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Show Page Two THE Thursday, May 20, 1954 SUN-ADVOCA- to be elected again, and to promise the moon seems to help which is a sad reflection on the mentality of the American voter. Issued Every Tmjrsday By The CARBON COUNTY PUBLISHING COMPANY THE FOURTH ESTATE We have often been asked why the press referred to as the Fourth Estate. In in searching for an answer, we have picked up the following information : Historically, in France and England the church, nobility and commons were known as the three estates of the realm. First use of the term, Fourth Estate, has been attributed to a British , statesman and orator Edmund Burke, to essayist Thomas Carlyle and to Thomas Macauley, who, in recognizing the influence of the press, wrote in 1828; The gallery in which the reporters sit has become a fourth estate of the realm. ONE NEWSPAPER, ONE COVERAGE, ONE COST General Excellence Honorable Mention 1949 Excellence in Typography Plaque, 1950, National Editorial Association General Excellence Plaques 1946, 1947 and 1949, Utah State Press Association Entered at the post office at Price, Utah, as second class matter under act of March 3, 1879. Subscription rate $3.50 yearly in Utah; $4.00 yearly outside state. Hal G. MacKntcht, Publisher Alex Bene, Jr., News Editor CORRESPONDENTS Verna Branson Hiawatha Castle Gate Josephine Houghton e .JSunnyside-SunnydalAgnes S. Jeffs I la Jensen ...Spring Canyon Gertrude Fish Wattis a Fredia Orlandi THIS HELPS THE COAL SLUMP . Peterson Wellington A local citizen brought us a photograph Mary Lee Tamllos Kenilworth of the presentation ceremony of a contract Gayle Rowley Bpring Glen for $2,827,440 W'orth of bituminous coal to Bharat Collieries, Ltd., Calcutta, India, for HP RlOPiprN. Ifjw UTAH SIAIE use in Korea from June to December, 1954. ASSOCIATION The picture shows one Major Roe G. AnNATIONAL EDITORIAL sel, contracting officer of the Japanese ProAsTbcfATH&N curement Authority, awarding the contract vj vj to the Tokyo representative of the mining firm. Looking proudly on is another American military officer, Lt. Col. Raymond L. THE BUNCOMBE SEASON STARTS Hoff, chief of the American purchasing diviNow comes the season when some of the sion. The contract represents 200,000 metric most amusing literature in America is being feet of bituminous coal. American taxpayers are footing the bills published. We refer to the announcement of candidates to national offices. Fuuniest is he for everything that goes into Korea. The who promises (itself futile) great social repolitical complexion of India is now and has forms and reduced expenditure and lower been for years bitterly States. taxes. Leaders in India have done everything posThe trouble is that theres nothing funny sible to injure America in its efforts to fight about the influence on the country. That kind Communism. of political buncombe was largely responsible Thousands of United States coal miners for our present financial nightmare. And its are out of work ; valuable properties are closthe kind of politics that could ruin us econ- ed down entirely or partly because of lack omically which is the dearest hope of our of orders. Yet American taxpayers are forced enemies. to give their dollars to buy coal from India, A national magazine recently summed up through a British concern. We wonder just the facts of life for most senators and conwhat reasons the government bases such a gressmen with the statement that their policy in its purchase of one resource that main concern is to be elected and after that we have in abundance. , Rains-Latud- Wanda AJP anti-Unit- ed non Merrill, Red Cross Safety instructor, announced this week. TWENTY YEARS AGO From lb FBee The Son and The The postal department has rescinded its recent order that one of the two mail deliveries to the residential district be discontinued. In addition to restoring of the local service on a basis of two carrier deliveries, the government has authorized an automobile delivery of parcel post to the residential district and car service on letters to outlying districts of the community, including the Tark-dal- e addition. Newv-AJvoeo- More boys will participate in Se of as soon as possible after the private contractors take over the routes. The services of the 15 local employees of the garage will be dispensed with on that date. The sum of $121.76 was turned over by the Price Rotary Club Monday to Price city to be used for lighting one of thte municipal tennis courts. The money was raised under the boys work committee under the direction of Belmont Richards. the fact that the federal With the Carbon chapter of the operated Star mail route out of Price will be superseded July 1 Red Cross having been delegated by privately operated services, the by the city council to have charge Due to government-owne- d garage build- of supervision, the Price swiming here and at Duchesne, as well ming pool will open shortly after os all equipment, will be disposed the closing of the schools. Ver When You Need Building Blocks WE MAKE THE BEST MIDWAY BETWEEN .TRICE AND WELLINGTON COKE PRODUCTS COMPANY FLANT: Thone 996-- R American Legion junior baseball In Price this summer than ever before, according to Clark Wright, director of the activity, who estimates that at least 400 youthful players will have signed up by the end of this week. Sixteen cars of wool containing 380,000 approximately pounds, have been shipped to eastern markets by the Price Commission company. The large rock on the Price-Castl- e gate highway between the Utah Railway crossing and Castle gate is being removed, quarried into building stones and hauled by trucks to Price for use in construction of the Price city hospital. THIRTY YEARS AGO iTHEri Ur DAYS Af oVie Boyo Warner Thone S58-- J advanced styling insures you ! value resale high Studebaker's aerodynamic design wins '54 Mobilgas Economy Run STUDEBAKER WINS . C S-- S S-- S-- S-- S-- S-- DARWINIAN THEORY Once when Charles Darwin visited a friend in the country his hosts two boys thought they would play a prank on the scientist. They assembled an insect, gluing together a centipedes body, a butterflys wings, a grasshoppers legs and a beetles head. They knocked at Darwins door and showed him the bug. Do you know what kind it is? they asked. Darwin smiled and asked whether it hummed when they caught it. The boys nudged each other and said yes, it did. Then," said Darwin, youve got a humbug there. S-- S South Africian Nonsense: Two mosquitoes were conversing on Robinson Crusoes arm. Im leavsaid one. O.K., said the ing, other. Ill see you on Friday. S A citizen of Marblehead, Mass., was happy as could be when he got a parking ticket recently. The ticket chided him for leaving his car on a certain street for ten days. The man w'ent down and picked up the car. It W'as the first he had heard of it since its theft from a A 4 TO THE EAST! Boston parking lot several weeks before. w I S-- S Parson : "And Is this bottle of whiskey your sole comfort in your bereavement?" Widower : Oh no I have a dozen more in the cupboard. g NO PROTECTION Johnnys mother had taken him downtown to buy some clothes for the coming school term. After a number of purchases which included shirts, socks, pants, underwear, etc., his mother picked out a nice warm sweater. Johnny let out a howl, immediately. Why, Johnny! Thats a nice warm garment. It looks very nice on you. Why dont you care of it? his mother asked. I dont like the neck on it, he told her. The neck? Why whats wrong with a sweater? Lots of little boys wear them. ck CIOPLli 3yy s if Kt s a f V l f -- ,:; ' ' r: ' U - v a ' V . S'- - s v vS- N jU T V. v $ - hi g I vy .'-- i; I- t X " if' K 1- x 9 ;k T -- J it - . T Well, I dont want one, retorted the little man. My teacher at school has one and the other Majestic Castle Gate, near Helper, Utah, located on the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroads direct central Certificates of merit issued iby D. T, Lane, department commander of the American Legion in Utah, are being presented this week to posts in the vicinity of Carbon county that assisted in relief work at the Castle Gate mine disaster. S OTHER "FIRSTS" Highest gas mileage of any Sweepstakes winner in history! Bettered only by a 54 Studebaker Champion! Champion averaged 29.58 miles per gallon! LOCALLY Sidewall tires, chrome wheel discs and Ante-matDrive or Overdrive are optional at extra cost. Price may vary in nearby communities. tc DRAGATIS MOTOR COMPANY Phone 238 Utah shippers have found that Rio Grandes direct route, modern equipment and progressive operation provide ecooomical, dependable transportation to these vital areas. Your friendly Rio Grande agent is a transportation expert anxious to help you arrange for shipment of your goods, as well as to keep you informed about shipments en route to you. Water service through the summer months will be put on a favorable basis for the residents who maintain lawns. The minimum will remain as at present a dollar and a half for the first five thousand gallons. All over that quantity will be furnished for the lawn watering at ten cents a thousand. Papa is in jail at Price are without anything to e: was part of a plaintive made in a letter by a received by the stat trial commission. The let written in a childish ha was dated at Hiawatha la day. The letter continued little one was without sh was in dire need. Comn McShine at once got in tot the commissioners of county and with the chi the American Red Cross i and asked them to look needs ct the family who letter indicated, were in v was advised by telephone matter would be looked 12-gi- theres no question about it NOW 1954 Studebaker is Amercar in operating econicas stand-ou- t omy as well as in style. Come in and take a look at the official AAA score sheet of all the cart in the Mobilgas Run. See how Studebaker ran rings around the field. Get Studebaker economy and styling both and be money ahead! Duplicates of Studebakers Mobilgas Economy Run winners are available immediately at surprisingly low cost. 1 with standard equipment and local taxes, if any, not included, While transcontinental route, is your gateway to the important markets of the midwest, southwest, east and southeast. Sixth street for its entire length has been judged the cleanest in Price. This is the verdict of the judges in the recent cleanup campaign. The honor street banner floats over the thoroughfare between the city hall and the Community church. North Eighth ranks high but to the south it does not merit much attention. SWEEPSTAKES AND 82 North 1st West '"l X VA The mayor of Price says: The ing letter explained that this was girl who swears shes never been how she was fretting away the kissed has a right to swear. time until he returned. At first the lieutenant was deSailor: Yes, maam. Thats a lighted, displaying it proudly to man o war. several fellow officers. That night, Lady: Indeed. And whats that however, after studying it a long little ship just in front? time in silence, he turned to his Sailor: Oh, thats just a tug. roommate. "Carl, he said, I wonJones made a purchase at a Lady: Yes, of course. A tug of der who took that picture. pawn shop, after noticing a sign war. Ive often heard of them." S behind the counter that said : S satisfacnot if Money returned ESCAPE YOU WOLF, YOU! tory. A lttle later he brought the was and over 40, but She fat a Sugar Daddy (after dinner in article back and demanded his The still kittenish. young man she dining room) : Well now, had cornered at the money, which the owner refused private party was how about a little demitasse? to give him. excuse to some hard for Chorus girl : I knew it. I knew thinking But," reminded Jones, pointing escape. weren't treating me, like this to the sign, Your sign there you At last he murmured: Do you for nothing. plainly says, Money returned if remember the youngster who used S not satisfactory, An army lieutenant recently re- to tickle you under the chin at I know. But your money was ceived from his fiance a snapshot school? satisfactory." on a beach and showing two taken Oh, she exclaimed gushingly, S "so thats who you are! while couples smiling contentedly "Well, well just rehearse that, his That No, said he, blandly. girl sat alone at one side, forsaid the undertaker when the cof- lorn was and The father. lonely. accompany my fin fell off the wagon. day when was bending over to show me something in my geogAt a special election last Fri- raphy book, one of her lungs popday the voters of Helper decided to ped out! sell the municipally owned power and light plant. The vote was one for and three against. Deal- It will be known as the Glendale ers In second hand machinery Golf Club. have inspected it and may take it Dean D. Holdaway, manager of over for use elsewhere. the Peerless company, was a Sunvisitor in Price. The Spring Helper lovers of the game are day Canyon camps, he says, are workbuilding a golf course just below that town near the Gordon Creek ing an average of two days a week. Peerless Coal company has bridge. An organization with some work on an official cote twenty-fivmembers is to be per- begun that will cost about eight tage fected in that city this evening. thousand dollars. The 1954 Studebaker's State w , WOULDMT BE CAUGHT ' DEAD AT A STYl.fr SHOW sixty-- THINK OF US! Alvin Wilcox Phone 75-- NEW FASHI0M5 IN WOMEN'S GARMENTS ? BOSH HOW COULD. once. Price rl Ship Direct.. . Ship Rib Grande! DENVER & RIO GRANDE WESTERN RAILROAD |