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Show t MAKCII 8, 195;'. THE JOURNAL SCOTT'S SCRAP BOOK'1... ByO'SCOTT.' THE REAL PRICE FIXER" The As everybody knows, a great many commodities especially those of a perishable nature cost more at certain seasons of the year than at others. And many consumers undoubtedly wonder why this should be so. Actually, there.s no mystery to it at all. The basic reason for it is a law which is as old as civilization itself, and which was made by natural forces, not by man the law of supply JOURNAL A weekly newspaper published the interests of the residents of Davis County, at Laytog, Utah. Entered as second-clas- s matter at Layton, Utah, under the Act of March 8. 1879. and demand. Published By INLAND PRINTING CO. of the Take pork as a typical example. More than half Phone: Kaysville 10 pigs first come into the world in spring. All summer and a part of the fall they spend eating and growing. During this period, the supply of pork in the consumer markets is natur- urn ally less than it will be later on, while the demand remains NATIONAL EDITORIAL fairly constant. As a consequence, pork prices reach their ASSOCIATION annual peak along about September. Then, during the late fall and winter the new crop of Natl Advertising Representative pigs is marketed. The supply rises swiftly and the relation- Newspaper Advertising Service. 222 No. Michigan Ave. ship between it and the demand changes accordingly. So Chicago, HI. pork prices slide downward, reaching their low during December. Subscription: $1.00 Per Year Payable in Advance. There is nothing theoretical about this. Government In combination with charts and figures show it to be an established fact, that The Weekly Reflex, $3.00 per year. occurs year after year as a matter of economic routine. Lloyd E. Anderson Here is simply one instance of how prices are made in a Editor Manager free market. No human being or combination of human Lona U. Parrish News Editor beings fixes them. The only fixer is good old law of V. Woolsey J. law economic that ever supply and demand the soundest Display Advertising Manager existed or ever will. swWmXmmm UN USUAL INSWMLK Bt)N$ P1AYL0 cF'tWBUK'i'u MUSICAL KMWe. PRODUCES AYAWi-rof ay A &X y Sounds ay worxwq aTinv sow ovist. OKI SrfRtN I OF ; CAMIL'S NAlR. imHCft rtrt'AKGO 19)1. Ku( rmwa SjuJiaH, lac; WaU nho aarnt Hollywood Original CLEARFIELD A lovely bride CLEARFIELD Rerouting of Hill air force base traffic away from the Clearfield business district was discussed by a group of business men and civic and officials at city conucil meeting Monday night. The group of persons who appeared was the largest ever present at a council meeting. P-T- A The majority of those present favored a cut-ofor the business men pretraffic but sent opposed routing the traffic away from town business ff centers. A committee was chosen from local civic and church organizations the matter. Gala Gown Miss Shepherd Is Feb. Bride Rerouting of Traffic Is Proposed t o investigate of the Valentine month was Miss Maxine Shephard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Shepherd of 200 So. St. in Clearfield. The bridegroom is Arha S. Ginn. The young couple tied the nuptial knot in Ogden at the court house under the guidance of Lawrence Malin, clerk, on Feb. 4. Mr. Ginn left last Friday, Feb. 2l, for Ohio where he will be sta- tioned with the army. He has been stationed at Hill- - Air Base. He is formerly from Garrison, Kentucky. The just wed young lady was honored at a bridal shower last Friday given by her sister Mrs. Paul Robertson and her mother Mrs. Paul Shepherd. About twenty guests attended to honor the young lady with a shower of miscellaneous gifts. Mrs. Ginn will join her husband about March 7. Asks Jobless Aid , Desalts Sea Water Lovely Barbara Whiting, television star, is not taking a back seat to the New York girls and definitely insists that the new Poodle cut is an original from Hollywood. Anyhow, Barbara says it makes no difference now where it originated as the popularity of the Poodle cut is literally sweeping the country. Miss Whiting has found, how- ever, that in order to maintain this original type of hair style, the all proper hair cut should be approximately 2 to three inches longthat has found. Barbara and over the head. This is very important, the Pinwae Pincurl home permanent is the foundation necessary to hair style for spring. Veep the hair groomed in this Red taffeta ball dress. By VERA WINSTON MORE and more we see the ball gown taking over, not only the choice of the older, more poised woman, but full-leng- th easy-to-mana- ge of the younger generation too. After all, a gown of the type shown Is the last word In femininity, gracious and distin- Idwliimml Rom where I sit ... Joe Marsh guished. For an Important event, then, heres a beautiful dress of flame red taffeta made with a strapless bodice and an They Do Give A Hoot" For Easy Easy Roberts finally got rid of the noisy pigeons that used to -- whoop , it np under his eaves. He must have tried a dozen ways to scare them off. But no matter what he did, they would be right back cooing by bis window the next morning. Then Easy thought of an old staffed owl he had in his attic. He propped It on the roof sos all the pigeons eonld see it. They left ... and three hoot owls have taken their place. Easy swears the hooting Is even worse than the cooing of the pigeons. From where I sit, quite often a "bright idea" will turn out to be "not so bright" after, all. Thats why we should never be too cocksure of our ideas and opinions but always try to keep an open mind. I believe a refreshing glass of beer is the best you may believe differently. But whos to say ones right and the other is wrong? Lets just practice tolerance. Itll save a lot of hootin and hollerin. thirst-quench- e drapery below the fitted midriff. Panels hang loose in back, forming train apron-lik- Prof. Edwin er Copyright, 1952, United Steles Brewers Foundation Blair Moody appears before the Senate Finance Committee In support of a bill SENATOR D-Mi- which would Increase unemploy- ment benefits to workers made jobless by the defense program. Cutbacks in civilian production have caused unemployment In his own state. ( International ) R. Gilliland PROFESSOR Edwin R Gilliland, of the Chemical Engineering Department of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology announces in Boston a revolutionary new process for desalting sea water Details, reve3led at the national meeting of a research group, promised to open vast new reservoirs for the use of 'unsalted water In agriculture, industry and for home use (International) t "Do we put more on, or take more off, when we do that Valentine TV show?" |