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Show not realize how hazardous his job really is. According to the Association of Casualty Brigham City. Utah Wednesday. August and Surety Companies, which is cooperating A weekly newspaper, established in 1896, with the Presidents Conference On Indusat Brigham City, Utah. trial Safety to emphasize the need for William M. Long, Editor greater occupational safety, one farmer in Charles Claybaugh, Business Manager every 15 is temporarily or permanently inPublished every Wednesday and entered as Secwhile plowing a field, milking a cow, jured ond Class Matter at the post office in Brigham a tractor, or doing any number of riding act 1879. of March 8, the under Utah, City, chores. other Subscription rate in Box Elder County: $3.00 per in America, more than 300,000 Last year payable in advance; in combination with farmers year suffered disabling injuries on their the Box Elder Journal (published Fridays) $4.00 per year; $2.00for 6 months; singe copy 5 cents. jobs. 4,400 others werent so lucky. They Outside Box Elder County, $3.50 per year, com- were killed by falls, machinery, animals, or bination rate $5.00. other potential hazards. Statistics show that 22 percent of disabling Member United Press, Audit Bureau of Circulations. Utah State Press Association. National Edion farms occurred last year between injuries torial Association. Advertising Representative: and March, 26 percent from April January National Advertising Service. to June, 31 percent from July to September, and 21 percent in the last quarter of the year. Naturally, as these figures indicate, the summer months are the most hazardous BOX ELDER NEWS Commissioner Candidate Will Try Again 16, 1950 pub-Ilshe- ; d ; North-Sout- iddoiah. months of the year for the working farmer. Unless care is taken, accidents will kill an average of 48 American farm residents, every day during the next 12 months. Annual Dance Review Unusually These deaths and accidents on our farms Successful cost the nation $75,000,000 each year. Who Brigham Citys unusually successful sum- can measure the added cost in human lives mer recreation program was brought to a and human suffering? Farmers everyclimax last Friday evening with the annual where might well remember these figures. dance review at the Intermountain Indian school. A New Twist On How Over 200. children told The Story of Mother Nature in a variety of graceful We Got Bushnell dances with each of the youngsters outfitted Dr. Preston L. Jones, Republican candiin brilliantly colored costumes. date for first district congressman, put a The children exhibited to the capacity new twist on the tale of how Brigham City audience their accomplishments of the past was selected as the sight for the Bushnell two months in the free dan- General hospital during the war or at least cing instruction. an alleged expose of Senator Elbert D. In the class the children have learned Thomas political methods at a meeting iftihriy valuable things grace in their honorng candidates for county and federal better posture, an appreciation for government posts Monday evening at the dancing and they have learned to associate War Memorial home. mpre freely with the other members of the Jones told that Senator Thomas sent teleclass. No doubt a great many child friend- grams to mayors of Logan, Brigham City, ships were struck up during the summer. Mt. Pleasant, Manti, Richfield, Beaver, Handling the tremendous task of teaching Cedar City and St. George, telling that each the dancing were Miss Shelley Robinette, of the municipalities were being considered whose own dancing ability would be a goal for the hospital. The telegrams, according to Jones, advised jfor her students, and Mrs. Margaret Johnson, director and accompanist.' each of the citys civic and service groups .The instructors indicated that the parents to be prepared to make a presentation of loof the children were very cooperative in cal facilities to the inspecting committee making the costumes and getting the chil- from Washington, D. C. dren ready for the program. Several of the cities, Nephi in particular, The enthusiasm the children, and the par- went ahead and spent hundreds of dollars ents, have for the program is a good preparing complete data for the inspection of the success of it. and persuasion of the government medical men when they arrived. The irony of the whole thing, as the Doc And Safety farming pointed out, was that before Senator Thomas It should come as a distinct shock to sent out the telegrams the army medical dejevepyone to learn that farming is the third partment had already decided that Brigham most hazardous occupation in America. City was the place because of our close loPalmers have always known that their job cation to the Ogden rail terminal, and not is a hard one, calling for long hours, careful because Thomas wanted it here. In the meantime Nephi was never visited planning, and a keen understanding of the tlose relationship between nature and, science by the medical brass, though some of the other cities were, and their comprehensive that are necessary Ko produce enough'1-fooeach year to' feed 150,000,000 citizens not data that had cost hundreds of dollars to kmention'mucK of the rest of the world. prepare, was nver examined. JHowever, perhaps even the farmer does . city-sponsor- ed ac-ito- indi-tati- on : d ; . Edward D. Ward . . Democrat . . Wallace Wilde . . Democrat . . , First Of Family Municipal Service In Politics, Ward Is "I am the first of my family ever to venture into politics," Edward D. Ward, commented Box Elder county commissioner whose name will appear on the Democratic ticket for nomination for commissioner at the primary election September 5. Ward received his elementary education in Willard, graduated from Box Elder high school in 1926 an from the U.S.A.C. in 1930 with a major in agricul ture. He received his masters degree in agricuture education has gone up much faster. In 1940 this Company was serving 79,400 telephones in Utah; now the figure has skyrocketed to 185,000, a gain of 133! ' Bringing a telephone into the world involves a lot more than just delivering it. It has to be connected with all other telephones, which means that wires, poles, cable and central office equipment must be available. Moreover, as telephones are added, the job becomes more complex and costs . Utah. He is a fighter win the courage to demand Utahs share of the Cofo rado River water be put beneficial use before it lost to Utah. He has spem much time and his own money to further this cau& so vital to Utahs futu He knows the problems oi municipality through experience. He ha, served four terms as mavm of Nephi: He is first vice. President Utah Municipal member League; utajj Water and Power Board director, Utah State Way Users Association, and dj. rector, 21 counties Colorado River Development Com. mittee. L. Jones will fight VERNAL Preston for you and Utah. River 21 Utah ' H. STlUNGHAM, STOCKMAN, Colorado B. He taught vocational agricul ture at Box Elder high for 15 years and for the past four years has taught veterans in the In-stitutional farm program in the south part of the county. 1 Active in L. D. S. church activities he has served as president of the Elders quorum in the Sixth and Fourth Brigham City wards, has served many years as a ward teacher and is now filling a call to the North Box Elder stake home mission. In civic activities he has served as president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce and in 1924 was awarded the distinguished service award for Brigham City. As a member of the Chamber of Commerce he has served as chairman of several committees. In politics he served as precinct chairman in Willard, chairman of the Democratic party If Brigham City, and has been a member of the Democratic central committee for the county. He started serving his first term as county commissioner in 1948. I am especially interested in the building of more and more improved roads in Box Elder county, better drainage, control of noxious weeds, control of mosquitos and flies and other issues vital to our agriculture aconomy besides maintaining the general welfare of the people, Ward said. Ward and his wife, the former Eaine Shelby, have three children, two boys and a girl, all of whom are attending Box Elder schools. Dr. Roy F. Barnard, Doctor of Optometry, graduate of Los Angeles College of .Optometry, member American Optome-tri- c Society and California Optometric Society. Offices 81 South Main Street, Phone 1097. Office hours 9:00 A. M. to Dr. Roy F. 5:30 P. M., Mondays through Saturdays. Barnard, O. D. a you .A 1 it k d ha' v C, or s' unioi t izotio the I id lie tl J lie Cl Phi It PROOF CONTINENTAL DISTILLED 100 FROM IISTILLINO CRAIN CORPORATION. NEUTRAL PHILAOELPNIR. SPIRITS PENNSTLYANIA I First of the Fine Cars in Valut It's s&tisMm st its good to slip into a automobile and sense its richness, its comfort, its room. And theres a great thrill in touch ing off the waiting power of a d straight-eigh- t and feeling its swift response at any YES, fine great-hearte- speed. Its fun to count the quick, admiring glances thrown your way. Its nice to have a car that parks easily, for all its inches. Its very g pleasant to do away with and clutch-pedpushing, and know in its stead the utter smoothness of Dynaflow Drives silken transmission of power. And still that doesnt probe the depths of a ROADMASTER owners secret satisfaction. For while he knows he has a fine car, by its look, its feel, its appointments While he has performance at his command that needs play second fiddle to no other on the road While he enjoys a very special measure of creature comfort in tha quite matchless gentleness of ROADMASTERS ever-levride gear-shiftin- al el 2lm an exceptionally wise investments He has spent his money for the things that make a fine car fine and nothing simply for show. He has paid the lowest price per field he has pound in the fine-cthe very satisfying feeling of knowing his dollars have given him solid merit, and solid merit alone. Wed like to have you try in honest comparison with the highest-pricecars to be found. Wed like to have you try to match it for room, for comfort, for finish, for handling ease and for ability on the road. Then check the prices and see if your own sense of value doesn t advise signing up right now with your Buick dealer for a Buick ar ROAD-MASTE- R d ROADMASTER. rout KEY TO GKEATfK VAlUt Trained Fitters Mrs. Donna Bosley Ray Grant 'ray Jb DRUGGIST Cutdf ZMaae LZZZZttZZZZ- Z- eQ hv BUNDY MOTOR CO. 79 South Main Street I! 1 I! Jp lei ifu Experimenting with questionable trams those of other businesses. .i H- ANNOUNCEMENT . The Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Ft ex- W feature the famous bne of Noa-ft- jj the rupture required by other appliances. We also have a complete Elastic assortment of Abdominal Supporter Hosiery, Shoulder Braces, etc. Co. (sjeo for Spot Pad Trasses which hold with a fraction of the pressure (particularly at todays high prices) go up. reKeeping abreast of demand for telephone service in Utah has quired an expenditure of $18,600,000 since the end of the war. And, if Utahs telephone needs are to be met, large additional amounts of new will capital will be needed. This must come from investors, and people invest their dollars with us only if our earnings compare favorably with and f Bti Counties Development Committee; Former Mayor of Vernal; CODOreiS1 Former member of State Legis- - Jones lature, and past District GoverElection Sept $ Primary nor of Lions. for Committee Jones Congress Paid Political Advertisement by All-Sta- tiie expense of yonr health will prove costly. See your Physician at once for the proper diagnosis and we will fill hie prescription to his entire satisfaction. If your condition baa already been de termined end you are sot securing the proper comfort or relief, pay as a visit at once and be convinced that under com patent hands, truss fitting has been reduced te a Science eliminating all guess awk, telephone population rs is honest and sincere trying to do something tl (Utahs football and basketball seasons will break wide open this week when 75 of the states finest high school athetes, including representatives from Box Elder county, will participate in r the Shrine Hospital games at the University of Utah. Ronnie Dean Harris, Ralph Nielson and Burt Hunsaker, Box Elder high school; and Don Peterson and Deraid Simmons, Bear River high will play on the North team, which meets the South stars on Saturday in the "U stadium. The basketball game on Friday in the Ute field-hous- e will pit the best of the Class A schools against the Class B aces. Both games start at 8:30 p. m. RUPTURED? 25. for . CONGRESS becauseHe ,gen JONES in 1938. 0at The 1940 census gave Utahs population as 550,310, while tentative 1950 figures show that there are 686,839 people In the state, a gain of about But Wildes Record L PRESTON for AM I Ball h Wallace Wilde, Democratic candidate for two-yea- r county commissioner is a resident of Brigham City; but owns and operates a farm at Perry, where he lived for a number of years. While in Perry he served for fourteen years in the muniipal service of the town, three two-yea- r terms of this time as the President of the Town Board. Youll be surprised at the He is married to Carry Nelson cellent results News-JournWilde and they have two sons classified ads secure. 'MILWAUKEE (UP) Richard Lawrence is on the short end of a rental deal. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Johnson want to move into the house they bought from Mrs. Verna Slaughter. They went to court to have her evicted. Mrs. Slaughter wants to move into the three-rooapartment she rents to Lawrence. She went to court also. Lawrence wants to find a house. 'He could go only to the newsstand for a 'paper to check the for rent columns. mi Irftak Z Games This Week Hapless Tenant Finds Houn Tough Going Mft, 133 N?v'y the other in the Merchant Marines during World War II. At the present time the one is with the Air Force stationed in Texas. Serving in the L.D.S. church activities he was in the bishopric of the Perry ward for nine years, in the Sunday school president of the Young Mens Mutual Improvement association, and active in Boy Scout work. He has been a resident of the county for 27 years, and pledges his time and efforts to the peo pie of Box Elder County if elec ted. W N IITTRI AUTOMOBILES Phone 272 ARC lUIlt IUICK Will SURD THEM Brigham City, Utah I |