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Show ti mmmtmmmm IMP JAMPAW 140 JMUMMkS ;;;;;n:na A HOME PAPES Printed for Ham By Hone Paopla hi A HOME .. PLANT "C. iiiniiiititHnninm A WEEKLY NEWSMAGAZINE OF LOCAL AFFAIRS Volume Three DEPENDABLE Number Eight PUBLISHED AT TROVO, Electric utility Board Set Up; To Be What do 0 You Think , Responsible For Electric Plaet's Success (Opinion! by The Editor) A Clenn Drinking Fountain can bo found anytime In front of Sutton' cafe. It you want to know why that fountain I always clean, while moet every other fountain along Froro'a atreeta la filthy, watch the proceee moet any morning. One of the waiter la out there with a dlih of hot water and a scouring cloth, and there yon hare It a shining piece of porcelain from top to bottom, and fit for anybody to drink out of. Hats off to Sntton'a. For the first time in Utah an electric utility board has end some electric system. Ior tb operation, maintenance ,nJ extension of tha power eya- tem. They also fix the rates and collect the same from the con-wi- ll - taw .umer. of power and light In the miM,y organised under the general laws c,,? subject only to the consent of Utah in a manner that should and approval of tha City what Fremont, Neb., mission. We believe a three-ma- n and Palo Alto, Cal. have accom- Board plishad: efficient operation with such as we have created will add Inter- - to the success and general a minimum of political dency fo Provo's electric depart- In fact, one of the primary ment", declare Mayor Anderson, A. SHERMAN CHRISTENSON purposes of tha new Utility board b Provo's outstanding young man la to ''take power ont of polltice" for lfll, selected at tha annual In Provo, for the City commission Junior Chamber of Commerce intends to hold tho Electric utilbanquet, and presented to the to an accounting ity board strictly Jayceea by Clayton Jenkins, chair- for all appointments, expendiman of the selection committee, tures, collections, and generally Mayor Mark Anderson and B. R. for the success of the Power Rasamnssen the other being Anderson. plant, explain Mayor members. The ordinance Itself sets forth Mr. Christenson Is president of that the new board is to adminisProvo Elks 1 bringing Traffic the Junior Chamber and has given ter Provos electric system" In Safety and Americanism before outstanding service In this capac- f Utah Valley'i people ln a unique lt7 which was th first reaaon for way, on a business efficiency and ln accord- - way tho Elks ' American Quls the Committee's selection, declar- WUh hl,he,t atulnabIe Program which b broadcast every .g Mr. Jenkins. Other services pnblle good". , Saturday from 1.10 to 10 p. m. juted were: Preaident of the Weekly meetings by Me Board direct from their Elks Home in junior Bar association ot Utah: art necessary nnder tha ordln- - prove over KOVO. hi activities In the Klw.ni. dh; ance, each member being paid 5 a meeting, hot not to exceed 150 fortheyear. - The Board appoint lta own secretary, end such other for'admUrion. It b helped In apeech and drams. officers as may he necessary to not a Bde commercial program, and Mr. Cbrbtenaon was presented carry ont lta duties. Failure to oven the time on the air b de- - with a corsage ,.f roaea. attend meetings, or to carry out nltFd Previous winners of the Dta- week. K0V0 non-partis- an J. HAMILTON CALDER term Chairman, two-year A -- ST see appointment to fill the unexplred account for the fact that almost 1000 famlllea In Utah county mnat have additional Income over what their farms bring them. Mora than 40 par cent of all farms In this Dr. Tanner la appointed for alx ;rmn1f0r t0Y' d Calder, the chairman, for two ,AU ,futra nPPoIntments will ba years. county are under SO acres. To be successful on such mall farms specialised farming must be engaged in by But people every family. farm from year to year about as usual, and eontlnua dividing their farmsteads up with their children when they get married. The result la a yearly Increase in number of mall farms and a constant decrease In tha standard of living on our farms. JT" authority b vaatea ln these men by the ordinance, for they are empowered to em- ploy all employes, to fix and pay their salaries, and to purchase all necessary supplies and materials, CLARENCE H. HARMON Secretary, four-yea- r term Weeds are another cause of agricultural failure In Utah county. We have more than SO, 000 scree of Canada thistle, white top, morning glory, and perennial sow thistle. On 17.7 per cent of our beet crop land weeds increase tha coat of cultivation 100tper cant and decrease the yield SI per cent. On other types of land we have almost abandoned it to weeds. An agreaalve cultivation and spraying program la nnder way by WPA, and prospects are brighter this coming spring than for years past. Irrigation Water is Utah's greatest natural resource. In drought years wa suffer badly, but every year we waste water beyond ' ones belief. In the first place only 40 to SO per cent of water diverted from our main streams ever reaches the farms of this eounty, and In the second place only IS to S4 per cent of that which reaches the farm ever reacn-e- s the plant. What Utah eounty needs Is a water conservation campaign. Rivers and irrigation diversion canals must be kept free from brush, weeds, and willows which suck np large quantities of water. Headgatee and weirs must be maintained dividers, and canals most be lined where gravelly or loose (Special by MIBB VERA DUNN) American medicine has adopted the group method of medical insurance because it believes this plan will safeguard best the patient, the doctor, the standard of medicine, and society at large, declared Mrs. J. W. Aird before the good - morning, badiei i Womens Council Friday in her discussion on Medical In-- coma right in and take this alee rm gurance, in which ahe compared the panel system in easy chair far withminute, thin facia, England and state medicine of European countries with nearly through ' '" th" 1'1b Americas problems. think Hi de two Ybl-- I No state law exists In Utah tlma spent on personal problems, governing such an organisation" but no dedalons were made. Ptatas Mayor Mark Anderson, meetlnna Recnlar executive bs held by the Board each bat many cities In other state, w- costa alx centa per peraon, according to tha average income of 23 per month for a relief family. What would a 'relief" dinner look like on your table? Before yon cry out against reller' costa, why not fix up a real relief" dinner for your own table, and bars tha family eat it one meal, instead of yonr usual dinner. Here la what yon can buy for alx cent! to feed one peraon: meat I SS ounces S cent; potatoes, 1 lS ounces, Kc; carrots, S ounces, ttc; onions, 1 lS ounces 14c; fruit, ttc; bread, 111 loaf, ttc; oleomargarine, 110 cent; coffee, U ounce, Ke; sugar, lS ounce, l10c; mllk111 can, Be. There now yowhave spent your alx centa, and all yon have to do la get dinner ready. Small Farms Medical Insurance Discussed At Womens Council Wins Distinguished Service Award Provo's new Electric utility been set up in a municipality when Provo City commission board held its first meeting Wed- - passed an ordinance Monday night appointing J. Hamilton nesday evening, at which Mr. Calder, chairman, Clarence H. Harmon, and Dr. Vasco M. board empowered with full Tanner, members of a three-ma- n to and administer Provos munici-lem- a govern, manage, authority nature, orgsnixaUon probbeing discussed, - " Likewise S2JT34 ! awardi art null for tho boit ffin of iff, and a member trafflc uety logan of 10 wordl of tho law Arm. Cbrbtenaon nnd or leu. Awards are made at th. Chrbtenaon. the senior partner bl ftbr. Judge A. H. brMdcut t0 tha wlnnero. Th. lnltbl program Saturday night Chri.ten.on of Orem. waa moat successful, nearly 100 COUNTY CLERK C. A. GRANT beIor prMDt. b tha new preaident of the Utah State Association of County Offi-AUBREY WILLIAMS, NYA ad- - cere, elected at th two-da- y Balt mlnbtrator at Washington, an- - Lake convention Friday night. nonneed thta week a 1500,000 ap- - Borne tOO delegatee from all over Utah paid him honors at tha Anal propriatlon for Utah for out-o- r school projects. banquet that evening. . FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1940. INDEPENDENT First Utility Board to be Organized in Utah; One Purpose is to Take Power out of Politics New Utility Board Holds First Meeting A "Relief" Dinner The Tlmpanogoe Golf House la a product of WPA labor. Almost everything In that flna center was built by WPA, tha building being a Provo project under WPA. Dances at this club house have brought public approval recently for this commodious and beautiful civic and social center, UTAH The Utah Bute Medical society has a plan for hoaoltallaatlon and medical car which has now been approved by the House of Dele- gates of the Medical Association of Utah, declared M. Alrd, and this plan will be announced In the near future. In an analysis of the Wagner Health bill, now before Congress, 'Mrs. Alrd urged that it la I neon- latent with the principle of medical care, and la opposed to the principle! of democratic go- vernment. 8h ohjectod to the Investment of TMt Um of BOn,y (aderel hospitals and health centers in ,Tery itBU vher. no demand ,llltl for aueh Already thous- BndB ot Tacant beds are available ln hundreds of church and com- Bunlty hospitals hut no provision j. BBda (or their nse. Another objection b tho pro- poeed extensive program into the Held of "health diagnostic, and treatment centers. Institutions facllltlae without d"r,n,n tbelr funct,0M- 8h clalmed th Wagner Mil doea not rc4n1 tho Insurance, and most of them seem Qnlt favorable to a workable "lBl eociauon win ubmlt tb P they have drawn P 10 tb Oowtj Associations and have tha opportunity to bP Pt or lect It. Other 11mm, Several attempts have been mad to obtain Medical Inanranc here. One la tha Clark Clinic Contract which la now In opera-tlon. Dr. R. Gara Clark of the Clark Clinic explains that this agreement was originally planned toT th Uub ,ub, hl,b prlBV Quorum, but that It would be "Preferable for th state society 10 uk 0Ter th work on ruP of Individuals, so that the choice of a W1 Until that tlma physician. eomaa tha "dork Contract" will conUnue in operation. Another group, the Bharoa Health Association of Utah Conn- tjr organised recently aims to k moTm "rBllr avnllabta to tb enral public, services of doctors, physicians, surgeons, PP P! ... aonal foodaanitary "Sfuslnjot othOT sndth.lmprov.ment auKaMe M fBn,er. nT, hat! wbn I gat yon, YOU'LL b through prettier than yon are sow.evra. j,ut I won't promise yon the um( about Blll, what'a Blll been doin' new? Why, didn't chn hear him poet-jB .uiphwr at tha City Dads 'ad batcher" the other pight? Bare, I thongheh AMI O. K. now, Sadia, take this wait a secnir-- M me gat ci.an neck piece for yn. Y'n know, Badie-eopeople Bre die hards! Choa, that's .a party word, aint It Bade? Dta- hard" - mm-kinds meaaa they wont quit after thy-r-e Ucked, dost it? Wall, that's my friend B11L Oh sure, was gets ea if poU-aqla the ' helterekelter, manner that BIB pictured it, why, wed all rise np in protaet hut ter Bill to snlU all that .. ' , me m g'' ; lB8r ,UCB and lay help p.,. CRL profM. tlCMM Company's Mall he iCmmltteman Kalgtay got ae- - tha city's employees cut off HAD to be She farther objected e,, B e,,,,lc,' ana moved th trees near Mg party maeh to what does thf Bible eaR the Weldon Taylor, and T. J. Weaver k, ground that It provides for sup-- . 7! Itf gall 'nd worm-woorema federal control over plan. Yn'd think Blll, with nil kb medical to profession, aiming states the Individual proposed by M. experience, would on ... SSSJSSPja.AS to It choice aa prorid, for phyalclan. will and partial reimbursement of major medical and aurglcal condition.. It will make It possible for people of small Incomes to have medical care by a more even dbtributlon of the coeta of medical service over a longer period of time. According to Dr. W. Woolf of Provo, secretary of tho Utah County Msdieal aaaocbtion, tho doctors have all been contacted regarding the problem of Medical ho.pit.lii.tion Plan, famlllea or single 7" " "0JU' VWI""1 d d" himself before he went Veasvtna, H" wonldnt chaf BtlTlhataepM persona w fcH iim h,JkT7lat'?n that w all mm Mbav mow don i tretrlmmins b th' direct anpervbloa of gUte Horticulturist! I BUI aeei think power Unas oaghta he Rhereae they now depend upon7; tn. ,man Prcentage of people to pay built tn mlaa trees I Tfd maybe g ,walllgant tht,d tber bH1' do I cam JM The Aaaocbtion would also picture a Una ep eoatar etiwat provide educational programs and uba tint, tiriet wires inckto to project and other activities for ward' the ground VndiirhfsisrhiB. tha purpose of promoting the otm ja mental and physical health of its 'em, a pola set at aa aagle mambers. br BBOtber. reachin' ont Into tha itreet to gnlde th wlree around Irvcb. BtBUJBr'th,d- - d New Bishops Warehouse and Welfare Center Open Now In Operation For Utah and Provo Stakes v eurlln Jobs In one this A. M.l I jlst think I'll eurl Bill tke Bar- , h,lr a b,t whlU 1 . jtbnt m ,,1 anggastnlg that fer tho peat fifty does! Y'n beta ha boob I I I spent many, many lebnre hours ev my girlhood, sprawled on a huge branch nv an old boulder tree at th' old home, watchln' th' hooey bee gathering nectar from th blossoms. 'nd robbina feedin their yonng In the cool shade Jtat above my perch, hat Ive always thought t roes' greatest valne was tho service they, give tn mankind. I don't want 'em destroyed any more's Bill does, no, ner any mors'n yon do nor morem any other good eltlsen, Includin th mayor 'nd th city commtaaloooie, Ulen or his workmen! It's IF feslln that I hays that 8010 wu Jlst prompted by Ms festered feellns that makes uo tt-ra- ds DR. VASCO M. TANNER Named for term six-ye- ar oils water are losing through seepage. More storage reservoir on a small scale must be built, and poor lands should ba removed from cultivation thus saving water for better bnds on every farm. These are bat a few recommendation! made by the Utah County Agricultural Planning board. Now Is the tlma to do something about water. sore! Then, about these double pole line on some stroeb! That gtvee me klnduvs ache tool I Doesn't Blll know that even takin over th' dbtribntlon system 1om the are company some adjustments Some few line la necessary? Provo will moat likely always belong to the company. Why rare! Th company ahonldnt have tn build lines out around th elty limits tn get tn those customers living ont nv town 'nd who went be served by city power, should It? Those lines wont be carrytn' city power, most likely, bnt that aorta situation'll be few nd fur between! Yeah, I think Bill oughts he reminded nv th' sentiment nv th people on th power vote! Well all boost Blll when Bill gets tV sourness out hta system nd talks (Con tinned on Page Three) 3 . |