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Show MMM THE JOUKNA ol.l ME QVER-PRODUCTIOMOFP- RICHMOND flST TWO YEARS M 1IOOL I1 11( 1 ION K.ihninpd The Patent, Teachers c'ii i.i!:on met 1 hurray evening iast utih when dedication ser-- i s v i ic held for the school Mia n is leceiiUy given the name oi hath school President J. W ii ,k was thy principal speaker.! 1 u viewed the hte of the late K LT CLASSI.S ENTERTAIN Tli adult classes ti the two entertained for waras', their sons and daughters Friday evening at the tabernacle. S. W. Hendtieks of the South ward had adaaxuiijiLJiieMiieeUng. An jn teres ting ptoguun was given after wRTcTT daianng and games were enjoyed and it i resin. ints 'Were served Mn. c I Stoddard entertained the Gleaner girls of the Richmond waul Y. L M I A. at her home Tuesday evening of last week. furnished Game;, and luncheon evening's entertainment. Mis Alvin Anderson was a surprise at her home Thursdiy evening of last week by ft number of t datives ana friends. A social evening was spent and luncheon wa.x setved. Mr and Mrs. C. I. Stoddard, Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Ballbralth, Dr. and Mrs. E. P. Coburn and Mr. and Mrs. P. K Ilayes attended a banquet, at tjie Bluebird given by the Lewiston American Legion Thursday evening of last week. ,The Bon. Heur club members and their partners were enter-tain- d Saturday evening at the home of Mr and Mrs. J. Ray. Rook furnished the Stoddard, entertainment and luncheon was served. Twenty were included. The Chere Amel club met Saturday arteinoon at the home of Mrs. He'S. Webb Dr and Mrs J M. Godfrey and Mr and Mrs Jesse Webb motored to Pocatello, Idaho, Thursday evening of last week Mrs Earl Bair entertained a number of friends at her home Wednesday In honor of Mrs. Vernon Johnson of Salt Lake Guests included Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. Reuben Anderson, Mrs. Vincent Nielsen, Mrs Bert Erickson, Mrs. Henry Bair, Mrs. Katie J. Spademan Mrs Justin Erickson and Mrs. Nela t Rasmussen. Mrs. C. S. Hall and Mrs, Yenna Beckstead entertained with three tables of bridge at the Hall home Tuesday evening. Luncheon was served following the games. MIA, png-cni- it ia a view of the famoua Salt Lake Jenv U an the. ground where Saint Church will celebration of the Latter-Da- y be held. Thi atructure wat built In pioneer days and required 40 years in the construction. It was built at a cort of $4,000,000. 2. This is the interior of the Salt Lake tabernacle. Its seating capacity ia 9,000. At the far end it shown ths great organ, one of the' most famous organs of the world; an instrument that 1. Thi ,pt which Si-- a I (itin-litle- hai been frequently heard on national radio broadcasts. 3. This exterior view shows the tabernacle at Salt Lake City, the building In which the principal gatherings of the centennial celebration of the Mormon church will be held. This structure Is 250 feet long and 150 feet wide, and hae a roof. - tl dome-shape- In American history of heroism, pathos mid loyally to an ideal. If this migration is an epic, no less a one Is the story of the colonization of the iiitenuomitiiln legion by these people in a wilderness tilled with savage tribes of Indians of uncertain temper, and tarried on amid all the hardships and privations of pioneer life. Rut their triumph over all is written in the history of the state of 1tah and it was aptly summed up by Theodore Roosevelt when lie once said: Here in this state the pioneers and those who came after them took not the land that would ordinarily he chosen as land that yields return for" little effort. Yon took aT(Trtt7irywHirli at the outset was aHcdnPw tie desert, and you literally not figuuitixely made the desert blossom as the rose. So it Is tilts nchfevenienix as tvett as the of t lie founding of i religion, that is being celebrated ill Salt Lake City in April. There is also being celebrated a social order which Is, perhaps, unique in llie history of mankind. The Mormon church lias always held Hie principle Hint people who are contented vocationally make better citizens nnd church, members. In order to assist its membership to be contented in its various vocations, trades and industries, tlie church has fostered several industries, and promoted agriculture nnd manufacturing as a tnenns of insuring profitable employment for its members, and to help build up industrially Hie bwalities where tlie tliurch members settle. This lias resulted in occasional charges being hurled at the church Hint It is being coimner-cijili.ed- , Imt the thurch, in carrying out the above mentioned policy, lias bad only the welfare of its members at heart. As a result of this 'business policy of Hie church, tlie leaders of the cliurth have assisted its members In the const ruction of many miles of irrigation canals, Jn the building of railroad lines, aud iu liie establishment of factories. Itc fore 1' lines vveie well established in tine mountain""' districts by commercial companies, tlie ctiurcli built 4ts ovv n (elegrnpb lines to serve its members and other pioneers of tlie region. Among tlie kinds of factories established by Hie church are several woolen mills; It has assisted in opening up tlie sugar beet business in tlie mountain regions, and assisting in the finnmiug of construction of several large sugar factories and beet grinding plants. Flour mills were established with church assistance even in pioneer day, and at least one ralroatl line was partiulJy financed with church funds because It was being limit through" a region where members of the cliurth would be greatly benefited by such const met Ion. Two of the largest and finest holds in Saif Lake City were Imilt by the church, and lion, mi epic ditil-eitlti- aooi-verxa- Jn-rp- VV JS-V- d $ I Iho'-iiftio-r , cm use of ther recent declines of both raw materials and finished goods vas tho bVe a4i(LlU29.Iltheruja any law . eNperietited in economics which always works, it is that you cannot continue increasing production at an abnormal rate without ovt the market and causing a reaction. That is just vhat occurred. We dont have to look to the declining gold supply, interest rates, or other theoretical factors to explain vhy sugar, coffee, wheat, steel, rubber, ceipent, and other staple commodities have fallen in price. It is purely a question of supply and demand. The supply was built up to high levels last year, and the demand, following the stock market slump, fell off. Price cutting was, the only cor- rective measure that could be applied. It wasnt a question of in- sufficient credit that caused wheat to drop. The government was in the midst of extending enormous credit to wheat cooperatives when the greatest price smash occurred. There was no lack o money to carry sugar, coffee, rubber, etc. The supply of these things far exceeded the demand and prices dropped. Insofar as the present easy money policy helps general business, it will, of course, ultimately help to firm. up. the commodity price situation. While many commodities may continue toward lower levels, it Is prob- able that4.he worst of the price cutting has been seen and that the drastic reductions of the past few months will be less frequent. Out of 78 different commodities, prices now are lower than last year in 56 cases, the same as a year ago in 12 cases, and The agricultural group has higher-thaa year ago4n suffered the most spectacular declines, notably in wheat. . Cotton, also is low. Sugar and coffee are very low. Among the industrial , paper, metais, building price group," textiles," rubber,-leathermaterials, have been hit hard. It should not be. assumed, how- -' ever, that merely because any commodity has experienced pro-nounced declines it has necessarily hit its low anti will immediately recover. The conditions of supply and demand in each commodity will determine that. It is true, nevertheless, that low prices tend to stimulate" demand and in time this cause, prices to ad- vance. . GASOLINE PRICES MAY ADVANCE . oue of tlo in is (ipnvucil jlnycU, today. Not only have tlie-- e pioiects been omoui.igeu ltoi-kill the Mountain niea, hut in other states ns well. Also in Hawaii, tlie sugir nine and other idiiiitiilioiis have Inneliicd In Latter Lav I. uve Samis dumb nssisinmo p.ut of the - Morinmi. Hawaiian island All inniicv spmil la ii diiliili ill iliduslii.il aitivily sin Ii as here menlin'nd mines tight h.n !. to members of the ilumli vim aie the pi imip.il beneficiaries, tlie t Inn Ii it - If not p.nt'n ip,sling to accumulate pmlits for r- -i H Irosely ting through a i.nc mi- - unaiv svsiom has been a feature of tin- I'hiinli ot .losii- - hrist of Latter Hay Samis ovm sno,. n, . ganiation c lined out is as folTlie sjsem us at pi c V i pnpiil-ilim- . i ( , i nt low s : be tlo- and women we mlh-Young of lln- (lmrcli to n to some Ot the vaimus missions me In missions of tin- lull L 4 in all parts of Liiiope, in Noitli and Smitli Zo.ii.inil. A list alia, in Sontli Afm Hawaii, .Samoa aud otlor x,,mi s,.a i t.i i ,, -, in ni.iry wmk lias been I'alestiue, Aunenia, and mi carried on in Japan and lima. tullilh-la the unit Tlie time length of and women lulled ii' at'o'c mcnlioiioil vanes from two to five veil- - .inhough reiemlv a six - Icon mangmati-ifor months' missiomu teim persons having picv ,oiimission. .at p.rt me ymiti; Tlie missiomu ic foi eimeen to thuiv people,, ranging, a- - a,-- - e a f iv older men years of age, alllioiigh id TiaTTmr and women in limit gioiip own of tlmir all pay room, and even iiKtritiuti'. Ttii'v r. a , ,. alary ta- anv kind of-in U. .uni finaiKial reiiiiitiei.it e'li t, "I tlieir lime ami -- eua. ' 'i. u tinni oil film!- -, ns n free u he' liar lie lien a mi imi fixiin smile Ut.Ji teen .m . etlier state, or from to Salt Luke to rei - i .uni to lie onl.iiiieil asiiied to some mi m sex en of Hic-- e iiih-iill tlie' Cmteil SI ite-i- , ol the Guiles rettime luiitu! southern reiiuhlic Iq h mission in Mexiio. The lni.ssiomiiie'- - (1 . t ll0,t a's" ,l( f ,i .i a el"e -on stree iu'S held in Ii.iIK hape juI hen d. In oien air meet mys me fiiiinqu I. net', tl.ev Ainerieiinti (to on uni. ii fei- - ihh after learn the lnnau.ize .i' . ini, luit in the nn tlieir arrixal in Hut fm of of I, me they do imo h in ini-i- i pies-Idt-n- - c Anic-rici- nns-o-i- i- l i v -' i i ii -- Miss Helen . , 10-case- - . are now entering the season of greatest consumption of the same time production is being sharply restricted. Supplies of gasoline in storage are still very large, but If produc- -' tion continues at the present low rate it will not be Jong before supplies become reduced. When the companies begin to draw on storage, prices of gasoline always tend to move upward. We may have to pay more tor gasoline before the summer is over. The wheat situation is more complicated, but I believe chances favor prices moving ujjward. Our supplies are excessive because foreign countries have greatly reduced their purchases of American wheat. Whether Europe will have to come to us for much larger quantities before the advent of the new crop is the question. However, low prices for wheat have in the past always led to intreased consumption and reduced acreage. Therefore, the balance of factors seems to point toward better wheat prices. Pressure still continues downward on the bulk of the basic industrial commodities, although .for the group as a whole future derlinps should be less drastic and gradually flatten out prepara-tory to an intermediate upward movement. We gasoline.-A- t Mrs. Bay Beil entertained the Bon Hear club at her home Friday of last week. Special guests were Mrs. Christine Merrill, Mrs, Rulon Thompson, Mrs. Alvin Bair and Mrs.- - Rebecca Nelson of Day-to- n i i n - -- l; 11 ifv-l&- g'.-c- n 1 i - J j Vt re-acti- on, .till o PRICE DECLINE Iiabson Park. Florida, April 5 As far back as the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 commodity prices have shown h tendency to move in long swings of approximately 20 years .downward and 20, years upward. In between these movements, however, have corn's ntermediate swings, in accordance with the law of action and of much shorter duration, but of distinct importance to business. In studying the trend of prices we must, therefore, taka into account these two types of movements. Moreover, all commodities do- not move alike. The general average, for instance, i? now 4 per erit below last var, but at least one commodity is 53 per cent higher than last year and another 43 per cent 6wer than, last year. This means that each individual commodity must be studied separately. My studies now indicate that while the long; has been swing of the general price index is still downward and since 1920, certain individual prices have probably reached bottom for the time at least and should improve. CAUSES OF 1RICE DECLINE Paik, who was a prom- -' nuo educator m the eaily days t L'ali and who was really the : la1' : the public school ays-- 1 u in in toe UCthive stat ' Piesident .V oen McCann of the Cache val-- k as in (ounty school board-.hi dune and spoke ot the e4u which the lational ptograin v liool boatd is attempting to put met m the county. Mu cal numbers were furnished b, t it' school glee club "."id band, tt-- N - x we-te- in OF Prices of Some (ioods May He- Scrapinpr Ilottom Although Iaong Term Trend Is Generally Downward, Says Roger Babson. . iziilinn ol tlieir ( luii'i h in a w if i Ii N to begin Kmnlnx, Apiil !, Pa: to, Ht Salt hake Cil, and winch will l.t'l a week. The celebration will he prohahly ever held in tho lurce-- l ichgmiis eu-n- t fnited Stale-- , and will attrnet more people than any other religious guiliermg in Anienen, witli Ihi- exception of the reent idteliaiistie longress of the ltoinan Catholic tliurxh in Chicago. Thousands of visitors will attend the inalor to he held in Salt hake t lint week, coining from all over the Cnion, f, oni Canada and from .Mexico, while representatives of congregations of tl.e (liunli in foreign lands will also lie present. Iiailv sessions will lie held in the great Sail hake tiihermiile, and every evening a pag-- i :i 1 vviU tie giv on the re, deijicuug the rise aud progress of the i liureli. Taking purt in tins will lie n east of scores, and the tabernacle choir of voices, heard during the winter over lull tonal radio broadcast, vv ill sing under the direction of Prof. Anthony O. Iaind, accompanied by the gient tiiheriiiu le organ, played by Prof. Tracy T. Cannon. This pageant will be repeuted nightly see it have Keen II. The until alt who dnsii-ej(iibeuiutlo will iUionmiiMl.ili! about P.yoO eaiji . Bight. ihiv of the eeleliinlloif, April 0. " (Mi tho fvpr.v laittor I uy Siilnt eminminity in the world, tiii lmling those in nil European rii. in North mid Smith Amerha, South Africa, Australia, New islands, and the y.e.il.iml. Haw nil. the South rii-- i will told simultaneous gatherings cele, brating the event. At each ot these gatherings will he hemd read a message from (tie presiitt-neof the ilimrh. In order to accomplish thi, the into a score of lanmessage will )m guages. (tile feature of llii- - world wide eelebntl ion will be the ill tl in Inal mil bv use of huge Hood lights of the seven temples of the i hurt'll. Most of these sirint liras are situated on the highest or tnot prominent parts of the eilies in vvtmh they stand, ami win ii illuminated thus at night will lie xis-IV for miles around. These temples are Incited in Salt I.nke, I.ognn, Manti and St. George, I'lnli : at Mesa, Ariz. ; I'nrdstoii, Alberta. Canada, and laiie, Hawaiian islands. 1iesnleilt Holier .T. Grant will be in general barge of the celebrations. s:x men assembled on Hie farm On April 1, of Peter Whit titer, near Pavette In Seneca county, .New York, and there formally organized the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Hay Saints. The men who signed the paper vv lilt h legalized the i luireh us U religious body in that slatp were Joseph Smith, Jr Oliver Cow dory, I ly rum Smith. Peter U hiuneiv Jr.., Samuel 11. Smith. and Havid Wtnimer 111 tleeeinher. TOO. tlie founders of Hie Ibureh'deelded to move to Ohio and tliey settled near Kirlland in that stale where the first organization of a first presidency took place on March li Smith jx. ixs::, w lib jis president and Sidney Kigdyn ami Frederick O. iili.tms ns counselors. In June of that year the first temple of the clitireh was begun at Kirtland. The history of the church has lieen oae of steady growth and repeated moves westward. tJiuou after building the temple at Kin laud and tho body of the ilitmlt was moved to' The Missouriregion with headquarters in the town of N.mvoo. lit., n city which Hie Mormons practically hu!!t up themselves mid In which they erected their second temple. Rut religious persecution forced them to move westward again and in. IMti Hip movement to the Itocky mountains was projected. In the spring of 1S47 the Mormon Pioneer company was organized by Brigliam Young and on April 14 of (bat yeur set out for .the Rocky nmnn tains. Tbo party consisted of 73 wagons, 1 43 men, three women and two children; US persons in all. After a trying journey of three months across tho great plains this party arrived in Salt valley on July 24. 1X47. and eniued on the present site of Salt Lake City. Word was sent liack "to trrtV'Cltng ramps Hurt a resting plane ti.pl lieen fotimKand ll.tf site for a new temple selected. I Miring the next few years The work of rotmdza and 1SAU i litm xxcut forward rapidly. In dreds yf Kurupeau were .fleeing from their native lands bocuuse of the Crimean war and the high cost of food. A limn g them were many who had Joined the Mormon church and who wanted in rea the "Zion which Ifiil been established In the western wilderness. It soou became a seri oils problem for Rrighain Young how to get these f (HMiple from the .Missouri river to Utah. Most them were poor and had no money with which to buy wagons and oxen. So Jip devised the plan of having them huU handcarts nnd use these to across the plains. The irnnxMirt their' result was the now famous 'Handcart euiigr.t CHIEF CAUSE COMMODITY M IK J dm NUMBER 80. LOGAN, UTAH, SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 1930. Llll IT Harris entertained eight girls at a waffle supper at htr home Sunday evening-family dinner was given Sunday at the home of A. E. Harris. Eran Harris of Salt Lake and Miss Audrey Harris of Provo motored here Saturday evening1 ami lTniainpfl over Sunday; Mrs Eran Harris, who spent two xxeeks here with relatives accomhom? panied her husband to her. Sunday evening. Mrs. H A. Adamson and Miss Bon Adamson went to Pocatello Friday and remained over the week end. TWO WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES AM) BIRTHDAY CELEBRATED Mr and Mrs Nels Eskelsen celebrated their 34th wedding anniversary, the 10th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Roy E.skt Isen of Midvale and the birthday anniversary of Lorenzo Tuesday with a family dinner at their home. Mr. and Mrs Roy Eskeiscn and family of Midvale and Mr. and Mrs. Lorenzo Eskeisen of Logan attended the -- 1 GOLD NOT A FACTOR IN TIIE DECLINE Some prominent economists have been tellihg un " that" com-- 1 modity prices are declining because the" world production of gold has fallen off. They claim that since gold is the basis of all cur' rency and credit, a diminishing supply tends to restrict the medium of exchange for goods. This, they argue, has caused falling prices because gold .is. worth more as it becomes scarcer, and, being itself fixed in price, can only express its greater worth by a"" decline in the price fo commodities. Theoretically this r:ay be true, but practically there is ho proof that the present lor.g swing downward in commodities results from gold scarcity. wie of the most spectacular declines have occurred here in the Lnited States and certainly there is no scarcity of gold in this country. Furthermore, our credit which is equivalent to gold ih the irocesses of -' exchange, has expanded much more rapidly than our rade Tluring the past ten years. Our gold reserves would still allow a tremendaffair. were Mrs. Joseph Webb entertained ous further expansion of credit. If it were gold scarcity that causing commodity price decline, one would naturally expect this with a quilting at her home of last week. decline to be confined to those countries which have a gold probMr and Mrs. D. I. Tripp en- lem. Prices have declined abroad to be sure, but there is no cortertained with supper, Wednesday relation that can be shown between the supply of gold in these literature. of last week for Mr. and with other a. tai mil evening " Thicti lerritorial Mrs- Henry E. Bair and Mr,- and fvcountries and the degree of price recession as compared iilidix ision. H jirexiilpd oxer la .t I" ' " counlriesM'urthermore, "If world gold shortage were the cause of. Mrs. Ivan Christiansen. led over hv di'tiiet Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Thompson the price decline one would expect all commodities to decline. Such ,ite ofjthe-- e a tier heuilny xxitliiu haVe purchaaed' the home of Mr. is not the case. Some groups have moved-tharp-ly lirexidentx. Ill e.o h ii.y upward in the the of one and Mrs. P.M. Thomson, who have face 0f the general down trend. There is no shortage of gold a diiririct hrainln - ate rxs J.xl itli ell U'rtanJ SCt resideut ntemiiers of the at Loean. Mr'. ' anMrsThomson reserves or bank creditThe real shortage is money in the pockets ottuer il.ee. Hitwithin the consumers. nd jeft Wednesday for a visit In t lici-- organized Provo with their daughter,. Mrs. ail of Hie xxork f Hie cliurth is Hitt MACHINE PRODUCTION METHODS MAKE ,1,,,rP' Marion Bair, on among H- i- i.iwnl'to "f H" LOWER PRICES POSSIBLE . "of the RichSea .The Gull amnn, it class Lake in Salt on rtirrie-aa it is jnt ward met mond Sunday that in primary city. Tuesday Gnr.ii e the members of tl One important factor in the broad swing downward in coin-nmnul it.Troxeuient axn-- atiernoon at the home of their k, Imolj are organised, 'modities Mrs. tec Minnie and cher, The .e during the past ten years has been the increase in mas Tripp. tes) in! inns (xx hit h are ytmns people girls planned, cooked and served production with consequent economies and lower it ts. This has xxlmh hob! weekly primary t. whirl, the a menu. This was a part of the made lower priced both possible and necessary. At tlie same time . meetings for little ilohlten Mormonisin. of (Continued on Page six) eliildren are taught prin. iples Continued nn Puge Six i - il- X x ,i- i "i t meet-X1- x i X' . W'ed-nesd- ay m-- - xx as - rire-idi- ns di-tr- e.ir-rie- .l e week-da- v atif . i T HL |