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Show The PUBLISHER'S COLUMN By Gilbert McDowell Lets Save Lives With Farm Safety Week just passed, we have fresh in mind the warnings published then. We also have fresh in mind the loss of three Cache County people, one in Hyrum, One in Paradise, and one in Lewiston, as the result of farm accidents. The population of this county, and especially of the towns thi3 newspaper serves, is almost entirely engaged in agriculture. Therefore the matter of farm safety is a matter of real importance. Because A but rather were simply and purely accidental, which also brings l j farmers lead a more hazardous existence than most other men, and because we are nearly all farmers here, every person should think safety at all times, and he should take this reminder to look about his farm for hazards to life and limb. The death in Lewiston and the one in Paradise came to boys who were probably inexperienced in the work they were doing. None of the three died as the result of some neglected hazard, Who is John" Hv Peterson? This question has been asked me several times by the readers of the South Cache Courier. !' Mr. Peterson writes a column exclusively for these three papers known as "Church-- ' News which is contained in every issue of these papers. He also is the author of frequent editorials. The readers of the Smithfield Sentinel and the North Cache News are well acquainted with him generally. For those who do not know the man, he lives in Smithfield. He is patriarch of the Smithfield Stake. He is a former bishop, is now an ordinance worker in the Logan temple, and has always been an active member of the church. Mr. Peterson was a teacher in his younger days. He is now. City Recorder in Smithfield. I, and all who know him, have the greatest respect for him. He has lived his religion in an exemplary way, and. is well qualified by experience and training to write or comment on any church topic. forth the thought that many accidents cant be avoided any why except that the farmer might train lumself to size up every situation he finds himself in and try to discover where danger lies. The farmer who will clean up any condition around his farm that might develop danger, avoid using men and boys at work they are not sufficiently trained in, and always remain safety conscious and alert for danger, will save lives, and it may be his own! reun'on of all former of Smithfield will take place in Salt Lake City next Sunday, August 3 at 3 p. m. in Liberty Park. Smithfield people from any part of the state are cordially A resi-den- ts invited. i Each family should furnish its box lunch, and games and o'wn an interesting program make up the entertainment. will -- would henceforth attach to them These sons of pioneers travelbecause of what took place there one hundred years ago, and its ed in comfortable cars at 30 to memorable in 1947 40 miles per' hour, along good and they seemed to feel honored highways, through prosperous rural communities, and notable thereby. industrial centers. No hostile The Trek paralleled all possible Indians interrupted the smooth features of the original. There and even tenor of their way. The were the same number of indivi- hazards and dangers of the old duals in both companies, the frontier were not there. Tens of same number of vehicles, the thousands of people flocked to same type of organization and the highways to watch them go discipline, similar camp proced- by and listen to their programs ure, and the same spirit of lead- at the places where they encamp ership, sociability, religious fer- ed for the night. It was doubtvor and wholehearted coopera- less mere curiosity that lured tion. The same trail was follow- many of the spectators, yet .there ed and encampments were made was an unmistakeable gesture of at the most notable places made friendship and hospitality in the memorable by the original band; greetings they encountered every such as, Garden Grove, Mt. Pis-- , where. And when they emerged Winter from Emigration Canyon into the gah, Council Bluffs, Quarters, Independence Rock and modern Salt Lake Valley, they Fort Bridger. were greeted with loud cheers, the waving of banners, and the But the contrasts in the two music of bands. Instead of the situations were far more remark barren wastes that met the eyes able than the similarities. Those of the original Pioneers their one Nauvoo hundred leaving eyes could gaze on the splendor years ago were outcasts, driven of fruitful fields, beautiful trees, from their homes in the dead of shrubbery and flowers; paved winter. They were considered highways and beautiful streams unfit to live in civilized com- of irrigation water. munities. Their vehicles of trans farm homes, orchards and garportation were crude and cum- dens, towers and spires of public bersome and the route traversed buildings, stores and factories. was beset with all kinds of diffi- And best of all the Temple that culty: mud, dust, wild beasts, the original Pioneers had enand hostile Indians. All their visioned was there a living realearthly possessions they carried ity. with them in their wagons. No friendly white people greeted What could have more fittingly them anywhere or bade them pictured to the present generawelcome in their midst. And tion some of the changes a hunwhen they had reached the end of the trail, a parched desert dred years has brought about? te Yesteryear and Today Quite often we hear of somesomething that is newsworthy, and when we inquire about it, we find that they have decided they will not allow the matter to be put into the newspaper. They feel modest, and dont want any publicity. The only thing wrong about this is that our subscribers' expect us to report the news to them without fear or favor. The news is what we sell. Naturally we do not wish to antagonize anyone needlessly, but on several occasions we have had to print what we thought was good legitimate news over the protests of those involved. The law protects the public against malicious and false ac- counts of their doings, and any- one so harmed may sue for libel, and will find the courts very sympathetic if their complaipt is based on fact. The type of news I. am referring to is not of the type that could be termed libelous. Rather, it is just plain, good, interest ing news about people who feel they have a right to deny the publication of it if they wish. News is public property. This newspaper will never go out of its way to embarrass anyone, but we cannot consent to leave something unprinted unless there is a very good reason for it. one doing Modern Pioneer Trek Completed The trek of the greeted them. There were no 1947 Pioneers by sons of early houses to dwell in, no fruitful Utah Pioneers during the past fields, or natural resources to week has proved to be a real supply them with food. Yet they historical event of considerable were thankful to be here. It was It has achieved to be their home and it would significance. more than was ever expected or be free from mobs and persecuhoped for by those who planned tors. The Lord would provide. it. The story of Mormonism When the modern trekkers and the achievements of Utah left Nauvoo July 14th, about pioneers was portrayed in speech 1500 people assembled on the and song and dramatization be- Temple lot to' join them in a fore immense audiences all. along special program setting forth the the trail. The message of the aim and objective of the journey Centennial could not have had and presenting the historical wider or more effective publicity. background of Mormonism and The reaction of the spectators the outcome of the exodus of was almost wholly friendly and 1847. The glad hand of friendappreciative. Local communities ship and hospitality was held out along the way seemed to realize to them and they were wished that much historical interest Godspeed on their journey. Ccld War Best description of whats going on in Europe today was given by elder statesman Bernie Baruch when he said we are in a "cold war. (Actually Baruch gives credHerbert Bayard it to ghost-writSwope for coining the phrase.) term What the Swope-Baruc- h meant, of course, was that we are in a war of nerves, politics and labor movements. If the U. S. can woo and win certain political groups in France and Italy, it can keep western Europe from going Communist. If, on the other hand, Russia can woo and win them, Europe definitely will go Communist. StraDuring the war, the Office of smugmillions Services spent tegic behind gling U. S. labor leaders with contacts make to lines enemy French, Austrian, German, Italian, Norwegian labor leaders, thus Axis politics and indusIn try. todays cold war the same thing is even more necessary but with not one cent being spent on it. In contrast, the Russians have agents in U. S. factories, in U. S. labor unions, even some in U. S. government offices. And to get money from congress so we wont have to sweat out this cold war with our mouth gagged and one arm tied behind our back, General Marshall literally has to get down on his knees before congress. Although the shrewd British are out of pulling almost everything Greece for economy reasons, they arent reducing their propaganda operations there. ! j August 1 is Air Force-DaWhat a different world this has become because of the airplane. Recently a jet plane covered the distance travelled by the Utah Pioneers in 120 minutes. Contrast this with the 120 days the pioneers required. y. We have received a clipping from the Congressional Record showing that Congressman Walter Granger gave a 15 minute talk in Congress on the Mormon trek, and the present development of Utah. If everyone keeps plugging,, the world will yet know that Utah exists. In spite of the fact that the advertisers furnish the money to pay our bills, we have always maintained that the space devoted to news and editorial matter must be made to serve the readers, and no one else. In other words no advertiser tells us what to print anywhere in the paper except in the space purchased for the ad. Every week we are under some pressure to give publicity to this product or that. Some papers have time and room for these free "plugs, but in our case, we havent time or space, and we dont believe "in putting our influence behind any particular product or service. : Is this hurting Us financially? No.- Most of out advertisers expect to' get 'only the space they pay for. Our readers know, that we are not being influenced by anyones money. They subscribe because they have confidence in getting the news without color.. Our subscription lists reflect that confidence, and the advertisers will spend their money with the paper that is being read and respected. advertising, we believe that we have another policy that is good. We do not accept liquor or tobacco ads. We are the only newspapers in this county which do not take liquor and tcfbacco ads. Altho we lose money immediately, we believe that in the long run our policy will win us friends, and this will attract more of other kinds of advertising. ed The Grand Centennial Parade exoeeded in splendor, extent, and execution, all that had been expected of it. Nothing equal to it had ever before been witnessed in this state. It was put on July 23 at 8:30 a. m. and at 6 p. m. on the 24th. Announcers miles in claimed that it was 3 length and that it was witnessed by approximately a quarter of a million people. A U. S. Marine band and many notable bands of the state lent life and color to the procession. There were 93 units in the parade, each depicting some place of Utah history and pioneer achievement. 5,000 Gas Shortage Sen. Owen Brewster of Boy Scouts particiapted. Beauty, Maine smells a rat regarding the wealth, skill and vision combined to make this a gloirous symbol Midwest oil shortage. of a great state and a great peokeenof the one Brewster, who is est probers in the senate and who ple with an unparalleled history. inherited Harry Trumans old comThe Promised Valley, the great mittee, has been conducting a thorough investigation of the Ara- Centennial musical drama being bian oil situation and suspects that presented nightly at the Univeroil shortage, which has sity of Utah stadium bowl contin the oil companies to re- ues to draw record crowds. They some prompted instate gasoline rationing, is purely go away with the feeling that a fake. they have witnessed an oustand-in- g Brewster has reason to beperformance worthy to be re lieve that the big oil companies as one of the great evgarded have whipped up the oil shortents of their lives. Its music, age story solely for the purpose songs, orchestration, story and of convincing Americans that oil dramatization are acclaim superb must be imported from the Mided as of the very highest order. dle East. In an almost incredible way it The big oil companies, he finds glorifies the virtues, character, tons a million in half to bring plan and way of life of the Mormon to of Arabian oil this summer, just Two-fiste- d convince the American public of the urgency for spending hundreds of millions of dollars to protect Amer ican oil interests in the Middle East Veterans Loan Battle Not many realize it, but when congress extended the life of the Reconstruction Finance corporation before the June 30 deadline, it left out an important power affecting veterans the authority to buy up veterans loans. This will seriously reduce .the ability of the homeless veteran to finance new housing, since from now on the government no longer can guarantee the banks on veterans loans 100 per cent. There was a tough closed-doo- r battle between house and senate conferees before this important provision was finally dropped. Chief defenders of veterans loans John were Alabamas sincere Sparkman and South Carolinas handsome Burnet Maybank. They were supported by three house Democrats Paul Brown of Georgia, Brent Spence of Kentucky and Wright Patman of Texas. But the house Republicans, rallied by stubborn Jesse Wolcott of Michigan, sometimes called the .bankers friend, stood firm against it. Republicans on the senate side were more friendly to the veterans. offered several compromises to limit the aggregate total of loans and provide for screening them. But banker-minde- d Wolcott would not back down. Before the final vote, the conferees separated into private huddles. The Republican senators Douglass Buck of Delaware, Homer Capehart of Indiana and Ralph Flanders of Vermont voted to yield to the house. Democrats Sparkman and Maybank, finally agreed that if they held out there would be no RFC at all, promised to sign their names to the report. Among the Wolcott house conferees, rode roughshod over the weaker objections of Democrats Brown, Spence and Patman. Revamping Courts-Marti- al They have now become i deed a mighty people" inVer midst of the Rockv w It may be recorded asUntai the greatest triumphs J"? that the world, has ever I 6i: i Both President Prest. McKay made over the radio on Sundav U 27. Prest. Smith spoke on role of the Mormon "The Rise of the and President McKays artf' was to the subject "Faith Phant and was given at the? ernacle and broadcast over s? C?1 For the first time toryofthe sions wherever conditions rant. None have as yet been fected. . ! According to Church record Amasa Lyman was the first in this dispensation to be onto ed to the office of High Don Carlos Smith, broth of the Prophet, was the fir7 be set apart as "President High Priests. A new book on the Morn, exodus, said to be different all others on this subject, in m. ner of theatment has just off the press. It was wirtten t Gustave O. Larson, director the LDS Institute of Religiou Cedar City, Utah, and form president of the Swedish sion. President Creed Haymond 161 missionaries of the North States Mission held a four conference at Nauvoo, Illinois special commemoration of Mormon Pioneer centennial. Church members from Kai and Independence, spent July 4th visiting not: Church shrines in that vici such as Liberty Jail, old teries in Richmond, the site City ce PEDRICK PISTON RING for all cars, trucks and tractors MENDEfJIIALLS The House of Twenty Thousand Parts. THIS BEAUTIFUL FLOOR DOES THINGS FOR YOUR KITCHEN Lucky Home! Kitchen floors reach new heights in beauty, style and practicality when laid with Asphalt Tile. There are loads of exciting Tile-Tecolors, plus smart borders and individualized inserts to help you achieve the decorative goal youre after. Whats more Tile-Tefloors wipe clean and fresh with a damp cloth are stain and scar resistant! Your floor looks "new after long years of hard wear because Tile-Teplain and marbleized colors go straight through to the back of the tile. Come in or teleohone now for more information. Tile-Te- x x x G.I.s will now get a better break if the plan of a on courts-martihouse subcommittee goes through. Working behind closed doors, the subcommittee patched together a bill that will require no less than d enlisted men to sit on military courts which try fellow G.I.s if the defendant requests it. A majority is necessary before punishment can be handed down. The bill also will remove the judge advocates section, the armys arm of justice, from the regular chain of command. However, the subcommittee hasnt taken up navy justice, recently the cause of many gripes because of the l. secret Little ... x TILE-TE- X ASPHALT TILE two-thir- court-martia- in the v Church, VTks quorums, especially Elders 7 rums, will be set up in the ! Hauns Mill massacre, Adam di Ahman, and Farr West. Services were held at some these places, and the time pioneers. taken to clean up the grot Latter Day Saints everywhere surrounding the grave of 01 see in the record of these hun- Cowdery. dred years a complete vindica tion of the motive's, integrity, Considerable expansion in and undaunted Primary work in the missions hopefulness, faith if that outcast band of ex- the Church has recently been iles that left Nauvoo, made that ported to the General Board, famous trek across the plains in some of the misisons there i ' 1847, and made settlements in now four times as many Prin, the valleys of the mountains. ies as there were a year ago. - one-thir- Speaking of John H. Peterson Prest. George Albert Smith presided at the unveiling ceremonies for the grand . "This is the Place monument on July 24. Services began promptly at 9:30 a. m. and were carried out according to the program. Addresses were made by all three members of the First Presidency, Bishop D. G. Hunt of the Catholic Church and the Rt. Rev. Arthur W. Moulton of the Episcopal Church. Governor Herbert B Maw spoke and read a telegram of congratulation and felicitation from Presi dent Harry S. Truman. Persident Smith offered an im pressive prayer of dedication. A large tract of land surrounding the monument is being landscap ed as a State Pak. LEOfl STUCK! Bldg. Specialties Co. 170 NORTH MAIN LOGAN, UTAH PHONE 358 |