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Show n y TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1921 THE PROVO POST y THE PROVO POST FIRES LAID TO CARELESSNESS. Provos Popular Newspaper ( UTAH WEEKLY per cent of the' fires in the United , INDUSTRIAL Published Each Tuesday and Friday by, . States are caused by carelessness and indifferREVIEW THE POST PUBLISHING COMPANY ence," declared John H. Shively, special repre125 West Center St. Phone It sentative of the National Fire Prevention assoReport from various section of the country show that industrial conFrancisco in San an the .Address before NEPHI C. HICKS Editor and Manager ciation, ditions are actually Improving. The N. GUNNAR RASMUSON Associate Editor Electrical Development association. profiteering seller and the profiteerbeing rapidly elimiShively made a strong appeal for the preven- ing workman are Entered at the Postoffice at Provo City, Utah, as by the Inexorable law of suption of fire. Let carefulness be your watch- natedand demand. Reviving indusply Second-clas- s Matter. word, he said. Last year in the United States tries are taking up the unemployto burned .alone there were over 23,000 persons ment slack. ' death in fires which resulted from carelessness. American Fork Gymnasium, Most of these persons were women and children, be erected on school grounds. Monticello Local . flour mill whose lives were sacrificed for lack of caution. The average daily loss from fire is $1,000, 000 work double time. and the average daily loss of life due to fires is Jremonton ' Garland highway completed. forty-onSUPPORT A HOME INDUSTRY BY 0 Shively stated. Garland Local bakery to be reSUBSCRIBING NOW 0 Shively illustrated his talk with a reel of mo- built. tion pictures on the prevention of fire. The Production of small fruit in Utah showed Carelessness,, the starter of is exceeded only by that of Colopicture THE THREATENED, RAILROAD STRIKE. among the eight states in the fires, and Carefulness, pictured as a woman rado mountain division, according to figdrove who the menace away and instructed little ures announced from the fourteenth The infinite harm" caused by the failure of la- children how to keep the danger away from census. On an acreage of 10 acres bor and capitals" get together Is again illustratUtah produced 1,198,200 quarts of their homes. in 1919, or 92,000 ed by the possibility of a great railroad strike. Caution on the part of every individual to small fruits more than Idaho and from At a time ' when there has been so much unem- prevent the increase of fires is absolutely nec- quarts three to five times the production of other states in the division, exployment, such a tie-u- p would hit the country essary for the saving of property and life. cepting Colorado. x hard. Many factories would have to shut down. New- - playhouse Logan being WAS THERE A PLOT? built here nearing completion. -An industry that comes so close to the life of , Construction of canal ways is the nation ought to be governed differently from Some people have evolved the theory that the proposed for Delta. others. If an army struck for higher pay on the present large amount of unemployment is due to Payeon Water users here organeve of a battle, the people would have a new a plot of capitalists and employers of labor. ise corporation to take over and opbelieve that men of wealth, trust magnates erate Strawberry project. army or new generals. The popular wrath fol- They and were so determined to get wages back Contract awarded for surfacing others, lowing the police strike at Boston will be well to pre-whighway from Silver City to level that they deliberately stopped auto Millard county line; cost will be remembered. There are some services in which 11840 production. per miles continuity of operation is demanded, and the pubSalt Lake Enlargement of camp have labor and of employers may Capitalists arbe mood can to insist that it lic is getting in a many sins for which they must answer, but In Cottonwood is planned. ranged on the railroads. Park City mine output shows should be blamed only for the wrong things Justice must.be done to all workers, and the they do. Anyone familiar with business knows steady increase. they Utah coal mines working country must see to it that Sail who do the hard that employers suffer Very severely from busifull time. Colorado has extreatment. But get .fair ness depression. In. such times many of them actly same output. Lack of market the railroad workers have obligations to the pub-- ; go both states growing considerably bankrupt. : Others lose all their profits, or see in lie also, since if they quit in a body they do' ir- their less with approaching cold weather impaired. capital and resumption of work with indusreparable damage to many worse off than they , Capital thrives only in good times, and a busi- trial concerns the country over. are. Midvale plant of Utah Steel Corness man who haa any capacity to handle afRailroad rates are too high and should come is always doing his best to promote good poration to add equipment and buildfairs, which will cost $8,000,000. down. Railroad wages have not dropped as far times. The only way he can make money is to ings e ore discovered in Silas the cost of living. The railroad workers full shuts he at his If capacity. plant ver island district near Wendover. must have their share of the deflation. It is an operate down, or runs on half time, his overhead costs Logan U. A. C. dormitory to be . obstacle in the settlement of these difficulties all profits and often threaten bankruptcy. rushed to completion. eat that one board fixes the rates to be charged by - Ifuphe shuts anti turns away Hard surfacing of down his the railroads, while another fixes the wages business in order to get plant down, he risks road planned. wages which the rates are to cover. One authority Utah shows slight improvement in own solvency, he turns down the chance to his should handle both questions. in make money, he helps bring on hard times that unemployment situation. Outlook manufacturing encouraging. Founthreaten his ruin. Capitalists have their faults, dries and smelting plants operating THAT OLD COPPER KETTLE. but not many of them cut off their nose to spite on 60 per cent basis. Coal mining shows gradual Improvement and their face. t On a big dairy farm the farmer was feeding a building is moderate. There are many causes for the present unem.Moab Chamber of Commerce to milk out of a skim ration of calf his .bull big ployment, like daily losses establish and mark Navajo trail Imtaxes, high profiteering, copper kettle. caused the war, xtravagance of the war pe- mediately. Vernal Road to be completed It held about ten gallons and was battered up riod, etc.by One of the principal causes, is the de- from Watson to Hill creek country and stained with age and looked as if it had been termination of a great many workers to stand to facilitate oil drilling in section. wars. the through e e out for wages Springville Paving of Main street wages. When Asked about it, the farmer said that kettle continue on any staple, e prices will be progressing. business block Brigham City New had been in the family for four generations and charged. When war-tim-e prices continue, ereeted here. ' being liable to more. was last four o of the people can not buy their usual supSugar comPayson The family brought it out with them from plies. That causes factories to shut down, and it pany begins operation of local factory. Ohio across the plains with an ox team along throws men out of work. Richfield Erection of new tabwith other household belongings. ernacle to begin soon. LADY KILEERS." new Richfield Two business It had been used to heat water and cook ra ' on street. blocks Main started of tions for a large company immigrants, but Eureka Four large buildings and The United States department of agriculture was now handed over to the live stock. spacious office building and in an killers exhibit of the beis Still it was good for generations to come lady fostering vault already constructed at plant cause copper does not rust and does not crack state of Washington. Among the exhibits are of International Chemical Productse shown the washtub, washboard, broom company. Work under way conand cannot be broken or easily worn out. There is a lesson in that copper kettle for all and dustpan, the sadiron, castiron kitchen stove, westerners who want indestructible implements cod stove, soap stone heater, and many other pieces of household equipment of days. made of a western product. ' In another department are shown the modFor the west is the land of the red metal that needs to go into more general use for building, ern conveniences that, as the silent servants of the house, are washing clothes and ironing household utensils and tools. of manufacture The them, cooking the meals, .and sweeping and kitchenware, copper . dairyware, hotel . and restaurant equipment, cleaning the rooms, all at the touch of an elecBhould become a large western industry. . tric switch. ... , Ninety-fiv- e , e, ar two-thir- bor-of-railroading - High-grad- ds Last Week of Monster Purchase Sale A Sale That, Reaches Far. and Wide in its Money Saving Advantages Mens Heavy Weight, Union Made, Blue Denim Overalls. Sale 'Price $2.00 Mens Domat Flannel Shirts. Sale Price. ... $3.00 Mens Flannel Shirts. Sale Price vlu PjI y M V $1.00 Heavy Blue Chambray Work Shirts. ..Sale Price $2.00 Heavy Khaki Work Shirt. $6.00 Corduroy Pants. Light and On nn dark shades. Sale Price y diO J Q7 4E I vJ 15c Canvas Gloves. Sale Price QQ 20c Jersey Gloves. Sale Price $ 03 I 45c f7n Oil 25c Sale Price QQ y iJJ QC-Su- its: $3.50 Mens All Wool Union Sale Price ddu $7.50 Men's Flannel Shirts, made genuine government all wool serge cloth. Sale Price.1 and Work ss oat of 4 n UC UC Mens Heavy Wool Work Hose, on.C Z0 Mens Extra Heavy Wool Work nn Sale Price jdu 25c Childrens Black Hose. Sale Price jQ 50c Misses' Buster Brown Fast Color Hose Black, brown and white. AC Sale Price ZOC J lull QQn' n 4 Hose. 7Q- $1.50 Light Weight L D. S. Garments. Sale Price An jdC Work Hose. d I C 75c yij- $1.25 Mens Wool Shirts and Drawers. Sale Price, each Gauntlet Canvas Sale Price PA AQ Suits. 20c Mens Semi-DreHose. Sale Price 65c PI JQ $I M HQ y I iJ J $2.25 Mens Fleece Lined Union Suits. Sale Price I 50c Mens Wool Hose, oxford and t)ti natural colors. Sale Price LLh 1 $1.50 Mens Winter Weight Union wwb Sale Price ' $2.25 Mens Part Wool Union Suits. Sale Price 4 s - - Sale Price Heavy-Rockfor- ClI Sale Price Leather-face- d Gloves. t" n Ob " 65c Boys Buster Brown Triple' ' Knee and Fast Color Hose. Sale Price nn. ddC 50e Womens Fine Lisle Hose; white, An. black, brown and grey. Sale Price ZdC $2.00 Womens Famous Black Cat Hose, a guarantee with every .. pair. Sale Price Silk Vernal-Duchqs- ckStore " war-tim- war-tim- war-tim- two-thir- ds Utah-Idab- old-tim- by-go- ne University ) Men Who Are Making Provo, . c strfuctlng base for boilers and foun- B. Y. ridge again failed to kick goal. The dation for boiler room. 'game looked like a victory for the Moab Bulldog Lumber companya Loses Game White and Bine. The ecore, 12 to saw mill located near Blandlng, de10 and only a minute to go. 4 stroyed by fire, to be rebuilt I B. Y.' U. kicked oft and downed Ogden Two new steel bridges for By Robert Gardner. Dee on d twenty-yarthe line. Worley Ogden canyon to cost $18,500 and The B. Y. U. football team, was $10,200, planned. defeated by the Ogden A. A. at Og- punted to Morgan, who fnmbled and Dee recovered the fumble and ran Gunnison now haa five miles of den, Saturday, by the ecore of 17 to sidewalk. 12. The game was hard fought and the remaining thirty yards tor a touchdown. Worley kicked goal wel played, with both teams bidding The lineup: high for the high ecore. The first halt ended 0 to 0. At the beginning of the second halt the experienced Ogden A. A. succeeded in carrying the ball for a touchdown. Worley kicked goal. B. Y..U. kicked the ball and Dee carried it far up the field. By long end runs and line plunging they succeeded in carrying it to the twenty-yar- d line, where they were held. Worley tried for a place kick and succeeded. The 7 Ogden warriors had scored ten points. IT NEEDED REST. Then the B. Y. U. eame bsck. Partridge kicking and the ability of the asked line to hold, gave the Provo team her"What did the doctor say? husband. a touchdown. Partridge failed to . "Not much. He asked me to pnt kick goal. my tongue." The final quarter was a fight out"Yes?" Pyne carried the ball for big gains And he said, Overworked. through left tackle. One gain was "Ah! Then youll have to give It fifty-thryards and another eight- a rest, my dear. The doctor knows een yards for a touchdown. Part his business." Edinburgh Scotsman- - 3 Facts For You About Steel Three Reasons that Assure Substantial Returns to Buyers of Shares in the Utah Steel Corporation ee There is nothing intangible in the great industrial project now under way to make Midvale the Steel City of the West. These three facts stand as the absolute guaranty of success and success means a tremendous increase in the wealth of Utah the prosperity of those who share in the enterprise. - FACT NO. 1 Rich Iron ore; high grade coking coal and limitless beds of limestone are at the very doors of our Midvale mills. They can be placed in our plant more cheaply than the raw materials are assembled at any other steel mill in America. FACT NO. 2 Utah is the geographical center of a market for steel products a market with a population of 20,000,000 people. A freight rate advantage averaging $15 a ton lower than freight rates Into this market from eastern and middle-west Send For Free Booklet Our 8 cumulative preferred stock is available at $100 per share. With each share of preferred stock unconditional ownership in one share of common stock of no par value is included. Refer back to the history of steel in America and consider the assured future of steel In Utah then yoq will have an idea of the value of this common stock to you. Our tree booklet tells how we propose to increase .our plant to a capacity of $12,000,000 worth of steel products a year. Read how the demand for steel comes from every quarter. Learn how Utah is pro- tected against eastern competition by freight rate advantages. Compare for yourself the costs of assembling raw materials at our Midvale mills and at Eastern and Middle-WeMills. st Let us tell you In detail' what we propose to do to meet the opportunities In the great steel market-th- at now awaits our ability to fill orders UTAH STEEL COREORATION BOSTON BUILDING NAME... All of us have our dream home, one into which has been built all that expresses and satisfies our tastes. It is comfort and pleasure we want in our homes as well as beautiful architecture! This Is not a'new or speculative venture. The mills of the Utah Steel Corporation have been In successful operation for more than six fears. In this period the profits from operation have Increased the plant Investment over 1,000 from $176,000 to more than $1,800,000. FACT NO. 8 How to Share Profits Write your name and address at the bottom of this advertisement, clip out and mall. We will send you complete information how to assure your own profit from Utah's steel development. Home ot Dreams this territory from eastern competiThere is no possibility whatever of breaking down this protective wall. This market belongs to producers of steel in Utah. mills protects tion. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH ADDRESS r- - indi--vid- J. N. ELLERTSON. J. N. Ellertson, manager of the Jones Abstract Company, is one of the leading abstractors in central Utah. Mr. Ellertson is a Utah product, having been bortf and reared in Juab county. After completing Jiie- elementary and . high school education, he entejed the Agricultural College of Utah, from which institution he later graduated with a Bachelor of Sgience'degree, having specialized in industrial - ' management He then taught high: school for a few years, and later was engaged in the abstract business in Carbon county. Coming to Proyo in January, 1920, Mr. Ellertson immediately purchased the Jones Abstract Company, which he is still conducting under the same firm name. The company, which is considered one of the leading abstract concerns in the state, enjoys a splendid business. Mr. Ellertson, although only a short time in Provo, has already gained a host of friends. He is of a quiet and unassuming nature, but takes a keen interest in civic affairs. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce and the Kiwanis . club. , u&l We believe in Bet ter Materials for Better Homes jind accordance with the belief, we handle only lumber 'and other material which have proven, through use, to be the best for a specific purpose. in- - We invite and welcome you to visit our factory and yard and become more familiar with the correct uses of building material. Let us help you with your DREAM HOME. Smoot Lumber Co. BUILDING HEADQUARTERS PROVO , UTAH ) |