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Show Ithe saUna sun, THE SALMA SUM Issued Every Friday at Salina, Sevier County, Utah. Subscription Rates One Year $2.00 1.00 Six Months 75 Three Months PAYABLE IN ADVANCE v Entered at the Postoffice at Salina, Utah, as Second Class Mail Matter under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. ADVERTISING RATES. Display Matter Per inch per mouth, $1.00; single' issue, 25c. Special position 25 per cent additional. Ten cents per line each insertion. Count six words to line. Legals Readers Ten cents per line each insertion. Count six words to line. Blackface type Fifteen Cents per line for each insertion. Obituaries, Cards of Thanks, Resolutions, Ltc., at Half Local Reading Rates, Count Six Words to the line. For Sale, For Rent, Found, Lost, Etc., Ten Cents per line for Each Insertion. NO CHARGE ACCOUNTS. H. W. CHERRY, Editor and Publisher. sauna, Lit aH. against loss from various fires. Chiefly responsible among the known causes of fires on farm property are lightning, combustion, matches, smoking and petroleum and its products. Every farmer knows that he can remove the lightning hazard by a very simple and inexpensive method of lightning rod equipDefective chimneys and flues are wholly within the control ment. of the owner of the property. Proper repairing of stoves, furnaces boilers and pipes is a matter of good housekeeping which it is almost criminal to neglect. Sparks on roofs cannot be entirely eliminated but if the chimneys are tight and run to a proper height danger from Fires caused by petroleum this cause is reduced to a minimum. and its products can be wholly elminated if proper care is maintained in using these articles and if they are kept in receptacles intended for the purpose. Spontaneous combustion usually results either from oily rags, paint or similar material left carelessly where last used or from explosions in barns due to improper ventilation. It is simple to avoid these hazards by the use of ordinary intelligence. For every bit of farm property that i3 destroyed, the profits of some farmer are wiped out and the problems of agriculture are increased by just that much for the farmer must secure new capital This must all be charged with which to replace property destroyed. up against the high cost of production on farms. As to fatalities and mutilations due to fire on the farm there are no available statistics but conservative opinion ' holds that of the 30,000 deaths and injuries by fire in the United States in 1923, a regrettable numbre occurred in rural districts. To avoid the larger part of Americas fire loss, whether it be in town or country does not require any specialized knowledge but only the quality of ordinary carefulness and the exercise of common sense. A SHORT HISTORY OF RADIO ers If he wont come doubled, a most fortunate circumstart a systematic savings stance ,for without these deposits it through, account tomorrow so that you may would have been difficult to find the window. Acnot be behind the procession. cording to the American Bankers Association, the aggregate deposits in the savings banks of the nation passed seventeen billion in 1922, almost enough to pay off the national debt. But the sum is not as large money with which to finance the extensive building operations of the last three years. And the four per cent interest paid on the deposits almost equals the income tax of those who pay the minimum rate. Start a savings account today. Divided among 110 Better still, start a separate account, as it seems. million Americans, it would fail to no matter how small, for each memreach $160 per capita. ber of the family. It will help you Since 1912 savings deposits have and make the nations work easier. K 33 33 63 63 53 33 SALINA SALINA UTAH 53 63 O F - 8 Federal Reserve System Member 63 33 . 35 33 63 63 DOG TRAVELS 3000 MILES 33 Replying to charges by Federal Trade Commission that eight collie of devotion in the a fact the is outdone Fiction dog by leading industrial companies had secured a monopoly in foreign and 33 domestic radio business, Pres. Swope of General Electric Company, that was lost somewhere in Iowa, followed his masters auto to Wolcott, Indiana, and not finding the owner, returned from Indiana to said: The faithful collie literally travers63. "The connection of General Electric Company with question of his home at Silverton, Oregon. v Indiana too his at and for ed three states owner, arriving searching i. i lit xuwvi i radio communication dates back to the war. At that time radio nii vdMiicia states 63 communications in this country were handled by American Marconi late to overtake him, took the long hike back across seven in He arrived Coast. aPcific the to February Silverton, Oregon, Co. British controlled Marconi Co., by Mr. Swope pointed out that to establish radio communication 15, having traveled nearly three thousand miles, flanks worn thin, 33 worn to the quick and feet bruised from his long race for the United States free from domination of foreign interest, the General Electric Company was induced to take the lead in reorganiz- to reach home. The owner, G. F. Brazier, a restaurant man, motored to Iowa ing the American Marconi Company which eventuated in the forma; .y .; ,$ ; .; ; ; ; ; ; y ;. ; ; ; j. Mr. Swope said: to visit relatives carrying the collie puppie along in his motor car. tion of the Radio Corporation of America. The dog was lost in Iowa and the owner advertised extensively "To make Radio Corporation the most efficient instrument for When he entered the restaurant in his could not recover him. but transoceanic communication, General Electric made a contract with Radio Corporation giving the latter the benefit and advangtage home town he gave a joyous yelp and made a leap for his astonished of all inventions it had made and would make in the future. To owner. How he negotiated nearly three thousand miles over highways further strengthen the position of Radio Corporation in this art, similar contracts were made with other companies, the idea being and bridges across rivers, streets and viaducts in cities, is a mystery. to put Radio Corporation in possession of those patents necessary The collie will be presented with a silver medal by the Oregon to make it an efficient organization for radio transmission and en- Humane Society. able it to best serve public interests. "This was all known to the government, and a representative THE FARMER, TAXATION AND FREIGHT RATES designated by the government sat on the board of Radio Corporation The farmers are waking up to the fact that the taxgatherer is for some time after its organization. Officials of Radio Coporation a greater enemy than the middleman or the railroads. appeared before a congressional committee, where all these relations Offers to reduce freight rates and market his crops are made by relating to formation of Radio Corporation were told in detail. Sev- the same politicians who have piled up confiscatory taxes. eral months ago the Federal Trade Commission published their stateThe average taxes on farm lands in 1922 were 126 per cent ment as result of investigation of Radio Corporation of America and than in 1924 and that is for the whole United States. its relation to the various companies interested in it. This report greaterRailroad rates are not much higher tan in 1914, and the middlewas widely published. There was no indication in this report of man is not more exacting or vicious than he was eight years ago. any adverse opinion on part of the Federal Trade Commission. In Couth Dakota tax on farm lands has jumped in eight years All that has been done has been with the idea of making Radio In Iowa from 69 to from 27 cents an acre to 80 cents an acre. Corporation an efficient instrument of radio communication in in- $1.49. SEVIER VALLEY MERCANTILE CO. In Idaho from 59 to $1.40. terest of the government and the American public. In Kansas, North Dakota, Minnesota, Washington, and MinneIs a national policy which seems to question the honesty or M 8 J M 8 ! sota the burdens of state taxes have risen from 00 to 300 per cent in 4 ! sincerity of every large business organization or a group of business ten years. interests that attempts to render a highly efficient public service, goIt cost two million dollars to run the Wisconsin state governing to encourage either the inventor, the investor or the organizer of ment in 1900, and in 1922 it cost $28,000,000. In 1910 first class OOOQOaOQOQODOD M If every man, group of men, progressive business undertakings? railroads paid $110,000,000 taxes, and in 1923 $334,000,000. or company which attempts to render a nation-wid- e service is to The last thirty days of 1923 the railroads were paying at the of accused be of trade, in on restraint activities continually carrying rate of a million dollars a day, and from 70 to 80 per cent of this what incentive do we offer for real development? went to defray the expense of state governments. S3 Radio communication has been the greatest experiment of the In his annual report for 1923 Secretary of Agriculture Wal Q It has required courage and perseverance to put capital into age. lace said that in some states, chiefly western, farmers have paid out an industry as new and untried as this. of their incomes to tax collectors. "Yet, said the Secretary, "the squander increases while farm S3 values decrease, and the TEACHING KINDNESS TO CHILDREN disguised as Friends of the Farmers, still call for more. O The enactment of a state law requiring that kindness to animals The cost of government today, state and federal, is nearly $75 be taught in all public schools from 5 minutes to half an hour per capita; and it is going up in the states, the Cities, towns, counties each week is attracting nation-wid- e attention. and townships. F. Rivers Barnwell, Field Worker of the American Education Are not enough thoughtful, patriotic citizens willing to stop the U Society, enclosed a statement from S. M. N. Marrs, State Superin waste and combine in running down the spendthrifts. O tendent of Education, Austin, Texas, to the school children of Texas increasing as follows: rapid movement and broad rubber "1 take pleasure in directing edusucked the rock dust from bethe fact that attention to tires, every-thin- g your tween the stones in spite of the gentle cation in its broadest sense includes the training of the individuals -everything bonding effort of the water, it was in order that good character may be the main result. We cannot realized that something was lacking have good character unless we observe the Golden Rule and the d in the roads usedfor fast, observance of the Golden Rule should be made broad enough traffic, which lack was not felt under slow and in its application to include animals as well as people. tra jffic. That 17 ABOUT DRESSES: never before bond than a was better I highways! something To this end wish to endorse the teaching of humane treat . s&cu'ncN, water. It was found in oils and tars ment of animals as a means of instilling into the minds of the chilhave we had such a wonderful colMEMBERSHIP No. 1531. , and bituminous compounds. Luckily If we can have dren the proper regard for the feeling of others. lection of styles; such a tremendous assortment When John Louden Macadam, in for the millions of dollars invested the conception that the word Others includes all animal life we 1810, began to experiment with brok- in macadamized roads, an oil, tar, or of colors; and they keep on coming. Just drop will have taken a long step toward world peace, for the individual en stone for building roads, he met bituminous binder could, and was, apin and look them over. You will be astonished who has this feeling and will apply the Golden Rule will not be with much opposition from the plied with success to existing roads, stand-pa- t to conwho not road thus the miles builders, saving taxpayer only with the big assortment of styles, all found advocating harsh treatment of individuals. It is the function tended that the expense would be pro- of highways which were otherwise new of the schools to make this contribution to education, and the or hibitive and that spring colors, but prices , yes, PRICES! anyway, broken doomed. of local which have for societies their in the of assorted sizes courses ganization pro- stone purpose Today, all macadamized roads are tection of animals and childen will contribute very large to the up was no better than broken stone of built with the bituminous oil or tar Some of our customers remarked, People one size in one course. binder applied during the building, lift of social conditions. without certainly should not need to 33 "63 x toe-nai- ls 63 k: k: -- ; ; I. H. C. I The Sevier Valley Mercantile Company has taken over the agency for the International Harvester Company line of Farm Implements. Complete line of extras for all l.H.C. Implements in stock at all times. 1 -- J1 -- J- 5 5 T OQOaO0S3ODOD o o one-thir- d tax-waiter- o o s, a 1 soft-sho- Spring' Time Spring' is certainly making' its appearance at our store and bringing': TAT 1 o ao FIGHT FIRES ON FARMS o o ' The National Board of Fire Underwriters is compiling a record of fire losses on farm property in various states covering the period of 1918-192The total will run well toward $100,000,000. The average farm house is not subjected to danger caused by fire in adjoining buildings as is the case with city buildings. On the other hand there is little or no fire protection provided for farm dwelling or outbuilding. Too many farmers fail to recognize the ever present danger Farm buildings should be the most easily safeguarded from fire 1. go ) f o E3 O SI El G a o o The most astonishing Dresses, Q o Coats, Wraps, Footwear a o new and beautiful o o to make one happy. o steel-sho- d Time proved the merit of Macad- but the basic principles of larger ams idea, although the century and foundation and smaller upper course, nine years which have elapsed since topped by a wearing surface of fine his first practical experiment was crushed rock and dust, bound in place ried at Bristol, England, in 1815, by something, is still employed. Mahave greatly altered the practice of cadams greatest monument is the macadamized road building. ( dropping of the capital letter in his Up to the advent of the automobile, j name and making it the label for all Macadams principles were employed roads built of crushed rock laid in n their entirety, the broken stone courses of different sizes. being bonded with rock dust and INDIVIDUAL THRIFT vater, the former replaced by the impact of iron shod vehicles and hoofs, Have you $160 for each member the latter by the rain. of your family in the savings banks? When the automobile, with its j If not, and ask for it at the cashi- - O Q o ao go when they can get such beautiful dresses at such markably low prices. But why talk, come and see them. Max Cohens of House Quality re- o o o o o o o o ao ao o o OOODODOOODO OODOaODODODODO |