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Show Buy Wor Bonds tvery Pay Liti A Day SCltt Doubfo V Our Quota (or W $1.50 Eleventh Year Per Year A HOME No. 121 PAPER FOR HOME PEOPLE G2 West Center Ixgan, Utah, Friday, October 23, 1942 HERE'S BOTH SIDES OF STORY ON NUMBER TWO" . 2. Under the direction of Vote For Outspoken opposition to the pro- -' Inc., the organiza-e- d posed "Death Tax" has been voic- - Independence throughout the state by major tion urging voters to vote for the farm and labor groups, among chain store tax, a publication Is other representative the organizations being distributed throughout and their leaders are backing up stite citing the other side of the this action with an appeal to fight. members of the various groups to "With sensational boldness the protect their Interests by voting Wall street chain the stores," booklet points out, "have, despite against No. 2, on election day. We realize that our organiza- - the exactions of war, set out to tion's official condemnation of this exploit Utah, vicious proposal may be nullified They have circulated petitions of our! unless the the paid money to over-rul- e members translate our action Into democratic action of the state said votes on November 3," a; jawmaking body, the Utah for one representative ture an(j jjje Governor whose Ingroup, . ii tcntlon it was to place a control There Is grave danger that; over chain store expansion In the public apathy toward the election' state. this year may enable sponsors of "They are now waging a prodl-N- o. 2 to put over their scheme, ga campaign of hair truths. Insults to nullify despite public sentiment against an(j misrepresentations it," he continued. the action of the Utah legislature "The only way to make sure that and the Governor, the statement this unprecedented scheme to raise continues. prices by driving chain stores out It was pointed out that the Wall of the state is to register and street concerns conducted a simNo. 2 on election then vote in California in ilar campaign v against day. 1936. In that campaign they reSimilar activity is being spearported an expenditure of $1,052,000. headed by state farm leaders, who "Thats the kind of money that's are warning their groups that the being spent now to buy Utah. destruction of chain stores by No. the chain stores Citing that 2 would not only disrupt an anthat "No. 2 is a tax on nual $16,000,000 chain store market claim You. the booklet says, "No. 2 will for Utah products, but might also raise your cost of living. No. not subject Utah farm 2 is a tax only on wall street and themselves to prohibitive taxation will be taken out of the funds .because of the chain store characwhich today represent extra net ter of their operations. law will protect free Latest to Join in the campaign profit. This and it Is free comcompetition Counis the Utah against the tax which has always kept and petition ac cil of Farmer Cooperatives, always will keep consumers prices cording to officials of the Citizen's down. 2. No. committee State Against Reputing the argument that the Organizations now holding memChains say this is a Death Tax include the council in the bership the Utah State Farm Bureau Federa- it will close the chain stores," foltion, Wool Marketing Association, argument continues with the statement: Northwestern Turkey Growers, lowing The answer is NO. Figure it Farmers Grain cooperative; Utah out for yourself. The most that the Poultry Producers Association; Dairy Association; Utah Fur stores of these thriving chains will Breeders Association and the Utah pay Is only $1.37 per day. ObviousCanning Crop Growers Association ly a maximum of $1.37 per day and Producers livestock Marketing for the largest Utah chains wiil not close any of their outlets. It Association. will keep about $50,000 per year in Utah that otherwise would go to Eastern corporations as extra profits. rank-and-fi- le legisla-spokesm- an j t Hi-la- Kiwanis Club Chooses New Officers for Year Youth Escapes New officers of the Logan wanis club were named Wednes- Serious Hurts day at a meeting at which Curtis In Freak Crash L. Miner, president of the Cache Ki- Valley Independent Merchants association, spoke in support of the proposed chain store tax bill, Charles O. Dunn, asssitant secretary of the Utah Mortgage Loan, cororation of Logan, was chosen president of the club in balloting conducted during the past week. He succeeds Wilford D. Porter, college and extension service editor and professor of Journalism at Utah State Agricultural college. Other new officers are Fred! H. first vice president; Thompson, Dean George D. Clyde, second vice president, and Dr. Clark E. Haskins, J. Whitney Floyd, W. G. Kirkman and Elwood Bingham, directors. Joseph Meyrick was reelected secretary-treasure- r. Refrigerator son of Mr. Galloway of Logan, Is recovering at his home from back injuries suffered Wednesday night in a freak accident which was caused by a previous one. The truck driven by the youth tipped over into the barrow pit on the Mendon highway one mile west of Logan. Assisted by Gerrard Spencer, 15, of Logan, young Galloway obtained a tractor to pull the truck back on to the road. But the tractor too, backed off the road, pinning the driver between It and the truck. Probably saved from death when the tractnC lodged against the truck to break was the fall, young Galloway treated at a. local hospital. Wesley Galloway, and Mrs. Charles 15, W. Explosion of a gas refrigerator caused an estimated $200 damage to the apartment occupied by W. G. Mortenson in the Ezra C. Lun-daapartment house at 392 North Main street Thursday at 6:27 p. m., Logan --Cache firement reported. Cause of the explosion was not determined. Firemen said the blast demolished the refrigerator and tore a hole In the celling. Luckily, they said, no one was In the room at the time of the explosion. Cache Missionary Assignments For Sunday Cache Stake home missionary assignments for Sunday, October 25, were announced today by W. W. Owens, stake president as follows: Benson Joseph A. Anderson and Keith Spencer. Hyde Park Robert J. Evans and Franklin D. Richards. Third ward J. Howard Maughan and Doyle W. Dutson. Fourth ward Kenneth R. Stevens and LaGrand Baer. Fifth Ward Wiliam Evans Jr., and Dee A. Broadbent. Ninth Ward Fiftieth anniversary, Utah MortJesse P. Rich and Joseph P. gage Loan Corporation. Loans. In- Hinck. Tenth ward E. Ray Guy-mo- n surance, Abstracting, Real Estate, and O. Claude Wennergren. 1892. Established O. A. Garff, North Logan Daniel P. WoodManager, Insurance Dept. land and Harold G. Dairies. h! with U.S. WAR BOMS Workers Urged to Sign-UFor Sunday Labor Train BEET VACATION mt: W.rmne Given SUGAR Asrainst Driving Cars to CACHE SCHOOLS EXTENDED FOR Sunday Will be Payday NEXT TUESDAY IS FINAL DAY TO REGISTER is the Tuesday. October 27, final day for registration before the general election on November 3, County Clerk Newell J. Crookston, reminded Cache voters today. However, for war Industry workers, who are unable to register during regular hours on that day, the county clerks office will remaijt open eatery evening from 7 to 9 p.m. except Sunday until Tuesday, he announced. at STAMP NO. 9 GOOD FOR 3 POUNDS Ogden. More than 500 Cache businessmen, residents, trip were made last Tuesday when members of the Cache i j I Jenkins Youth Gets Valuable Instrument War Ration Stamp Number 9. to be used between November 1 and December 15, will be good for purchase of three pounds of sugar, O. Guy Cardon, chairman of the Cache County war price and rationing board, announced teday. Stamp number eight, good for five pounds of sugar, expires at mldnight Saturday, October 3i. It should be used before that time by all consumers who have war ration books. Both stamps provlde sugar for home use d A trombone owned by the late B. G. Thatcher, former prominent Logan musician, and theater operator, has been presented by Mrs. Thatcher to Grant B. Jenkins, sophomore in the Utah State Agricultural coli , lege band. Mr. Thatcher purchased the several instrument years ago while serving as president of the He Netherlands mission. used it upon his return to Logan where he was known before his death as one of the states outstanding musicians. Mr. Jenkins, son of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Jenkins of Logan, and recently an outstanding soloist with the Logan Senior high school band, was chosen as recipient of the gift by N. W. Christiansen, professor of instrumental music at Mrs. Thatcher reUSAC, after quested that it be put to some good use. gold-plate- d Tickets must be purchased in advance, it was emphasized by H. B. chairman of the Hunsaker, committee. There will be no sales at the depot at train time. They are now on sale at the North and South Cache high schools, the USAC and th& chamber of commerce. They have a return trip limit, which enables a worker to utilize it next week if unable to make this weeks trip. Workers are urged to be properly dressed for the hard work, and to wear hard faced gloves. Ample lunch should be provided for two two meals because of the long scheule. Approximately 14 hours are required for the trip, 10 hours labor and four hours transportation. Sunday will be payday for all workers who have made previous trips. The workers will be lined up alphabetically upon arrival at the depot and will be paid before starting work. There Is no proxy payment, if you have pay coming, you must obtain It in person. George D. Harding has been deputized by Sheriff Jeff Stowell (Continued on Page Four) NEWS ABOUT CACHE MEN IN THE ARMED FORCES of rd j Wellsville Ward Gets New Don Id Christensen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph G. Christensen of Clarkston, has been promoted to the rank of sergeant In an army armored division at Fort Bragg, N. C., his parents reported Wednesday. Sergeant Christensen attended North Cache high school and the LDS business college In Salt Lake City before entering the army in March, 1941. j Cache county school students will continue beet vacation another week, but Logan student will return to classes Monday, it was ruled Thursday by meetings of the two boards. Logan students who are employed in the beet fields, however, will be granted additional leave, providing the; are employed and make arrangements with their school superintendent. Dr. E. Allen Bateman, Logan school superintendent announced. County school buses will continue to transport Logan student crews to the beet fields under the present ari -rangement. ; corps Wednesday night and were effort by pedged to an honest every man to obtain highest qual- tty recruits for the corps: Speaking at a banquet meeting of the Jaycees, Major Con D. Shard, in charge of the Salt Lake City recruiting office, said he believed no other Utah organization showed such promise of delivering the goods as the state Jaycee organization and urged members to Jive up to our expectations. BEL CANTOS Sworn in as honorary sergeants were W. Bennie Degn, chairman ELECT OFFICERS of the chambers war activities New officers of the Bel Canto President Kenneth committee; chorus, prominent womens choir and Longhurst, Ray Nelson, memof Logan, were announced Wedber of the committee. All jaycees nesday as follows: repeated the standard corps oath Mrs. Gweneth England, presiof service. dent; Frances Gnehm, secretary; Major Sllard outlined the hisPearl Wasden, business manager; tory and functions of the "oldest Norma Welcken, publicity; Evelyn branch of service, and said only Yeates, librarian, and Luella Murthe highest type men could be acray, historian. cepted for the corps. Miss LuDeari Rogers will con"Briefly, the mission of the martinue as chorus director, with Mrs. ines is to land, take bases and Idelie Larsen as acoompanist . hold them until the army sends he said. "Beup reinforcements, Mr. and Mrs. Isadora Shoore and cause the normal casualty rate sen David are Logan visitors. for such operations is between 40 and 50 per cent, we can use only the best men available and then only after the most rigorous training yet devised. He advised the new recruiters that they could sign up men only for regular service, not for officer candidate branches; that men could be accepted right up to the Editors Note: Every Friday these two columns time of their induction in the army, and that recruits must have will be devoted to news about Cache county men in the personal affairs arranged so they armed forces of the natjon. Promotions, transfers, marcan leave for San Diego, California the day after enlistment. riages, furloughs in fact anything the service men Mr. Degn was issued a recruitdo. ers emblem, and other members We cordially solicit news about these men from parwere promised emblems as soon as ents and wives. If your service man is in the news they sign up one acceptable recruit. let us know about it. Bring your pictures also. Speakers at the meeting Included Mayor William Evans Jr., Lieuten345 of Word has been received inS James Lewis Corlett, ant-Colonel Ben B. Blair, and Smithfield by Mr. and Mrs. George North First West street, Logan, officers of the Utah State AgriT. been Glen son commissioned second a has their G. Nelson that cultural college marine and naval Nelson has been advanced to rank lieutenant In the army field ar-(Continued on Page Eight) First Lieutenant in the Coast tillery corps after completing school Fort of ficers candidate Artillery. Lieutenant Nelson, a 1942 grad-- 1 sill, Okla., it was reported here uate of Utah State Agricultural col- - Wednesday. Lieutenant Corlett has lege, is stationed at Bremerton, been assigned to Camp Roberts, California. Washington. Dick Ryan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Orson Ryan, and a 1940 graduate of Utah State Agricultural college to rank of has been promoted Captain in the U. S. Army it wasj learned in Logan, today. Captain Ryan Is the third son of Mr. and Mrs. Ryan to attain this rank, others are Miller and Kent. Logan Schools to Reopen Cache Monday Morning Distict Sets New Time Schedule. Labor Resources committee' of the chamber of commerce met with Colonel L. O. Grice, in charge of the quarter-- J master section of the depot and Jack Croft, supervisor of warehouses. The train, originally sched-ulefor Saturday, has been1 cancelled because of interference with the Cache sugar beet harvest. When the harLocal Organization will Revest is completed, the train cruit for Marine Corps The two weeks harvest vacation will make the two-da-y trip W. Bennie Degn is Honor In both county and city school? was slated to end Monday. Howevery week end, providing ary Sergeant. ever, labor is available. It agricultural leaders estimate enough The entire membership of the that the county sugar beet crop is hoped that in the near fuLogan junior chamber of com- is only from 35 to 40 percent harture it may work into a merce was sworn in as honorary vested, so county school board members of the U. S. Marine members decided to extend the daily proposition. j Explosion Causes Damage VICTORY Telephone 700 p Developing into probably the most hotly contested issue ever to face Utah voters, is the current campaign being waged by Independent and Chain store forces for and against the proposed chain store licensing tax more commonly dubbed No. The Cache American, being an independent, nonpartisan paper is devoting these two columns to arguments for both sides of the bill. The reader is encouraged to study them carefully. ... i.i.i cjt t! f'c d.'Icr v.t t; n Captain Laval S. Morris, former head of the landscape architecture division at Utah State Agricultural has reported for duty at college, the army air forces basic training center at Kearns where he will be post landscape architectural offi- cer, it was reported in Logan, on Wednesday. A graduate of USAC, Captain Morris obtained his M. S. degree from Michigan state college and his M.L.A. degree from Harvard His wife and two University. children are residing In Logan. Christian C. (Champ) Lee, son of Orville L. Lee, chairman of the Utah State AAA committee, and Mrs. Lee of Paradise has received (Continued on Page Eight) Bishopric Reorganization of the Wellsville ward bishopric has been announced. Sustained as new bishop of the ward Is Preston H. Brenchley, 34, who recently served as president of an LDS church branch in Oregon. He succeeds John J. Hendry, who has served as bishop for 13 years. Other new membefs of the bishfirst Olsen, opric are Clifford P Leishman, counselor; Aaron seoond counselor, andRaymond B. ucceed WilDarley, clerk. They liam P. Leatham, first counselor for 13 years; Grover M. Haslam, second counselor for Tour years, and Leland P. Maughan, ward clerk for 13 years. V : . vacation. Class time lost in county school? next week will be made up In five Saturday sessions staggered through out the year, Superintendent Kirkbride of the Cache school district announced, but these Saturday classes will not be allowed to interefere with students making week end labor trips to move congested freight at the Utah quartermaster depot, Ogden. NEW TIME SCHEDULE When county schools reopen on November 2, classwork will begin at 10 a.m. Instead of 9 a.m., Superintendent Kirkbride revealed. Beginning at this later hour will necessitate use of school buses to transport students from the south end of the county who have been o commuting on the Central Railroad corporation lines. "We have Jhad numerous complaints that jstudents must leave home too eafly In order to reach 9 a.m. classes! he explained, and this condition would become greatly aggravated during the short winter days.'; The later opening hour is designed to enable older boys to help with Varm world, before leaving for school; avoid dangers of driving In fogs, and reduce lighting expenses in schools. Many schools woVfld require additional firing, especially in basement clasirooms if the early opening hours were continued throughout the Ann ter, Cerk Lloyd M. Theurer, explained. County school officials were advised Thursday by the railroad officials that they would be unable to change schedules to fit the new opening time. :They pointed out that the move would require a change in time for a regular train, (Continued on Page Eight) Utah-Idah- early-morni- Newton Residents To Observe Golden Wedding Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Larsen of Newton, residents ' of lifelong Cache county, will observe their golden wedding anniversary Sunday at an open house from 1 to 5 p.m. Their anniversary falls on Monday, but the open home program for friends and relatives will be held at their home a day earlier. Married in Logan on October 25, 1892, the couple has lived in Newton since their marriage. Mr. Larsen was born in Logan on November 25, 1886, a son of Rasmus and Mary C. Larsen. He has been a prominent Newton farmer for 50 years. Mrs. Larsen was born in Logan on October 5, 1874, a daughter of William and Valeria Reese Andrew. The couple has three living children, Mrs. Edith Ecklund of Pocatello, Idaho; Norman Larsen of Newton and an adopted daughter, Leona W. Haws of Newton and ten grandchildren. |