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Show BOX ELDER NEWS Brigham Ciir. ' Wednesday, January A weekly newspaper, established 1950 18, idiJhriiaJU, In 1896, pub- lished at Brigham City, Utah. William M. Long, Editor Charles Claybaugh, Subscription rate in Box Elder County: $3.00 per year payable in advance; in combination with the Box Elder Journal (published Fridays) $4.00 per year; $2.00for 6 months; singe copy 5 cents. Outside Box Elder County, $3.50 per year, comalso is wise. bination rate $5.00. Member United Press, Audit Bureau of Circula-tionUtah State Press Association. National Editorial Association. Advertising Representative: National Advertising Service. s. Nevertheless, whenever and wherever this true, it is exceptional. The unselfish public servant has the best chance of taking the right action, of making the wise decision. And the honest elective officer is most likely to conduct our public affairs in the manner that achieves the greatest good for the people he represents. Secrecy in the conduct of public affairs is not proof not even evidence that dishonesty or selfishness is present. But it is, invariably, ground for suspicion I There are few closed books and closed meetings of public matters and on public affairs in Brigham City and Box Elder county, so far as we know. is And when they do occur, we believe they are the result of carelessness, of not having thought the situation through, on the part of the public officials concerned. Monday morning, back home again, a This field, of thinking was explored Saturgood nights sleep behind us, following a week-en- d in Salt Lake City at the annual day evening by Governor J. Bracken Lee, in winter convention of the Utah State Press an address before the Utah State Press association and guests in Salt Lake City. association. Everybody, it seems like, is suspicious of the word "convention," We even catch our- selves raising an eyebrow, now and then, when we hear that the teachers are holding a convention. Its silly, of course. Maybe the druggists or the Wildlife boys or the grocers are different, but we suspect most conventions are just about like ours. If you attend all of the sessions, a convention isnt so much an affair of merriment and hangovers as it is of callouses in the area of the hip pockets. , Tom Judd, (his coumn "Street Seen, remember, used to brighten these pages) of the Mt. Pleasant Pyramid counted up and found that during the convention, which lasted less than 48 hours, we listened to something like 100 different speakers. Formally, that is. The rest of the time we just sat or stood around and talked . . . and listened! Weve always maintained that competition and awards dont mean a thing. When we were in school we used to take the same attitude toward grades. And were still sticking by that position. Governor Lee told of a board or committee the state government that came to his office to report having made a settlement of some matter or other. We have reached a settlement, they informed the governor, but weve got to keep out of the papers. The governor replied, It wont do. Go back and make a settlement you dont have to keep out of the papers. The full, free light of publicity on all public affairs and all records and actions of public officers and public bodies was endorsed by the governor as the formula which will guarantee honesty in government. He quoted as his instructions to his appointees; "Operate with a door wide open to the Never hold representatives of the press. any meeting in any department with the press excluded. Immediately make available all public records. No official is likely to do even a selfish deed when he sees taking notes. of able mention in the picture contest (the guy was running the contest said actually we placed third, but they mentioned first and second, and then honorable mention), and all of the judges were a bit embarrassed in try. ing to explain why we didnt place first. One of the judges, a brilliant and discerning fellow, who thought we deserved first, was sick the day of the judging, so missed it. who Partly, perhaps, as a result of that attitude, and partly because were scared maybe, has been pretty careless the about entering the various newspaper contests and competitions sponsored by the The papers that got the firsts and seconds over us in some of the competitions didnt trade organizations, and others. place at all in some of the other competitions. And quite a few papers got seconds But in the competitions in which the and thirds or honorable mentions in some has been entered, it never has competitions, but none of them, except us, won a first until this year. Such an un- placed in ALL of the contests. varying record of crooked judging has seldom if ever been paralleled ! There, have we belabored that point sufficiently that the conclusion now is obvious ? Weve always won lots and lots of awards in those contests, but theyre always seconds or thirds or honorable mentions. Like Come to think of it, maybe these contests are pretty doggoned important somebody said, Always the bridesmaid. things. (Sooner or later!) Maybe, even, theyre the Real Test! News-Journ- al al This year, as we usually have done, we placed in every competition. We got honor- - Skaters' d There may be good government that is not honest government. Selfish government may carry the public along, to a certain extent, to the achievement of desirable ends. And by the same token, honest government A good friend of ours just up The fact that a the street a may be bad government. on the man i3 unselfish does not guarantee that he corner whose initials are J. L. Published every Wednesday and entered as Second Class Matter at the post office in Brigham City, Utah, under the act of March 8, 1879. News-Journ- , You Said It, Governor Business Manager As of this year, that is. ' Maybe after next year's contests well change our mind ! Waltz-19- 50 Version either be able to make a place lor themselves off the reservation or return to their homes and make a better living as a result of what they have learned? This Is indeed a worthy attempt to give the Navahos a chance for a better at life. It is the beginning, least, of an effort on the part to of the federal government fulfill its pledges to these Indians. Utah is proud that It had a part in calling the plight of the Navahos to national attention and in persuading the administration and the congress' to do something about it- - We are proud that we will have a direct part to play in taking these young Navahos into our state for an education at the former Bushnell General hospital We hope they like Utah, and we hope Utahns like them and help them in their difficult task of becoming not just Americans, for tney are already more entitled to the name than we, but half-bloc- not mentioning us thered be a bank accounts so quick on the k any names, fold lot more joint if wives werent draw. Mr. Rancher, after you have read this article, go out and take a look at youn feed yard, barn and chicken coop. The weather has been cold and wet, without much sunshine to dry things out. and productive and American citizens. constructive (Haul a little straw in make more manure to get better crops from your farm. Any increase of yield will help your "Navaho Rendezvous With Civilisation Bogins." Says Salt bank account! Lake Tribune. animals and Keep your dry for Utah, unique laboratory warm, and see how much more several notable social experl gam in production you will get ments in the past, is the scene from your feed. Any gain means of a new and vital one as the more money! Intermountain Indian school in the former Check your feed program and gets under way general hospital buildsee if you are doing your part to Bushnell ings at Brigham City Children give your farm animals the have been arriving by the busbest of carel load this last week from several sections of the Navaho Indian Feel free at any time to call reservation in Arizona and New us up and we will drive you and Mexico. Though limited to a see if we can help you with your few hundred at the outset, the problems. enrollment at the school, operated by the Indian service of the federal interior department, i expected to reach , 2000 next year. The Impact of the children, coming from a promitive .state as Isolated from Ameri-- . can customs and culture as far off Tibet, will be tremendous on the Brigham community. Few qf the youngsters speak English and most are having their first experience with showOTHER EDITORS er baths, electric lights, regular SAY . . . tables, chairs, beds and other ordinary trappings of the white The Deseret News Observes Edi- mans society. In spite of the of their new torially That Navajo Educa- utter strangeness life, few children reportedly tion Experiment Begins. have shown signs of homesickMore than 500 Navaho boys ness yet Nevertheless, the task and girls of uncertain age, but of the teachers, aids and interofficially between 12 and 18, preters is not an easy one. Winhave arrived at Brigham City, ning confidence is a prime reUtah, to open the new Inter- quisite. It is made more commountain Indian school there. plex by the fact that so few The young Navahos came bv bus staff members are able to unfrom their reservation homfirin derstand the - difficult Navaho Arizona and New Mexico. ; language. Teaching language This is a great experience for to . the youngsters is done by these young Indians. Few of pictures and special technique. them had ever been off the res- Once they master the language, ervation before. Few can speak they usually prove to be bright English. Everything is new and and enthusiastic. In addition to language, simple arithstrange and rather bewildering. teaching But they seem eager to grasp metic, health , and cleanliness, this unusual opportunity presen- school supervisor hope to preted to them by the lederal gov- pare the young Indian to take their place eventually in the d ernment to obtain their education. More stu- white mans society. Hence vardents arrived in the first group ious vocational training courses than had been expected. As Dr. are planned for older children. will learn to cook in modGeorge A. Boyce, school super- Girls ern kitchens and boys will learn more prospecsaid, intendent, tive students showed up at the agriculture and mechanics, dereservation center than had been pending upon the, need' and inscheduled to go, but Dr. Boyce dications of job opportunities. The Indian service repeatedly did not want to disappoint such stresses that the Navaho popudeso we scholars and eager lation has far outgrown the recided to let them come." sources of the desolate reservaWhile this is a great exper- tion and their only hope is to ience for the Indians, it is also find jobs on the outside, Utah a great experience for the fed- employers are Implored to give eral government. Eventually the young Navaho a fair opporsome 2000 Navaho children will tunity. Brigham Citys and the be at the school uprooted from intermountain regions real test their ancestral home to gain an will come whe nthe young peoacademic and vocational educa- ple commence seeking employtion over a period of from five ment in fields, shops and facto 12 years. . , tories. How will these young NavaBrigham City has . the best hos take to this uprooting? How wishes of the rest of the area. will they adjust themselves to The Intermountain Indian school s a regimented school no doubt will become one of the and dormitory life after roam- most Important educational anc ing free over their vaist reserva- social institutions of the countion home? Will they profit by try as well as economically vi s their education so that they will tal to Utahs peach, center. long-promise- Poultrymen Face pers so I can see what w on. Now I have been train, to Los Angeles, 1 would lZ have my address changed was Elder Reed Campbell 1427, Prescott Arizona. Noi address is Elder Reed CanJ TtiSA Serious Problem, Dear Sirs: Says Farm Leader Im on my (Fred G. Simonton, director of organization of the Idaho Farmers Union, called attention to the fact that poultrymen are completely without protection under the recent announcement of the Department of Agriculture to support egg per prices at only seventy-fiv- e cent of parity. Poultrymen, he said, are being priced out of business. Simonton pointed out that James G. Patton, president of the National Farmers Union has talked to Secretary Brannon and other officials in Washington and called to their attention the plight which poultrymen are in under the new parity ratio. "The small poultryman in this area," Simonton said, will face a most difficult problem of selling eggs at a price sufficiently high to cover the cost of production with a parity level of less than ninety percent. Utah has lost 4,500 farmers during recent years, and we cannot afford to lose any more. The preservation of the family-typ- e farm is also at stake in this batUtah-Souther- n 2846 Marsh street, Los An. way home now, 39, Calif. and will arrive in February. The Thanks very much fot reason It is taking so long is paper. I want to wish you on back there a very happy that Im taking a little trip the continent before coming Year. home. Im now in Rome. It is Yours truly, Elder Reed Campbei, certainly a wonderful trip. I wish to thank you again for the Journal, which I have en 'Me an' Smoky' Burgle joyed through my whole mis sion. Now you may discontinue Brings Only Lecture sending it PORT WALTON, Fla. Elder Milton H. Norman. barefoot boy e fessed to police here that an Smoky done it when tioned about a burglary at' Fort Walton bank. The child said they took tl dollars in small coins from banks soft drink fund for ployes. Smoky turned out to be dog. Both were released, a a lecture. eight-year-ol- Dear Sir: For the last 18 months I have been receiving the from you. I really enjoy reading it very much. It helps me keep up with the news back home, cause the folks leave some of the news out of their letters. Im always looking forward to getting the pa News-Journ- d tle. Simonknow, Poultrymen ton continued, that the price of grains which is the most important factor in egg production are set at ninety percent of parity. The most of egg production cannot be lowered under such circumstances. Under the farm bill passed by congress last year, mandatory supports are set for grains at ninety percent of parity. Congress provided the flexible support theory for certain perishables, such as eggs and poultry. Simonton described the "flexible price supports as having the results which the small producer of eggs is now experiencing. First the family farmer gets "flexed and it will not take long under such a program until he is "fleeced driven off the land. With the parity ratio set at seventy-fiv- e per cent egg prices have dropped sharply. 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