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Show . r I - 4 ' y like being ducked in the river pull taut and the door swing open. Jordan to cleanse your soul. All 99 of his cows nonchalantYou come up spitting, but with ly strolled out of the door not a brand new lease on life. the least concerned as to whether the door opened by radar, In all of the glory of a sinner atom power, or a Greek god. just receiving a reprieve from the (Devils den of Inequity the No Bargain Solo resolutions are boasted about The And Im not going to kick the ALAMOSA, Colo. (UP) cat anymore. Im going to be Alamosa postmaster put up a kind to the dog hereafter, and notice that postage rates on Im going to Christmas cards would be higher my mother-in-law- . quit chewing tobacco, drinking this yea. He was immediatecoffee and chewing the end of ly Swamped by residents who my tie. Im not going to defame looked at the sign and said they my neighbors With gossip and wanted to buy some. The sign I am going to always return he had posted said: Unsealed their lawn mower. two cents Christmas cards And so goes the New Year's each. resolution. Aw, but what refreshing' delight it Is to break them. r. Just About AwftkuUf By Bob Crompton Making the greatest Impres- sion on my mind and a duck egg on my head while visiting local schools recently, was a snowball thrown by a Lincoln school fourth grader. His accuracy was astounding and he had a rock in It. . .... A well known columnist commonly referred to as "Mac recently came to the conclusion that if football games continued the resolutions offer; Increasing at the rate they have theBreaking mischievlous satisfac same sometime 20 the last years, tion as that received by a small the future, (he didnt menboy playing hooky for the firs betion how long), exerybody or that a cat receives wher tween the ages of 13 and, 60 time he eats his 'first canary. would be playing. It would be a dull world o. Anybody with the mentality mechanical robots if everybody a sick head of lettuce should to their resolutions. able to figure that out. If lived up the number of 'bowl games in- People would have no more percreased only one in the last 20 sonality than an onion with nc smell. years, sometime In the future (no date mentioned)- - everybody would be playing. While taking pictures of the dairy farm belonging to Willard Yates in Harper ward last week The columnist had the auda- I came across the most interestof city to visualize all types device Ive seer, mechanical ing people playing football. How in weeks. ridiculous. Imagine such a foot-haWith his bam about a mile game In (Brigham City say from his house, Willard decided Demothe (Republicans vs. the was too much work to walk years. They have struggled with the com- crats with Mayor iBott playing ttdown to it everyday at 1 oclock plicated business 'of administering the ac- tackle for the Elephantmen and to open the door so his cattle tivities of the city. And, they, have prob- Connie Peters facing him on the could step outside and take I ably received more criticism than they have other line for the Donkeymen. stretch. plaudits. Consequently he took an ordi . All of them must feel that the satisfaction .clock, a hundred If you laid all the resolutions nary derived from working for their neighbors, that were made for New Years pound .bag of dirt, a couple o and several yards o friends, and occasionally for those who are day end to end they would Teach pulleys rope and fixed the bam door up Broken Ankle No Trouble To Tree Faller ST. LOUIS ends.' I think 'I spent 2s for new materials, said denburger. Max (UP) JowTo Qoli;v; broke an ankle when he fell out of a pear tree. Doctors told him he would be in bed for weeks Landenburger said he was too Crsomuhioo reliertsproniptl)) active for that He went into his if goe right to the seat of the basement workshop and soon to help loosen and expel en u phlegm and aid naturt to tooths turned out an artificial leg. heal raw, tender, inflamed broati He gets around at his work mucous membranes. Tell youidjw now as the foreman in the dies to sell you a bottle of Create department of a large factory. with the understanding you a?! Doctors examined the arrangethe way it quickly allays the ment, Which took all strain off or you are to have your mone the ankle, and pronounced it BronchUi?1 okay. I just made CREOr.iULSIC it from odds and for Coughs, Chest Colds, Brog One Large Package Of WHITE KING Soap Powder just for watching a brief demonstration of the sensational f newly improved , 7950 ll BOX ELDER JOURNAL Friday. January 6. 1950 A weekly newspaper, published at Brigham City, Utah,' Successor to Smithfleld Sentinel, established Brlfhmn City, Utah in 1908. William M. Long, Editor Charles Claybaugh, Business Manager Published every Friday and entered as Second Class Matter at the post office in Brigham City, Utah, under the act of March 8, 1879. not too friendly, is worth the strain of the Saturn and return eight-ninth- s of the way back. If you laid job. all of the resolutions that were Though democracy calls for critical ex- broken after New Years day unacBox rate amination in officials Elder and their of public County: $3.00 per Sutnurlptlon now til they would reach Saturn combination in with the tivities, it also calls for a pat on the back year payable advance; in of the and return eight-ninth- s Box, Elder News, (published Wednesdays) $4.00 when the job is well done. way back. t year; $2.00 for 6 months; single copy 5 cents; Next time your public officials, in Brig utgide Box Elder County, $3.50 per year, comham City in particular, and everywhere in bination rate $5.00. However New Years general do something you disagree with, tell resolutions making Member United Press, Audit Bureau of Circulahas favorcertainly them about it. But when they do some able arguments. Its something tions. Utah State Press Association. National Editorial Association. Advertising Representative: thing that deserves a compliment, give it to National Advertising Service. them. Right now the city administration, those retiring, the new ones and those succeeding themselves deserve all of our appreciation for working industriously at their job and doing it right, and for their willingness to take on our worries. .. Tha Public Official The honest person 4n public office usually hat hidden away in the back of his mind the question Now what the devil am I doing here. The pay is negligible; the thanks I receive are little; the worries are many and I have plenty already; and I am constantly thd target of public criticism? J Those questions sum up the negative side of serving the public especially in the like Brigham City. The positive reasons for serving the public ire vague, not easily understandable, and but they must exist. completely undefinable Monday the city dads of our community were sworn in for new terms of office. All but1 one of these have served during the past smal-lenciti- es , They re Still Holding Lynchings Though there hasnt been a lynchln Mrs. PERRY The fireside chat meeting was held last Sunday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs Wendell Nebeker. The program was In charge of Glenda Larsen. Opening song,- - You Can Smile." Invocation by Boyd Hirschi. The young folks were en- tertained by H. (Newell Wight Ralph Lockyer. (Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Matthews entertained at dinner last Monday for Mr. and Mrs. Emery E. Wight and daughter Shirley, and Mr. and Mrs. Grant Nicholas and family of Harper ward. Donna Hirschi of Salt Lake City spent the holidays at the home of her parents, Bishop and Mrs. Rulon Hirschi. Lowell Young, Barbara Billings and Max Hirschi returned to the B. Y. U. at Provo last Monday after spending the holidays ; at their homes. Mr. and Mrs. Alma Davis entertained their immediate family members at dinner on New who showed moving pictures of Years day. Southern California and CatalMr. and Mrs. Leland Thorne ina1 Island; also the zoo at San and were dinner guests Diego. The benediction was of- last family at the home of Mr. Sunday fered by Max Hirschi and reMrs. Milton J. Thorne and in were freshments served by Mrs. Ogden. Gifts were exchanged Nebeker and Gaye. ' and a pleasant afternoon was Chests at the home of Mrs. enjoyed. James . Wilson last Wednesday Mr. and Mrs. Martella Nelson afternoon were: (Mr. and Mrs. and children were guests at a Ray.Malmrose and baby daughdinner last Sunday at the ter of Salt Lake City. Juanita family home of Mr. and Mrs. Harmon Garrison of Ogden and Ethel at Corinne. Campbell Judson of Perry. Luncheon was served and the afternoon was Mr. and Mrs. Deryl Ross spent in a social way. Young entertained the following Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Stokes group of friends at their home and son Stephen have returned after the New Years dance last to their home in Salt Lake City Saturday night: Mr. and Mrs. after spending the New Years Dale W. Young, Mr. and Mrs. holidays at the home of Mr. and Martella Nelson, (Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. Lisle Larsen. Mr. and Mrs. Byron Nebeker, . Grant Holton of Salt ' Lake Robert Stack and Mr. and Mrs. holiday Orvil Gray of Willard. A deliCity spent the week-enat the home of his brother cious luncheon was served and enjoyed as the new year George Holton. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Eskelsen of Midvale, Utah visited last Mr. and (Mrs. Leland Thorne Saturday at the home of Mr.' and had as their dinner guests last Mrs, Alma Davis. Mrs. Eskel- Monday, Mrs. Amanda Reeve sen and Mrs. Davis are sisters. and son John of Brigham City. . Guests at the home of Mr. and John returned to his schooling on in P. Nebeker Mrs. Wendell Logan the following day. New Years day were Mr. and (Mr. and (Mrs. Raymond HanMrs, Eugene Morris and daughter Carla Jean, Mr. and Mrs. sen entertained at New Year's Henry Bortalussi and sons Gary dinner for Mr. and Mrs. August and Lynn of Salt Lake City; Mr. Olsen and Mr. and Mrs. Herand man Johnston and son Gary of and Mrs Byron Nebeker daughters Alice and Barbara of Brigham .City, Mr. and Mrs. Wiljard, 'and Loraine Christen- Clarence Hansen and children, sen of Brigham City were week- Larry, Trudy and Craig, and Mr. end guests at the Nebeker home. and Mrs. Ronald Hansen and Mra. Ethel Judson spent the daughters Karen and Linda of New Years holiday in Salt Lake Perry and Mr. and Mrs. Alma City at the home of Mr. and Davis of Perry. d In Utah since horse stealing went out of fashion, they still have them down in the lane of cotton. According to a report from the Cuskegee Institute, founded by Booker T Washington in 1881, there were three lynchings last year. One of them was a negro who had been arrested for creating a disturbance and resisting arrest. Another was a negro who had hogget And the last one was shot to the road. death while trying to tell a group of white people not to fish in a pond on his land. It certainly is nice to live in Utah. ok to ed open by itself at the appoint hour. while he was workini . . . with the famous new WATER RATIONER plus high speed transmission for drier spinning. Its a brand-nemodel of the washer that made elsewhere. . It so happened that we walked down to the (bam just at oclock. Without any warninf previously I was surprised tc hear the clock clang away, see the bag of dirt drop from the ceiling of the barn, the rope con nected to the bag and the door w time and a national habit! All the advantages of BENDIX low cost. Its a miser with soap and work-savin- patented tumble action washing at hot water, too just dial the amount of water needed for a small l. 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Casual Poker Game Costs Victim Plenty 0rnmii mm 7Z7 7VJ. LOS ANGELES (UP) George V. Waters swears that hell never again play poker with a strang er. His troubles began when he got into a friendly game with jovial fellow who was not averse to running a bluff, Waters told police. Waters kept winning. When they counted up the chips, the stranger owed Waters $1,600. I dont have the cash, said, but I have a check made out to me for $2,400." Waters accepted the check and gave the man $400 cash and $400 check In return. The strangers check bounced. Waters leaped inta his car and drove to the address where the man said he worked. He saw him on the comer. Your check bounced, Wal ters said. Thats impossible, the stran ger replied. Let me have your car and Ill run to the bank with the check and get it cashed. Thats the last Waters saw of the stranger, his money or his car. lAAf0A0USW FarffBAfJCS SPFCTACfflAA PPFA'F jfiy rfnuAiYAr FATSJFS propA-AfAr- e dpye Claims She Can Make Even Starling Talk CLINTON, III. (UP) mon belief starling The com that you cant train isnt shared by Mrs- - Niles BetheL Mrs. (Bethel, a bird fancier who has owned parakeets, sparrows, canaries, finches and cardinals, says she is going to teach her starling to talk. Mrs. Bethel explains that starlings have a knack for imita ting the songs of other birds such as guinea hens, ducks and chickens. And she believes she can get heT starling, named Wack because that was the first sound it uttered, to mock the human voice. So far all (Wack does when Mrs. Bethel speaks to him is ruffle his feathers. One mile north of ancient Athens in the Grove of Acade mus, Plato taught school and thus gave us the word academy. Hrdrm MmtH, Dnm. Rocketing into the Futuramic Fifties fbu-lo- u new fleet of Oldimobilei! 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