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Show I THE JOURNAL. LOGAN. CACHE COUNTY. PAGE SIX LOWER COST OF LIVING REPORT OF CACHE COUNTY Saturday, August 9, 1930. UTAH Plans Ocean Flight Dixon Brothers 'GASOLIIIE GOSSIP HEARD Oil Enter Tennis Meet DAIRY HERD IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATIONS FOR JULY, Lbs. HIGH COWS Owner O. L. C. L. Lbs. WARD WELIiSVILLE-COLLEG- E Cost of Living in Last Six Months Drops Three Percent Decline Should Exert Helpful Influence on Conditions Andrew Nelson... Willis Anderson Kenneth Murray...- Pailey Murray..., James A. Leishman Kenneth Murray Evan 0. Darley J. E. Zollinger Thos, Lindley Alvin Jensen....'. .....DeKol v Daisy Lady t GH GH RH GH Justina Lady Beauty Dot Amos RH f GH GH GH Holstein GH Boss GH 2337 1733 1767 1596 1581 1801 1572 1277 1488 1485 79.5 69.3 61.8 60.6 60.1 59.4 58.2 57.5 56.5 54.9 2126 1355 1791 1540 1612 1773 1353 1543 1571 1399 80.9 65.1 62.7 61.6 61.2 56.5 58.2 57.1 55.0 54.3 E E. J, Gibbons. 7. W. S. Richman I. B, Maddox Ezra Obray Hans F. Andersen , Edwin Clawson.......... James Danielsen .. . J. G. Christensen W. S. Richman W. E. Rawlins .... Ruby Spot Jersey Ruby ......Burke Princess ...... Jersey Lil gauged by the Department of Labor family budget. In the past six months there has been a drop of about 3 ptr cent in the cost, of Hving. That includes ' the average of food, clothing, furniture, and miscellaneous items. Some articles have declined more than others. The housewife needs only 94Vk cents to buy the same amount of food that would have required $1 last winter. Ninety seven and three-tent- h cents will buy a dollars worth of fuel and light ; ninety eight and one half cents will pay for a dollar's worth of rent ; ninety-nin- e cents purchases one dollars worth of clothing. Food and clothing prices dropped simultaneously in 32 cities of the country during the first six months of 1930, the decreases ranging from 3.4 per cent to 8.6 per cent. rent,-fuel- Partial Offset to Lower Earnings The trend of living costs is still downward. While certain raw materials and industrial commodities may have reached the bottom at wholesale, retail prices of consumers goods have not yet fully reflected the declines. For some time merchants will be passing along to the public the savings which they are now making in the purchase of goods from manufacturers and jobbers. The period of low living costs will mean Star the laying of the foundation for" later recovery on a sound Daisy basis. It will do this in several ways first, by cushioning CENTRAL CACHE the effect of wage reductions and unemployment ; second, by .1937 .,69.8 E. 3. Roundy.--...:- : Ruby it easierfor people to save money; third, by gradual making 67.4 1928 ...Swager Parley Reese ly encouraging greater consumption; and fourth, by stimu65.8 2217 Phine A. J. Ainscough bond market, the lating 1518 63.7 .Faith Chas. Reese The scale of union wages remains high, but what is more 63.0 1659 Edith Silvin Peterson to purchasing power is the actual earnings in the important 63.0 2200 ........Dot M, J. Ballard of the workers each week. A nominal high pay envelopes 62.6 1422 ....Connie Leo Nuttal is no good to a worker if he has only three days employ wage 61.2 1866 ... Darkey , II. W. Ballard out of six. Wage cuts have begun to appear more fre58.9 ment 1734 II. Cronquist Prilly of late. At first manufacturers delayed cutting quently 58.5 1218 Jo J. R. Thain in deference to the wishes of the government. Now, wages LEWISTON-CORNIShowever, some of them have been forced to it. Some manu 69.7 facturers have resorted to wage reductions in order to keep 2248 Merle G. Hyer..... - Abbie 68.2 a 1482 IL M. Spackman Blondy larger number of their employees at work, rather than pay 64.7 the 1702 Piebe N, S. Johnson higher rate to only a few employees. Lower living costs 63.1 1618 Rose D. T. Lewis now constitute the chief support of the individual workers , 1562 62.5 buying power. It is already acting as a partial offset to the Gene F. J. Larsen... 61.6 lower purchasing power resulting from unemployment and 1541 .Bench J. II. Wiser.. 61.4 wage cuts. 1463 Abner VanOrden.... Nig 60.3 1256 Daise G. J. Baker....,....; Public Saving Easier Under Lower Costs 59.5 1383 F. J. Larsen Wayne 59.4 One of the most encouraging factors at present is the in1448 Muggins J. A. Rawlins in savings deposits. This is due to. two causes ; first, crease HYDE PARK desire of people in times of business depression to exerthe 1925 59.7 Colantha Leo Perkes to the 1046 59.6 cise thrift and cut out extravagances; and second, R. A. Perkes .Carry it which is costs making lower of level gradually living 53.3 1333 Preston Lee Croppie to be fully are fortunate who to Those save. easier enough 52.6 1503 Fobes Clarence Hurren of lower costs and be able 1382 52.5 employed now will reap the benefit , Jed Seamons..., Croppie all the new theories, it still reof to more. save Regardless 50.2 1522 Heber Balls........ Lady business revival depends 49.8 mains true that the foundation of 1468 Willard Duce Rags to work and save money the of people the willingness upon 49.6 1584 Bud Clarence Hurren to leads inflation, Reckless merely extravagance 1323 47.6 .....Yoke J.W.D. Hurren is a happy medium There reaction. and the subsequent 1085 46.6 .........Star Preston Lee excessive and saving. We should excessive between spending FIVE HIGH HERDS 12 COWS OR MORE all seek this middle road. However, we have yet to find a subRICHMOND-LEWISTOstitute for wisely exercised thrift to bring us out of business Lbs. Lbs. depression. Insofar as lower living costs help people to save No. Milk Fat they help pave the way for recovery. Breed Cows Owner t 1307 42.6 12 R&GH D. D.Buttars Should Help The Bond Market 39.6 1161 16 GH Joseph Bergeson 32.6 988 12 R&GH Living costs have an important effect on' bond values. George O. Webb -- 31.6 H75-897 For R&GH example, if you bold a ten year bond bought in 1929 at C. Z. Harris 31.1 the peak of living costs, when it matures this year it will be R&GII C. L. Funk worth in actual purchasing power 23 per cent more than it WELLSVILLE-COLLEG- E WARD when you bought it. This is because the cost of living was 36.8 15 987 ..... Mixed Evan O. Darley declined has approximately 23 per cent during the ten years 36.1 1022 13 - GH Allen Archibald 1930. Hence, the bondholder and the holder of to 1920 from 32.2 17 832 R&GH Henry B. Murray mortgages and other contracts for repayment of 31.6 907 12 Mixed Alex Fletcher ......... from declining commodity prices. is benefitting money 31.5 899 13 GH David A. Leishman These advantages are being reflected in bond prices, which HYRUM-PARADISE are gradually moving upward. The factor of reduced cost of 14 40.2 living, coupled with lower interest rates, make a combina1023 R&GH E. J. Gibbons 34.2 tion highly favorable to an active bond market. An active 17 954 R&GH O. L. Lee 30.9 bond market, moreover, is a normal preliminary to recovery 867 13 .. R.&GH D. O. Nielsen 30.6 in general busniess. The sequence of events in past business 828 16 R&GH Albert Nielsen 30.1 depressions proves this to be true. 796 14 GH&J James Danielson Lower Costs Stimulate Consumption CENTRAL CACHE 32.9 1085 R&GH 14 Plowman Bros. After all, lower prices are the only reliable stimulant to 32.5 consumption. Henry Ford gave us a good example when he 1021 16 GH&J Wesley Johnson 891 32.2 repeatedly reduced the price of his motor cars, and at the 16 ... Mixed Wm., Toombs 32.fc 1036 20 R&GH A. J. Reese ,..., same time tremendously increased his sales and profits. It is 678 31.4 a fundamental law of economics that the lower the price the 15 R&GG W. Younker S. LEWISTON-CORNISgreater the consumption, assuming of course that quality remains the same. 201029 37.7 GH G. J. Baker General business will ultimately be helped by the, present 37.4 14 1055 G&RH Larsen F, J.' decline in the cost of living because gradually people will buy 33.6 1034 12 GH J. A. Rawlins as more they find that purchasing power increases. There31.2 14 935 .......... GH ALner VanOrden not look on declining prices as an unmitigatshould we fore, 29.6 908 26 GH J. W.. Pitcher ed evil, but consider them as laying the foundation for later HYDE PARK business recovery. 29.6 L 822 12 G&RH Willard Duce Business by the Babsonchart now registers 14 per cent 26.5 below normal 748 12 GH&J Geo. Z. Lamb normal at compared with 12 per cent above 36 " 696 15 .... GH Walter Seamons ;.. this time a year ago. 22.6 15 GH J. W. D. Hurren Bureau) Copyright ltKiO Itiliiisbors Kiuam-ia619 21.2 14 GH Will Perkes H AUTOMOBILE TIRE ROW AND Olof Nelson, contractor, is pushing the work in Logan Denver. Aug. 9 (AP) With the brothers Dixon, Fred and caftyon on the Federal aid road project There is considerable Don, included In their number, Utah tennis players launch an blasting to be done and motorists are cautioned to cooperate assault on Denver tennis courts in seeingg that no- one gets injured while shots are being today in quest of the annual fired. There will be men on the job to inform the traveling intermountain title, Utah ap- public when these blasts are to occur. peared to have a preponderance of the entries few the tournaA. R. "Pinky Jeffs, formally opened his new Parco gas ment. which will continue on and oil station at the intersection of Center and First East next week. Winners in the mens doubles streets this week. Jeffs has one of the modern stations of the will be eligible to go to the city to look after. He expects to give the service that will national men's doubles cham- merit a good share of city patronage. pionships. William Doutre of the Union Motor company sold a The entry list forecasts one of the best tournaments in the truck to Dean Benson this week. The new truck history of the event. Fifteen seems to meet the requirement of the local truck men. alUtah players outstanding ready have turned in .their With more than 5,000 miles of highway to be improved entries, and the tournament in .to close the.gaps on the Federal-Ai- d order some system in the last committee expects minute bids from players from public land states, the next congress will be asked to apColorado and neighboring propriate $3,500,000 annually to carry out the terms of the " ' states. n bill providing for the government to assume the ' cost of building roads through the unappropriated public Sentenced To The domain of the west, according to the American Automobile Electric Chair Association. -- Babson Park, Mass., Aug. 9. The drop in commodity prices has its favorable as well as its unfavorable aspects. While it narrows the margin of profit for industry and in some instances causes inventory losses, it also reduces the cost of living. Of course, wholesale prices have fallen, faster and further than have retail prices. Nevertheless, we are beginning to see the effects in somewhat lower living costs, as Funk... Funk .. HYRUM-PARADIS- Staged At Denver FOR SfflALLER EARNINGS 1930 JIICIIMOND-LEWISTO- N 10 ACTS AS SHOCK ABSORBER Dur-ant-Rug- IeW iTCC? rTnttv Lieut Paulin Paris. French navy ayjatpr, haa been quietly preparing for tome weeks (or a tic flight from Pan to New York. trana-Atlar- Oddie-Colto- ' Wheat Situation In Northwest Meeting Subject will be The wheat-outlo- ok of two special the subject meetings of farmers, state ex tension leaders, the federal farm board and the United States departement of agriculture to be held at Pendle ton. Oregon, August 9 and at August Spckane, Washington, 11. Charman Legge of the federal farm board and Secreof the United tary Hyde States departement of Agrl Warburton, culture; C. W. director, of extension; Nils A Olsen, chief of the bureau oi and economics agriculture others will participate in , the meetings. The extension services of the and Oregon, Washington Idaho colleges agricultural for have made arrngements the meetings and will discuss the problems of local farmad-juitmen- ts and conduct farmers meetings following these general meetings. The wheat situation in the Pacific Northbe given special west will attention as well as the worldwide conditions that are facing wheat growers. all e While en route to the northwest the group attended a meeting on the dairy outlook at Caldwell, Idaho, on August 8. and following the meeting at Spokane they will attend the conference at Bozeman, Montana, of extension wokers from the eleven western states which Is to. be held during the week of August II to 16. Conitnued from Page One an automobile bearing the woman, Dague and another man and Mrs. . Schroeders 4 year old son from the scene of a grocery store robbery at But. ler. Both Paul and his companion, Private Ernest Moore, were shot down when the robbers opened fire on them. Moore lived and was one- of the states principal witnesses at the trials. After the fight with the officers, the bandits fled and the woman and' Digue were not captured until January 14. -- The third man in the robbers automobile never was caught. Counsel for the condemned pair have 21 'days in which to file notice of an appeal. The attorneys did not indicate whajt action they would take. - The national motoring body which supported the legislation designed to expedite g in the west, issued its statement on the heels of a letter from Senator Tasker L. Oddie of Nevada, of the bill which Representative Don B. Colton of Utah, in which the A.A.A. was thanked for its activities in behalf of the western states. 3road-buildin- -'- Declaring the use of that there have been too many instances where methods has resulted in the death of citizens, the American Automobile Association addressed a letter to Prohibition Commissioner Woodcock today commending him for his prompt action in suspending agents who recently stopped a motorist at dead of night without due cause. In, .the communication to Director Woodcock, Thos. P., Henry, President of the AA.A. declared that of prohibition agents to strict accountability for interference with innocent users of the road would restore a much needed measure of confidence among the millions of motorists, who in these days of crowded highways, use the roads more and more at night time. hair-trigg- er law-abidi- ng Ride With the-holdin- g . I 1P7E1P Upton Has Hopes 1 , over-producti- N '..:.....-..:.;....:..- Of Winning Cup - long-ter- . of which your motor of power. two are bad It rob3 1 It also causes undue expansion and strain, which tends to warp the metal out of true shape . and eventually necessitates expensive repairs. PEP 88 ETHYL keeps your motor cool. Its sustained, controlled combustion verts all the heat units into power! Keeps your motor more efficient . . . keeps it out of repair shops At the same time, PEP 88 ETHYL' "knocks out that knock J It makes your car more responsive, easier to handle. Lessens And its a cleaner gasoline . . . does away with the carbon nuisance ! Not all Ethyl gasolines are as good as PEP 88 ETHYL. They cant be. For theres only one PEP 88, and it is the finest gasoline that refining science can produce. Only one thing Ethyl fluid could possibly improve PEP 88 and you get this superfine motor fuel when you stop by a pump with the PEP 88 and Ethyl emblems. Try it today. Legge Speaks To Farmers In Idaho Continued from Pege One group so many races, so many religions, as we are in America. It is a wonder that the now cooperatives operating have got along as well as they have. The fact remains, however that where they are functioning, the producer is getting more nearly what he is entitled to of the world price. 1 gear-shiftin- National Commander Of American Legion Speaks at Convention (Continued from Page One) ment of congress. He declared the - bill would have cost the government practd of the counically trys total revenue. The new bill, passed after the veto, liberalized 26-6existing laws, he said, and made It easier to prove service con nection disability. Officers of the 40 and 8 SUMMARY OF ASSOCIATIONS were chosen, with Lewis Jones and Avg. Brigham City named Total cows in milk tested Grande Chief De Gare. Other 348 318 ' officers elected were Thomas R. T oiaLjiry ,Q 30 22 Kefselmeiy retiring Chef De Number of herds 42 43 42 Gare, member - of the Chem-in30.49 27.4 24 ' Average pounds fat per cow National,- Dr. Frank T. 899 655 781 Average pounds milk per cow Reynold, Provo, Grande Chef De Traih; H. W. Brangham, No. coys producing 40 lbs. fat or more. 81 67 22 ' Grand Correspondent Feed cost per 100 lbs. milk 56c .55c . 43c .63c .64c . .... .57c 56c Ogden, , Mrs. ChafteS V. K. Saxton, Feed cost per 1 lb. fat ! 16c ' .16c .19c .17c .13c .16c ,15c president was elected by the Average lbs. fat for 10 high cows .... 63.4 63. 62.5 61.8 61.4 60.7 ' Auxiliary as a representative to the national convention 1664 -- 1442 1736 Average lbs. milk for 10 high cows 1570 . 1770 1600 in Boston this fall. .... 35.5 Average lbs. fat for 5 high herds, 12 cows or more 32.2 33.6 33.9 33.2 25. 32.2 929-39.900 942 992 Average lbs, milk for 5 high herds, 12 cows or more ...1045 704 ,, 922 Sort copper is one of the in Average lbs. fat for 5 high herds, less than 12 cows ....... 35.5 37.3 39.5 36.4 33.6 37.0 ' gredients of a new alloy that ran 'he tempered as hard as 1186 983 1110 1213 Average .lbs. milk for 5 high herds, less than 12 cows ... 997 920 1068 steel for razor blades and tilimmid-Lewihtou Waid. e Hj d Central Galie. fe f Hyde Park. J) IV shears. . motor heat does EXCESSIVE m H - London, Aug. . 9 (AP) Sir Thomas Lipton, recovered from his sl'eht indisposition and more hopeful than ever of lifting the American cup, will sail earily tomorrow for the United . States. veteran The yachtsman, whose pride and hope, the Shamrock V, now well toward the American shores on her quest for the famous mug'' was in excellent spirits today Im bringing the cup back with me," he announced witn a laugh that seemed to have more confidere than mere humor behind it. - g. one-thir- O l ot A Prodnft of Utah Oil Refining Co. Salt Lake City -- distributed by , - -li- ellsville-CoUvp- s --Lfewifetou-Coruit-li. Blue Light Gas & Oil Company LOGAN UTAH |