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Show SPECIAL LIVE STOCK CHAMPIONSHIP $HOto UTAH STATE OCT. M m, Itfair. UTAH STATE FAIR A Volume 19, Xnrnber 6 Ivan AX Mathis Is To Head Postal OCT.lt INDEPENDENT XEW8FAPEK Week Ending September 8, 1932 I LO.P. Primary Called Saturday; Clerks For Coining Year Jvtn J. Mathis of Salt Lake City Seegmiller Opens Campaign - elected president of the Utah tion of patrons in making the postal yit clerks1 work easier. federation of Postal Clerks at the He urged careful addressing of mail conventannual of the session gjnMi aud declared that the postoffice deion Sunday in the eity hall Mathis partment was often criticised for misMcDonald E. of 0. Logan, peeeedi takes of the "The public. department vho declined reeleetion, although the is ever alert to meet changing condioeorfation went on record in favor of tions so that service to the pufclie will logining him. always be on a high plane, he said. Other of fleers chosen were: Viee Declaring that the last session of -t-rident, William P. Clayton, Provo, eongress took the benenceteding A. R. Ward of Ogden; Ira fits establishedaway many of by postal clerks' asL Brady, Ogden, reelected secretary sociations during twenty-fiv-e years of iod treasnrer; Albert Rasmussen of Frisvolt urged that governeffort, . Winkenwerder Fred and Prico, Provo, ment employes continue their fight to Bsdolph Dittman, Salt Lake City, exuphold wages and living standards, ecutive board. not postal clerks, but also of in favor voted of a all only-oThe delegates other workers. mutation designed to improve workiThinks Pension Leads. ng conditions of substitute clerks. Ho declared that, in his opinion, the The resolution placed the association cent most important legislation fostered m record in favor of a iate for substitute employes, with an by the employes was the retirement additional five eents per hour after pension. "It was a decided mistake for the etch period of service. to ent the salaries of fedgovernment Honrs. Work Comparatively Few eral employes in order to reduce exdiscussion out in the was It brought Congrssman Colton said. He that substitute clerks expect to be penses, stated national representatives were becomiten for before employed years being petitioned to reduce ng regulars, and that daring that constantly taxes and, in direct contrast, were time they work a comparatively few continually being requested to make hours etch week. appropriations for projects. affectibill of the Repeal economy Speaking in a different vein, he in ng postoffice employes was urged the delegates to look upon their urged another resolution. It was the opinion not as a job, but as a employment dethe the of delegates that postal trust. of position "If you dont like partment was not administering the enter some other eivil serbw as eongress intended. The bill your work, vice occupation, for, to be faithful provides that regular clerks take must receive more enmonth's furlough etch year without servant, you from joyment your profession than inpay, and the clerks associations from anything else, Colton said. substitmean to that this terpreted A trip to industrial plants of the ute rlrrks would be used during the will be made by the delegates county furloughs. under the' direction of the Blonday, howevto the resolution, According Chamber Price of Commerce. er, in many places, substitutes are not used. stated resolution that The being the manner in which the bill is being administered is depriving substitute employes of 10 per eent of their sal-rwhereas the wage redaction then should ijvplv only to employes drsw-m- g - f 65-p- 2246-ho- ur y, over flOOO. Other Resolutions Adopted. Other resolutions were substantially as follows: That the pension paid to postal employes after retirement be paid to their widows in ease of death: that every effort be made to farther L Approximately 2000 youngsters in enactment of a bill giving clerks optional retirement after thirty years' Price east aside the idleness and carefree pleasure of the summer months service, regardless of age; that the week to resume their duties at school. The association favor the five-da-y first of the week found 1923 students and plpn as an.unem-the' four public schools registered seconthat and relief plovment measure, in this city.Enrollment at the Notre d-class . at offiees retain that rating Dpuie school wf nut included. regardless of whether receipts fall bel"fyhe high school shows an increase ow the required figure for second-clain the number entered last year. This offices. WednesJ. Everett Seely of Salt Lake City, year 840 were enrolled byTOO a year with iu comparison who retires October 1. after close to day 676 two yours ago Enrollforty years of service, was extended ago, and classes is not given: ment by an honorary life membership in the 'Combined enrollment of the Price federation. The associations also tenand Southside elementary dered a vote of thanks to Price eity, Central schools was GOO Tuesday of this week. the chamber of commerce, Prico e' This number compares with 5G5 at employes and others for the en- this time last year. tertainment provided. The Ilarding school is smaller than Opened With Banquet. it was last year at this time. There The convention opened Saturday have been 403 students register for evening with a banquet in the Latter-da- work so far this year as compared Saints tabernacle. Postmaster J. with 10 last year and 476 two yuurs F. MaeKnight acted as toastmaster, ago.- and the address of welcome was deTho enrollment throughout the enlivered by C. II. Madsen. Speakers tire district is about the same this Witc E. L. Jackson of Provo, district year as last, according to Supt. W. postoffice inspector; Carl T. Friavold W. Christensen. Approximately 5000 of San Francisco, fifth vice president and girls will receive instruction of the National Federation of Postal boys in the district this year. ss - post-offic- y Clerks, and Congressman Don B. Colton. Representative Colton stated that ho was opposed to the increased pos- tage rates and also that he was not in favor of the mnnnrr in which the furlough plan was being worked out IJo commended the activities of the Ctah federation, declaring that united effort was the only way to obtain hotter conditions in tho service. W. E. Fleetwood, president of the dumber of comm tao spoke.ITe fed the American people to vote at li.e eoiuiii clout e i so thnt men of high qualification would gnido the high qualification would guide the fountiy in this time of need. Chairmen of the convention committees were announced by President McDonald as follows: Credentials, by William Clayton, Provo, resolutions, J. Everett Seely, Salt Lake; constitution and s, W. J. Smout, reports, Rudolph Ditt-n- . Salt Lake; audit, Ivan Mathis, Salt Lake City. Mr. Jackson, Mr. Frisvolt and Colton were also speakers at public meeting held in the Latter-"- v Saints tabernacle Sunday aftern- rr, rs by-law- Con-Pwn- oon. Traces Postal History. Histnrv of the postal service, which wiMbimk to 1516 in Italy, was traced V Mr. Jackson, who summarised the Porttnce and extent of the present According to Mr. Jackson, tOO.OOfl.OflO pieces of mail are han-annually, and ho urged coopera rye. Sport Event MUTUAL LUMBER IS BURGLARIZED Burglars entered the Mutual Lumber company store in Price eaily Friday morning by prying off the iron ban over the bark window, and made away with several hundred dollars worth of guns, ammunition, pocket knives, hunting knives, and watches. The stolen goods were later discovered in an automobile, and Pat Hogan of Los Angeles, Calif., is being held in tho eounty jail. Tho car in which the goods were found was registered in the name of tho Pacific Land' com- of San Francisco and it is Eny that the car is a stolen one. Hogan was seen early Friday mornwhieh ing wearing a cartridge belt, was part of the loot He waa plaeed under arrest by Nephi Gunderson, night marshall, and is being question- Carbon enunty tax problems were brought before a gathering-orepresentative taxpayers at' a meeting held Wednesday evening at the court house and sponsored by the Utah Taxpayers association. Local conditions were discussed by several speakers and graphs illustrating the increase in the tax burden were presented by Dr. M. U. Harris, statistician of the association. Among those who spoke were llen- Prieo attorney; Mrs. F. SKuggeri,of Helper; Supt W. W. Christensen of Prico and Charles Leg-e- r of Helper. Ruggeri declared that conditions have come to a point where actual cost of government must be reduced and that the county has been on a spending spree. He presented figures showing valuation and bonded indebtedness of the eounty for the past several years, stating that the shrinkage in valuation meant an increase in the levy so that bonds eould Drury of Helper urged take an aetive interest Heretofore the women passive part, with the results that they have harmed their own interests as well as the interests of other citizens. What the Carbon school district has done to ease the tax burden was discussed by W. W. Christensen, superintendent. He declared that reductions wherever possible had been taken. (Salaries have been cut, transportation costs clipjied, building repairs decreased and roductions made in other departments, Mr. Christensen said. Pointing to the increase in delinquent taxes during the past three years, Charles Leger of Helper what he termed honest mistakes of publie officials. He declared that the unnecessary building of roads in the last few years has been a mistake and has burden. added to the taxpayer de-cr- id ( Republican eounty polities will get under way this week with the Irice precinct primary called fur Saturday evening at 8 o'clock. Aeeording to the call issued this week by L. A. McGee, precinct chairman, 33 delegate! will be chosen for the county convention, to be held a week from Saturday. At the primary a precinct chairman and secretary will be elected for the coming year, a precinct justice, and constable will bis nominated. The- call for the county convention was issued Saturday, September 17, at 3 oclock in the evening. Candidates for the following offices will be nominated: State senator, two state repr resentatives. one commisfour-yea- commissioner and sioner, one two-yea eounty attorney. The county' convention shall consist of 84 delegates apportioned on s basis of one delegate for every 35 votes or major fraction thereof east for Don B. Colton in 1930. The various precincts of the county are entitled to delegates to the convention as follows: Scofield, 1; Clear Creek, 1; 1; Castle Gate, 4; Hiawatha, 3; Helper, 13; Spring Glen, 2, Kenilworth, 2; Peerless, ; Spring Canyon, 2; Stardarilville, 2; Latud-i- . 2; Rains. 1; Price, 33; Wellington, 3; Sunny-sid- e, ar Ro-lap- p, II; BAY IS DEFEATED 2; Harper, 1; Wittis, 1; Ileincr 1; Columbia, 3; Coal City, 1; 2; Sweet Mine, 1, and Kiz. 1. Possible Candidates. Two local attorneys have announced their intention of seeking the nomination for county attorney. A. S. Horsley of Price and Thorit Hatch of Helper will oppose each other and are the only two in the field. Buth are young iu the law profession, although Horsresident of ley has been a Carbon eounty and has served several years as principal and teacher both at Price and Helper. He recently returned from Washington, D. C., where he received his legal training. Hatch has been established in a private practice at Helper for about two years and is eity attorney there. For the four-yecommissioner, William Stapley of Castle Gate is the only definite candidate. He has served one term as commissioner. E. E. Peirce of Price has announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination but is leaving the term of office to the county convention. He does not wish to oppose Stapley unless the convention so votes, tieoige K. Hill of Colombia is also seeking r the term. It is possible that a candidate from Helper will announce his ' intention for the term before the convention. The name of John Quillico Coiieu-liter- s, Democratic Nominees' For senator Dr. Klbert D. Thomas. Abo Far centres (First district) Morduck For contreso (Second district) Robinson. EGGEI1ISEN TO HEAD I. Will 8TATE TICKET Henry II. Blood, tovrrnor. 1). W. Moffat, justice supreme court. Milton II. Welling, secretary of state. Joseph Chex. attorney (cneraL Charles A. Stain, state treasurer. Juliui C. Anderson, state auditor. C. II. Skidmore, superlatendent of public instruction. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS C. Clarence N'eslen, Salt Lake City. John F. Welch, Opdea. Mrs. Frank A. Drury, Helper. Mrs. W. H. Greenwood, Salt Lake City. Henry H. Blood, ehairtnan of the state highway commission and a resident of Kaysrille, was nominated by the Democratic party Saturday as its candidate for governor at the state convention held in Ogden. Dr. Elbert D. Thomas of the University of Utah, internationally known authority on histonr and political science, wiil oppose Senator Reed Smoot. O. K. Clay, Carbon countys candidate for the nomination for attorney general, waa defeated by Joseph Chez of Ogden. The contest was fought out chiefly along geographical lines. The vote was 417 2--3 to 300 Clay reof the twenty-si- x ceived twenty-fiv- e rotes from his home county, one delegate voting against him. Tho Carbon eounty candidate got a majority of the delegates from Salt Lake and ran strong in other sections of the state, but was unnhle to pile up a large enough margin to overrome the Welier delegation of 6J), which went solidly for Mr. Chex. Cher, waa P. Dobbs placed in nomination by of Ogden and Clay was nominated by Pri-ic- . Judge George Christensen of Another eastern Utah aspirant, Vern Peterson of Castle Dale, was defeated for the state treasurer nomination bv Charles A i. Stain of Salt Lake by tlio overwhelming majority of 520 to 209. Stain rcrcivcd the bulk of the Salt Lake countv votes and gathered up a substantial following from every section of the state. Peterson was placed iu nomination by F. W. Keller of Monticello and Stain was nominated by C. A. Carlquist of Salt Lake. Carbon eounty was recognized by being given a presidential elector, however, Mrs. Frank A. Drury of Helper going in by acclamation. The Carbon county delegation supthe ported Blood by a large majority,Nes-levote heing 18 for him and 8 for This vote eamc as a surprise, as it was generally understood that Nes-le- n had a majority of the Carlmn delegation. Loral Blood forces were led by Mayor Rolla E. West. Judge George Christensen of Price had no trouble in receiving the nomination for judge in the Seventh Judicial district. While only one judge was placed on the ticket at the judicial convention, a committee of fnnr from the district was named to fill the vacancy. Although it is not official, it is thonght that O. K. Clay will he plaeed on the Bourbon ticket for judge in this distrirt. Republicans nominated but one judge, that being Dil worth atWoolley. It was thought that an tempt would be mado to limit both tickets to one man. 3. n. ed by police. The loot recovered included eleven watches, typewriter, check protector, four guns, ten hunting knives, forty-tw- o addpocket knives, playing cards, saw back reel, ing machine, fishing blades, cartridge belt, fishing reel and other small items. The burglary was diseorered early in the morning by Night Marshall Nenr"-tieDr. J. C. Ilubbard returned Monday phi Gunderson, who haa mvle a of trying all doors of business evening after three days spent in Idacalled by the houses, and found the bark door of ho Falls, where he was illness of an uncle. tho store open. s be retired. Mrs. Frank lio women to in government. have taken a E0.E.AJ Claude Eggertscn, teacher in the Carbon county high school, was elected president of the Eastern Utah Educational association at its annual election of officers Monday. He succeeds L. E. A cord of Castle Gate. Frank Jonas, also of the high school, was made secretary and treasurer to succeed Clark Wright. Other officers elected were Verne Rampton. Kenilworth, viee president; Joseph Brown, Sunnyside, and Leon D. Lnnd, Spring Canyon, trustees. The Carbon county teachers institute opened at 10 o'clock with a welcoming address of George Ruff, president of the board of education. Supt. W. W. Christensen outlined work for the year and gayq a brief talk on the outlook for the term.' Othcri speakers were Lofter Bjarnason, superintendent of intermediate and junior high school in Utah and President Knudsen of Snow College. During the afternoon departments! meetings were held in the high school. Matilda Peterson, auicrintcndrnt of of the primary grades, had ehai-gthe primary section nnd discussed leeching of primary reading. Elementary and high school sections were under tho supervision of Bjarnason, who discussed ritilizing English teaching. e Little was done outside of the routine matter of passing claims at the regular meeting of the eonnty commissioners Tuesday of this week. F. P. Fisher was granted an exton-tio- n of 30 days on the eonnty road equipment. Fisher received the graveling job in Frire ranyon and .reports work as progressing. The graveling should be far enough along within the next two weeks to allow laying of asphalt on three miles. The asphalt work will he done by Smith and Lamph and includes three miles from the end of the pavement near Castle Gate to Rolapp. Several delegations met with the board and asked a portion of the government money which the eonnty ia scheduled to rrreive. This matter was deferred until the money is received. Curtis EUwnod and George Nelms were granted a license to conduct an abstract business. ' ANTLERS LODGE TO TO BE INSTALLED e Price Lodge No. 1550, B. P. O. E., institute an Antlers lodge in Price on September 24, according to F. W. Averill, who has had charge of its organization. About 50 charter members will be initiated. Officers from the Antlers lodge in Salt Lake City will have charge of the services. This order ia a junior organization of the Elks club and fallows closely the principles of the will senior lodge. life-lon- g ar two-ye- four-yea- ar - two-ye- ar bas been mentioned. There is not much interest in the senate nor the house of represents tivs. No one has made a definite announcement bnt it is expected that several names will be presented to the convention. Democratic Candidates. On the Democratic side the greatest interest is being centered on the commissioners and senator. Walter C. (lease will undoubtedly be the partys choice for eounty attorney, having served one term. O. K. CIny definitely announced Wednesday that he would not aceept the nomination for judge in this district. Stanley Edwards of Hiawatha and George M. Miller and possibly a man ,from Helper will enter the race for four-yea- r commissioner. Miller is also being mentioned for the senate and declared that he would aceept whatever office the eonnty convention bestowed upon him. Edwards is also mentioned as a possible senator. While he has made no definite official announcement, Dr. C. R. Fahring of Hel-Imay ho a candidate for the four-yea- r term. W. E. Jones and Irvin Ocrhcr of Wellington are seeking the two-yenomination. 1L S. Itubinctt, former county treasurer, has also announced his eandidacy for tho short term. Walter Knox, present chairman of the county commission, will seek the senatorship from this district. W. F. Olson, former mayor of Price, will also be in the race. George M. Miller is receptive and Stanley Edwards of Hiawatha is a possibility. The Democratic convention will be held in Price the first part of October, aeeording to Carl W. Ernpcy, eonnty chairman. Precinct primaries will bo held in the county after the 20th of this month. er ar Mr. and Mrs. Hal MaeKnight are the proud parents of a seven-poun- d baby born by a Ccaearian operation, which was performed last (Thursday) "vening at the Price eity hospital Because of the "auffering of the father who is linotype operator at The Sun, this issuo is a little later than usual Both mother and babe are doing nicely. Opeuing gnus in the coming political campaign were fired locally Tuesday evening at a rally held in the Carbon county court house when W. W. Seegmiller, Republican candidate fur governor, and George 8. Barter, candidate for justice of the supreme court, talked before a representative group of voters. In his speech,.. Seegmiller declared himself (1) in favor of the nee of Utah coal iu all state institutions as a source of fuel and power; ,(2) shorter working hours and five day week ; (3) in favor of placing tho public ranges under the forest department ; (4) to use his influence in protecting the mortgaged farmer from losing his property by foreclosure by the state land board; (5) trimming the governors contingent and traveling fund to a minimum; (6) to wort for reform in the state banking laws regarding suspended banka as outlined in the Republican platform; (7) to advocate and ask economy in the publie school system; (8) favorable to organized labor; (9) favorable to revision of the law to allow the governor to declare an emergency and al- -' low road work to be done by local people as a method of unemployment relief. Barker urged support of the state and national ticket "A man in a judicial position must be impartial, Barker declared. "I stand for a fair and impartial administration of the law and that is tho only pledge I make. He declared that from 70 to 80 per cent of southern Utah would support Seegmiller and the Republican ticket. Seegmiller s appeal was directed to the mining interests, sheep and cattle men of this section. He urged unity among the various interests in tho solution of problems df taxation with admission that this country has lived beyond its means, trimming in cost of government and years of hard work. "I believe the working hours in this state are too long, he said. "Our r working day ia bnt a He urged the compliment. adoption of the six honr day and the fire day week, and declared that if elected he would work toward making it a law. eon-pl- left-hand- ed eight-hou- Seegmiller ed denounced administra- tion of public ranges by college students unfamiliar with the conditions of cattlemen and sheepmen. He urged its supervision by the forest bureau. He bitterly opposed protected game preserves and specifically referred to the Kaibah forest. He maintained that the range land has been mined, sheep and cattle driven away and deer diseased. Ho declared that he did not oppose the sportsmen of the state bnt that if he was forced to' choose. between wild game and esttle and sheep, he would choose the latter. d of the irrigated farms in the Uintah Basin are mortgaged and are being taken over by the state. Seegmiller said that if elected he would demand that the farmer be given a chance to pay ont on the farms. Under the present system of foreclosure the security of the state is depreciating and tho property taken from the tax rolls. He advocated that the land board care for every mortgaged farmer as long as he proved his merit. "To eliminate the is the first step toward economy, he said. As a first step he would cut tho governors contingent fund and traveling expenses to a minimum and discard all "exeess baggage. Seegmiller and Barker left Wednesday morning for Emery eounty wlierl ho will address a similar meeting. One-thir- REID HARMON DIES IN SEATTLE, WASH. Funeral services were held on this (Thursday) afternoon' at 2 oclock for Reid Terry Hannon, 27, prominent Montana State football player and son of Mr. and Mrs. O. T. liar, mon of Price. lie died last Thursday in Seattle, Wash., from heart trouble whieh de- -' veloped from injuries received while playing footbalL He has been ill most of tho summer and went to Seattle to eonsult a specialist. He graduated from the Montana institution in 1030 with a B. 8. degree and for three yean was a leading athlete at the univenity, having been on the football and track teams. In 1020 he married Edith McDonough, a graduate of St. Patricks hospital in Missoula, Mont Ho was a membeer of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. Ile was born on February 14, 1905, in Price and graduated from the Carbon eonnty high school in 1922. Surviving are hia parents, wife, throe brothers, Brigg Culbert and Karl, and a sister, Louise Harmon of Logan. |