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Show THE DRAGERTON TRIBUNE, DRAGERTON, UTAH PAGE FOURTEEN GOOD CITIZEN American's Right to Vote Often Abused, Corrupted, Neglected iiml aarlaa at ( tt, artlMta frarn tka baaklal Gaa4 aabUsbad by Tka Aaaarl ClUsaa Faaadatlaa tasters-tu- g au tkaHarltafa rlfbta Ml datlec at aa Ameri-aa- a. 1 TMa la a a a 02 the nine promises of a good citizen the first is: I will vote at all will inform myself on and issues and will use candidates my greatest influence to see that honest and capable officials are elected. I will accept public office when I can serve my community or my country thereby. The right to vote to vote in secret and to have your votes count Is a great right. Xt is grounded in the faith that the .average judgment of all of us together in the long run will be right that you cant fool all the people all the time. It has many flaws. It has been corrupted, abused and neglected, but by means of it the American people over more than a century and a half have done pretty well for themselves. Through agents chosen by you and others like you all laws are made. No man, regardless of his station in life, wields more power than you in the voting booth. You can also vote by not voting, for by staying away from the polls minority you can help a make the wrong decision. Dont be afraid to lose your vote. The vote that doesnt elect a man still influences what he does. A candidate who just squeaks through knows that you and others like you can repudiate him next elections. X r self-seeki- ng timjc g In this age you are voting on the gravest Issues in the history of mankind. atom-splittin- WHEN YOU KEACH voting age you This article Is Chapter 1 sf the Geed Citlien, predated bp tbs Americas HerlUfs Panada-tio- a, iposeera sf tbs Frssdsas Trsla. A esmplets book map bo sbtalnsd bp seeding 5 seats ts tbs American Heritage Foaadatlsa, 17 East 45th Street, New York, N. Y. Detroit Han !$ World Champion Blood Donor EAST LANSING, Mich.-Fo- ster Clark, 44, janitor and newstand proprietor, was not impressed by the claim of a Columbus, 0., man that he was second in line for the world champion blood donor, or the claims of an Englishman for the championship. The Englishman was supposed to have donated 76 pints while the Ohio man had donated 70. College Planetarium Made Sturdy Chest Easily Small Chest Has Many Uses ilSE BACK TO 8ACk a fNr.L t 7 - mXighI Vw,Dt lUPl The Morehead planetarium at the University of North Carolina is the only one on an American YOU can use a hammer, saw campus. It draws thousands of IF and screwdriver, you can visitors. make this chest. The sturdy block-frodrawers require no difficult joinings. nt most appeals to you, it is sound to vote for that individual, regardless of party or any particular issue. But even if you spent your life at it, you couldnt be fully informed on all the candidates and issues. The answer is to do the best you can. It is better to vote on the basis of party allegiance and your own sense of things than not to vote at all. Your own knowledge and convictions, whatever they are, will be combined with the knowledge and convictions of a lot of other people. As a group we are usually wiser than we think we are. Tuesday, July 11, 1950 dla. Pattern 282 five Ura workingdirecdrama and Illustrated tions. Pattern la 25c. WORKSHOP PATTERN SERVICE MORE PEOPLE step-by-st- ep Drawer SMOKE CAMELS 10 Bedford BlUa, New ts? esa a cigarette How r.Hd i lark. than any other cigarette! in joodness! and among the millions who Heap up breakfast bowlfuls1 of sweet Kelloggs Corn Flakes. Theyre fresher! Crisper! So hearty I the power of com and its whole-kernvalues in iron. Vitamin B niacin! A bargain in goodnesB Kelloggs Corn flakes. VAUGHN noiiROEPopular band mf' leader says: I el MOTHH KNOWS1 yv , - , do,. discovered the MMl Cl meaning of clga- - t rette mildness when I made the Camel Testl 30-D- tlSU I ay VixVi .v . Clark-sai- d he-w- as unimpressed because he had Red Cross and blood bank record to prove his donation, of 186 pints of blood since 1930. There are probably others who have given as much blood as I have, Clark said. But it burned me up to have that guy in Ohio claiming his 70 pints was the second best in the world." A former West Virginia coal miner, Clark said he started giving blood in 1930 .when a call went out for donors; after a mine disas-te- r. become a member of the ruling class the one and only ruling class of this country. Ue this power to vote. ' Vote during the big year elections, walked I eight miles over the of course and at state elections. one night to give a man vote at your mountains a of he said, and blood, pint party pri- then walked back home again in mary. to to work in time the go pit in the Vote also for your citys morning. . mayor or vil-- l a g e presi- flew Zealand Hermit Has dent Vote for members ' of the school board. ' Vote on policies and officers of your union. Vote as a stockholder of any company you have invested in. Vote on civic improvements and bond issues. Vote on officers of your club, your lodge, your grange. In 'general, all citizens over 21 'years' of age have the right to vote, but the various states have different laws as to how long you must live in the same place, when to register, etc. In certain states literacy tests or poll taxes are required. In no state is property ownership a re- . quirement But dont consider you have done your duty merely by voting in national elections every four years. There are also congressional elections, state elections, city elections, and local elections of various kinds. Perfect Atomic Hideout - Comes the DUNEDIN, N. Z. an or atomic war, there revolution, is one human In this world who has an excellent chance of survival. He is Jules Berg, a New Zealand hermit, who has lived on Preservation Inlet, probably the least susceptible area on earth to radioactivity, for the past 23 years. Preservation Inlet is a fiord in the extreme southwest comer of New Zealand. A deep, narrow arm of the sea, it runs. inland for about 20 miles between steep mountain walls which, would tend to block radioactive clouds. Its dense rainmatfall would clear of out the atmosphere. ter Fiord county covers more than 3,000 square miles and has a popudeath-dealin- g lation of eight. The only feasible access to the inlet is by sea. Mr. Berg lives in the remote spot like a comfortable Robinson Crusoe. He has a cottage and extensive vegetable garden and gets fresh meat from a deer trap in THEBE ABE three ways to vote. the adjacent forest He also has a gold mine which You can vote for (1) party, (2) he works when he feels like it. As issues, (3) people. If the total party program, as ex- civilization provides little that he pressed in its platform, appeals to needs, however, he usually lets you as being best for the country, the gold stay where it is. it is sound to vote a straight ticket U. S. Coin Production for the people pledged to put that Uncle Sams production of coins program into effect. If a single issue seems to you has been sharply reduced since more important than anything else, the days of World H. War an From to vote for persons who peak of it is sound mintdomestic 2,646,134,101 coins resupport your view of that issue, 1945 in ed the fiscal year, the figardless of party. to 911,257,226 for the If the ability of an individual to gure dropped 1949 fiscal to and Issue each period. keep fairly Judge Released by WNC F satires the interests of the people upper high-spend- o TOUGH LONG o ALL RAYON MILEAGE TREAD GUM-DIPPE- D CORD BODY o FULL LIFETIME GUARANTEE pay to run the risk of tire failure on your truck in the busy harvest season, when you can get new Firestone Standard tires at such low prices. See your Firestone Dealer or Firestone Score and find out how much your old tires are worth in trade on the new Firestone Standard the quality tire at the lowest price. TT doesnt 50-2- . V .V V. . o ' . . W r ing all-tim- e far xsrn. samRerti sr? f f I |
