that people might think I their business 4 also was a person of importance. to the shop! I also had as my personal a the chauffeur a girl named Shirley, street. who not only drove my car and fit is mixed my drinks but massaged my bly true probathat neck when I had a headache. She Mrs.. - needs F., had a habit of slipping me a sleep- calcium. Most! mjtm ing pill Just as the party was be- American men, ginning to warm up, but she was women, and childrenIivBraoy" do, because responsible indirectly for the high our refined modern diet is more often deficient in calcium than in any other chemical element. "In adults there may be a vitamin A. in traffic because you'll get killed" let's say, "No, you can't ride it in traffic because I fear you'll get hurt." I'll try to over come this fear. But until I do, I expect, you to consider it." A tyrant is a person who in sists on everyone around him sharing his feelings.- When, in stead, of asking children to re Bar art Herald start corr pendente It. ths Tarlous communities of Utah spect our fears for them, we County. Contact them If yoiK have demand that they share them bewa. District circulation Brents are also They stand ready to help with us, we are tyrants over liste with problems oncernlns? ds Jon them. - an , long-rang- . transportation companies, new industries looking for sites, etc. Recently a Provo chicken products company which ships its products out of the state was threatened with the loss of its market if it didn't meet California standards within three week. Unapproved water self-assur- ed The question arises: If the water isn't good enough for the industries mentioned, is it good enough for 35,000 people to e. restaurants, NEA Washington Corresponderl WASHINGTON (NEA) It was a relaked and Gov. Adlai Stevenson who was inj Washington, preparing to hit the road again on his campaign trail to the White House. As a preview of how he might handle hf job if he ever got it, Adlai held a press conference in JhisNWashing-tp- n hotel. It didn't develop much news, but t waVreveal-in- g. With television cameras in the back pf theroonv Stevenson wore the traditional TV actor's bBie shirtalso worn by President Eisenhower on news coitference days because the blue photographs better. Stevenn's suitwai ! dark gray. HE HAD one of his sterling silver pins in his coat lapel buttonhole. Below it was a carefully folded white handkerchief in his breast coat pocket. This with a d quiet red tie gave him a certain amount of lodk. Stevenson was a half hour late, which wa?s a bad start for someone who wants to run the country! He said he" hoped it wouldn't set a precedent. Cause of tp delay was that he wanted to do his homework first. Just as he is always taking the last minite to polish off his speeches, he wanted to prepare statements on the Suez Canal crisis and to amplify his previous remarks about wanting to endU. S. peace-tim- e conscription as soon as possible. STEVENSON DIDN'T FLASH these statements on, reporters. But when they asked him questions about these two important issues why he just happened to haye answers ready in his pocket. By these prepared statements, Stevenson avoided the' answer. pitfall of so many presidents the NEA Service, Inc. President Truman was always getting into trouble with "f replies on complicated issues. The was State Department always having to make frenzied corrections of the record later, trying to save his face. Stevenson didn't make that mistake, anyway. all questions on foreign policy where He his answers might be embarrassing to President Eisenutterly fascinating poet and fea- hower and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles in their tured speaker, she did let me current conduct of troublesome international affairs, carry her bags half a mile through On domestic issues and the issues of the campaigi he the corridor of one of the Indian was more precise. He was pretty 'subdued in his answers. schools to her waiting, automobile. sat too far back from the microphones and spoke in a I had a chance then to talk to He vmVfl. Therp. was no rantinc or raviner. no loss the other speakers, Gladys Bauer, anft nniiml of temper over sharp questions like those on the Alger s from Colorado, and Charley and his lovely lady, from Hiss case. . Arizona, but unfortunately I was THE BAD IMPRESSION which Stevenson gave at out of breath. But the Barkers, old and valued his opening campaign speech in Harrisburg the week be- friends of ours, stayed overnight fore was all gone. The trouble there, it develops, was bad with us in Mapleton, and they be- lighting which made it almost impossible for him to follow his text. Gov. Stevenson disavows any inferences i M that there is i any "new Stevenson" at large in the land. He still wisecracks, but his quips come naturally. Asked about "the new Nixon," he said spontaneously, "I'm for it." y But for himself, Gov. Stevenson seemed anxious to politician of the deny that he had become a Harry Truman school Any idea that he had become the despair of the egghead intellectual advisers that surrounded him four years ago, he repudiates. Pretty much the same bunch he had four years ago is still on hand. The imnression he crives is that he would like to have people think he is still pretty much the same j. hit-and-r- un - v f old-sh- oe Adlai. RUTH MILLETT SAYS : Gadgets Don't Make a Hometwo "We never intend to move out of this house," a father of small children" recently remarked. And then he went on to explain why he felt so strongly that a family should have a lifetime home. "1 think children get a lot of security from 'staying, put and calling one house home. I also think that when our children art grown our home will continue to mean something to them and they'll want to come back to it if it is the home In which they grew up." That's quite a different idea from the one so many young couples have today. The popular idea seern to be that tle way to give our children the most is to keep moving from one neighborhood to on a little "better" meaning that the houses are newer and larger. So in many families today, , home ownership becomes I like car . ownership. y The family is proud of its home only so long as it is new and shiny and, its gadgets are the very latest. As soon as it begins to i show its ?age and houses go up with newer gimmicks, the family is dissatisfied. OBJECTS ARE TREASURE CHEST OF MEMORIES The same thing holds true for the furnishings of a house. In many homes today there is nothing which has enough sentimental value that it couldn't be replaced by a newer model, I'm sure this is a mistake. Fdr Vhen I . go back to my own mother's home for a visit it is not the new things In. her house that U make it feel as if; I am coming home. one of the first carried rosewood the piano, It is big, old, square that team into mountains greets me Virginia, across the by wagon was carved oval mirror above, The friend. by hand no like an old loved and has Mother cared for. it one knows how many years ago. this means also mirror and "home. since it came ino her keeping loved and proThe old pieces of china and glass that mother has tected and is holding in trust for her children have a warmth and meaning that no pieces of modern art could ever have for us as a v;1 HV' family.j'V a home. It'i the familiar make newest that the .gadgets It isn't member - of a things that have meaningful associations for each u: : X W'--Ut v v Tft family. ' ; - s- - - J : .. -- Once News Now History) was enhanced in valfie by approximately $50,000 . . vfSd Hendershot one of the greatest cowboy clowns hijs two famous e Years Twenty-FivAgo of all times and and Homebrew, mules, Midnight were at the Utah County fair . . . Sept. 24, 1931 Prof, and Mrs. T. Earl Pardoe Dress shifts for meif sold for $1.33 Menll dress pants . arrived in Provo, following a two to $1.95 years leave of. absence during were available for $193. which time Prof. Pardoe had been affiliated with the University of California at Los Angeles . . . So Through the loan of material from I; have campaigned 'previously the LDS College, department purchases ; and gifts from private from Jeep, horseback, boat and sources, , the scientific equipment even camel, but ths is the. first of the Brigham Young University time I ever campaigned from a Ferris wheel. Democrat A d 1 aU Stevenson compare in fat content and calotakes Ferris wheel ride with ries. (S.P.I ! ii two children. Answer They are about equal. If the taste is satisfactory, I'd as soon have one as the other. I don't want my children 1 know no reason why one of mobbed." Mrs.. James Gordon, Nesro your age or any . should prefer mother, of SturgLs, Hy. margarine to butters Taken from the Files of The Provo Herald They Sdy , -- : . : in- |