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Show ( rBOX ELDER NEWS Just About Brigham City, Wednesday, January 25, 1950 A weekly newspaper, established In 1896, at Brigham City, Utah. WllllamM. Long, Editor Charles Claybaugh, Business Manager Published every Wednesday and entered as Second Class Matter at the post office in Brigham City, Utah, under the act of March 8, 1879. 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, combination rate $5 00. pub-llshe- Member United Press, Audit Bureau of Circulations. Utah State Press Association. National Editorial Association. Advertising Representative: National Advertising Service. The g'rls offered us no ' declared that soonIf A I we didnt do something they would start walking the eight miles home." I It w'as then we started down a road searching for a farm house with a telephone wire running to it and appearing friendly enough to chance askBy Bob Crompton , ing the owners for the use of their phone. we found such a house I went to see Wayne last eve- weBefore came across six beehives to say goodbye. Five neatly placed in a row beside ning and years had' past since I saw him the road. last. Im hungry, Wayne He was lying beneath the flag said.Dang . of his country and my country "Me too,, said Wendell and in a casket. His mother was in harmony. myself there and she smiled just as she A promotional talk was not did five years ago. without another word necessary, My best memory of Wayne is we climbed the fence between intermingled with thoughts of us and the beehives. We seemhoney, bee stings and a beaver. ed to be under the delusion that We were on our way back bees "turned in when the sun from a triple date to the Dan-san- went down and we could walk in Logan. We had sufa gallon or so of their fered our customary number of without so much as a honey flat tires that evening two go- buzz from' them, ' ing over and one on the way Alas, When Wendell took the back. We expected another, It top off the end hive a squadron took our combined money, those of defenders left the runway days, just to go steppin' let with their stingers pointed at alone to buy tires. the nearest bare skin. The Tire Tube Belched Bees Attack our pessimistic 'Fulfilling As I remember eight bees sue dread a tired patch deserted its cessfully used Wayne as a tar a The belched tube post. sigh get between the time the lid of relief and the run of the was off. and he had run wheel settled to the surface of 200 rippedfrom the hives. Wenyards the graveled road. dells skirt Was pierced 10 times That was in the cold of win- and I had 12 poisonous stingers ter, about this time of the year mercilessly rammed through the 1944. We were at the rim of the of my body at straBear River gorge in Collinston. epidermus We didnt dive tegic points. We had the process of chang- into a pond as cartoons always tires Wayne show systematized. ing only because there would move the cardboard cov- wasnt but one handy. ering from his window, grab the Stinging from still more huhandle of his door on the outdefeat we started back miliating side, swing the door open, and to the car almost frantic with without prolonging the mental the sad situation we found our thoughts, selves in. , , ' agony of race to the trunk and gather up Not far from the river a mysthe tools. Simultaneously, Wen- terious e rhythmical sound was fraction the other dell, (he a plop, plop, plop, of our triple date), would leave dence came a plop. the mechanical miracle .on his The sound was plop, plop, simiside and 1 would do the same. lar to that of a distinctly ghost Each of us had our particular walking across a hollow barrel. job, and with all of the skill We our breath and and smooth cooperation of a stood caught noiseless motionless surgeon and nurse performing a and down the road came a beabrain operation we had enough ver nonchalently taking his evepractice would change a tire ning stroll and with every third in a split minute and 45 secstep popping his wide flat tail onds. on the ground. Everything Went Wrong I cant remember how we got On that particular tire change home that night I believe the went the tire wrong everything of one of the girls found stuck to the rim, the glue was father us and took us home. ooze so cold it wouldnt from That was about the last time the tube, the car slipped from I saw rememor the Jack and the girls wanted to ber Waynehim. at1 least left for the seeing home. get 'We struggled with the tire, but at the end of two hours the tube lay in a hebp beneath the car like a sick cat and the tire lay beside it cold and brittle as d I AiudUitUf The way of increasing federal most satisfactory thing weve ever heard of, from a political and fiscal standpoint. new-sty- le revenue is just about the nd And dont ever get the idea isnt political! that fiscal te The govvamint doesnt raise taxes. The and exemptions remain the percentages Perhaps A New Industry same. But instead of giving the taxpayer, In Box Elder County the poor sucker, an even break, they take as the dealer in the blackjack game would People who use gas for appliances and it all pooshes. in heat Ogden and Salt Lake City are cur- explain rently suffering from an uncomfortable They arent increasing taxes. Theyre shortage of it. cracking down on the present taxes. just to additional wells have According reports been dug but with little success and the They fire back your in tax return with a time that gas will again be plentiful for the form letter explaining penalties, assessments, users is in the unforseeable future. The plight of the residents of these cities fines ofand imprisonment, to a newspaper clipwhat happened Capone, and a descould possibly be the signal for a new indus- ping of guest accommodations at Leavcription Box in Elder county. try with a penciled scrawl that looks It hS been a well known fact for many enworth, like a computation of some sort. Actually years .that large quantities of marsh gas the pencil marks are the deputy auditors saturate the sands west of Brigham City. on what time the bus leaves for the . Twelve years ago a group a duck hunters notation race but you write out a check in that track, brought in a 400,000 to 500,00 cubic foot per amount and shoot it in. day gas well near Corinne on the shores of the Great Salt Lake. , Republican Its a wonderful ' According to George T. Hansen, president congressmen can comeprogram. home and point out of the Utah Southern Oil company and to their constituents, We kept them from president df the Chesapeake Ouck club the raising taxes. The Democratic congresshunters were in need of a supply of fresh men and the can explain to their president water. They hired a well driller to hunt for We kept from raising taxes. constituents, it. At about 100 feet they struck the Several thousand new investigators and aubountiful supply of gas. ditors and slide-rul- e and arithmetic ' boys The hunters let the gas run for a long boys and threatening-lette- r boys (the cream time but finally harnessed it. For a time of the small loan, pawn shop and finance the lodge was equipped with all of the latest agency crop) can be added to the federal a refrigerator, stove and gas appliances payroll, and the net federal revenue can be light. increased a billion or two. Since the first well came in the near-b- y Bear River club has been operating a gas Did ever hear of such a brilliant well and the federal government recently scheme anyone before? brought in a third well on the Bear River game refuge. Theyve overlooked only one possibility. Other wells drilled in that area as early could pick up a lot more dough by just They as 1904 are reported to have hit gas. the section of the instruction sheet printing ' Though this spells nothing definitely, it is on exemptions and deductions in possible that in our own back yard we have type. Then no one could read it! the resources to alleviate the gas shortage in Salt Lake City and Ogden and to start a As a sequel to last years prolonged win-te- r, hew industry in Box Elder county, this year how about a prolonged spring? Many people have been interested in drilling ori the Chesapeake Ducty property, with can boys and men have had the benefits of view toward selling the gas to residents of the training, fellowship, handicraft skills and high adventure of Scouting. America Brigham City. According to George Hansen, the main im- is all the richer for it. Many men in high pediment in the way of the people interested places in American affairs today proudly in drilling for gas is lack of financial back- credit Scoutings influence in their lives. By 1916 Boy Scouts had rolled up so ing and fear that it would ruin the hunting creditable a record of service to their comarea. There are a lot of angles but the thing is munities that the Congress of the United States granted the Boy Scouts of America a worth' looking into. charter. The purpose of Scouting, reads the federA Notable Birthday al charter, Shall be to promote through orThe Boy Scouts of America are observing ganization and cooperation with other agentheir 49th anniversary during the week of cies, the ability of boys to do things for February 6 to 12, during which time an ap- themselves and others, to train them in propriate program of activities will be car- Scoutcraft, and to teach them patriotism, and kindred virtues. ried out in Box' Elder county. courage, The purpose and benefits of the scouting Today, the Boy Scouts, virutally a of American life, are at the midprogram goes almost without saying. Crusade to Strengthen 'A good turn by an unidentified British point of a two-yethe Arm of Liberty by bringing a better Boy Scout in 1909 to an American businessman who had lost his way in a London fog, scouting program to more boys under trainled to the incorporation of the Boy Scouts ed leaders. The need is for more boys to have the adof America in Washington, D. C., forty vantage of Scout training. Although more years ago Wednesday, February 8. The late William D. Boyce, Chicago pub- than 2,300,00 boys and leaders are now in lisher, was so empressed with the helpful- Scouting, there are thousands of boys still ness of the British Boy Scout, who declined outside the organization. his tip for the good turn, that he accomThey can get into the fun if more inRobstitutions Scout to Lord the office of the open their doors to them in their panied ert ' Baden-Powel-l, founder of Scouting, own neighborhoods, and if more men interlearned about the plogram and brought a ested in boys, volunteer their time as leadtrunkful of pamphlets to America. Later, ers. Its an investment that pays off richhe incorporated the organization. ly in personal satisfactions. ' Since 1910, more than 16,500,000 Atneri- Happy Birthday, Boy Scouts ! self-relianc- off-wit- h g peg-legge- a W doughnut. Our knuckles skinned fro& frantic use of the tire tools, our feet feeling as though they had been quick dipped in the arctic ocean, and our nerves frayed, we crawled back into the day-ol- d the enemy on It Got Hot'liT army two weeks later. Wendell anvance against Geoni,' shot through Even was followed" shortly and then a small hill In Winter Time the chest by a mortar. His comWayne. died he said MOULTRIE, Ga. (UP) pany commander ,,ri9I Fourteen Months Later in his arms seconds after he was farmers, it got too hot heM 1 never received a letter nor hit without having said a word. in the winter. 'jfigham wrote a letter to Wayne after ,onal Wo And so I had to say goodbye Bill Gallatin, driving a furthat and it was not until a when tl to Wayne last night I had to say onload of hay down the vf part) lough, 14 months later, that I it quietly in my heart; I wanted way, mopped his brow n(j 8 card r heard of him. They told me he to tell him I was sorry; 1 wished ed his companion, Harold Saturd had trained six months in the that I could make him immortal if he had ever been so hot 28 at 2 y dal club as Milton made Adonis; I want- Georgia in winter. infantry, came home on a ,a furlough during which time ed to put my arm around his to the same mother and help her, but I he was married Never," said Eads, swe ,e roemb m charge girl, incidentally, that was with farmer Another flagged n him that night and then rechairmr to down tell them their a was goodbye to It hay just quiet turned to duty. He shipped en anc afire. Okinawa and while making an but not forever. ert- 10-da- t explai are aski their ta SALES GAINS THAN ALL OTHER TRUCKS COMBINED No Condolence PROVE FORD IS AMERICAS NO. 1 TRUCK VALUE! Wed. - Thurs. accor i. a1,. furnish coir ; twill lert cards v iments. special ?d to th fei a draw eira lur ted out Econemy-wis- FORD no III SALES GAIN! FORD IS no. IN VALUE! No ether truck can match thie No if ML fcura iMrccM "C 0" f V--R or a testing v servatio telephon on, 625, zenbeck, noon, pcerorl it ft MM MM ft Down 1 A. now I $IJU Ford KUIkoci Dollar CcM BvMt CcrntryiHi whirls ir Ford lowpor track Mat Imart Tracking Advancements for f Lifts I INTERS It 01 IMIS TOTAL many lously Mg Jabil ir Two 1 ir Over 171 models to diccic trawl R,17f Increase 1,034 decrease 1,543 r OTHttf... CkdN socl la d follov i n features! all thee MOOf Or rOID LIADIMHIP 1949 m (ruck team, registrations as reported by H L Potit & Co. total for the late avatiabte 3 months ported of 194? (August, September, October) compared to 1st quarter showi FORD TRUCKS tank lucre- -o RMIS AM OlHoi Track Cemblmd .Track Increase 11,111 1 ether truck can give you trend of user preference! TRUCK TRUCK TRUCK TRUCK truck buyers know Economy-wis- e trutk buyers o appar ithing id anchi leaf Moi inert Truck tuyere recegnf ... They know Teiuye finer! Buy I the fSO Peril extra ruluu lONURi "Something gh cm who! I ttmuoforctrictyduo" A eddftoe te Wobdcr Sarin S Stik, sfeoata l dm ol ovw 17$ modUt hi Forl'i M Hm 4f tracks for ns ANDERSENS 323 South Main Phone 56 Ford Trucks Cost Less bocauso PQE Weve TTOTGCSS LAST LONGER me Oelng Meet regietretlea gate en ,108,000 trvckm, Imeremee expert prere For Track test i mavet iout. , rt-f- irf W00E be fo TWIN The days are gone when you could peer through any one of a hundred knotholes and see a ball game free theyre using that kind of lumber now to put into $27,000 homes! w, to 7fe)$Z7D TWIN si w 0 BED ror, b di oi Spent yesterday at the A. C. college talking with Dr. D. W. Thorne. Most of you people will know him as Wynn Thorne of Perry. ar may ment The weather has changed back from spring to winter, but somehow this weather makes one step a bit faster. on the form furn other trutk tan match this increase! e, cross-secti- any o car-def- eated. We started the motor, turned the heater on and flipped the radio switch. For about an hour we were entertained with some delightful radio music but finally all of the stations Waynes radio would pick up signed off. spa; Since Improving and extending service made 1949 a busy year for We went over some of the fer tilizer problems of our county, I think we should work a little us. Here are a few highlights: KITC1 I w TWft More Telephones closer with our local college. Ci $ By the end of the year we were serving 1 79,200 telephones in Utah 13,000 more than a year ago, an increase of Dr. Thorne scrys our part of the state needs more nitrogen than we have been using. about Bring in youi; fertilizer prob lems. We have a good stock of phosphate and, ammonium sul, phate. 8. DISH g s REST More Voice Highways During the year we added 1 4,000 miles of aerial wire and wire in cable in communities we serve in the state. This does not include many miles of additional long distance For Men, the Some Old Look Plus Selected Short Subjects circuits. MT' Adding equipment required new buildings or building additions where growth was greatest. Doors Open At 6:00 P. M. c R0UI More Building Space NOW PLAYING ! CLU1 SQIL 1 WIN More Dollars Spent We spent more than $4,000,000 on construction of telephone facilities in Utah in 1949. This does not include the $10,000,000 of operating expenses such as wages, taxes, etc 950 will be another busy year as the 2500 telephone men and women in Utah continue to provide a steadily improving service. 1 Action Thrilling Co-H- it THE Plus Color Cartoon Latest World News V Mountain Staton Tolophono J AND TIUGAAPH CO. TRA |