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Show Victory Loan Drive The goal of $11 billion could have been reached in the first few days of the .Victory Loan Drive if the U. Treasury had been willing to let large investment companies buy all the Bonds. But the Treasury wants to sell at least $4 billion in Bonds to individuals. Theres S. a reason. We hftrdly need be reminded that Victory Bonds will not only finance remaining war costs but help to draw off part of the surplus cash held by individuals. This surplus is a threat to price stability while peacetime goods are scarce. The point is. with ample money and few items on which to spend it, there is danger that prices on available items will be bid up. Should this happen it would mean inflation and inflation means depletion of our savings, lower buying jwwer of our earnings, and eventually, economic chaos. So if we are to maintain the financial stability of the Nation and its to our selfish interests to do it we need only appeal to our common sense to decide how much we will invest in Victory Bonds. The shooting has stopped but we must continue to use our dollars in the fight for a sound and stable peace. Armistice Day Like a ghost from the tomb of the past the anniversary of Armistice Day rises to remind us of the great good that might have come to all men if the expectations of that day had been fulfilled. It was on November 11, 1918, that men hailed the birth of a new era in human relationships an era in which tjie world would be safe for democracy. Governments were to settle their differences by international arbitration instead of international anarchy; justice for all peoples both great and small was to be achieved through the League of Nations. But the fervent hopes and joyous expectations that were born that day did not live long. They were suffocated in the atmosphere of intense national selfishness, i jealousy and power politics. In 1918 men thought or professed to think that lasting peace could be attained through holding conferences, making agreements, signing documents. These things were done, but permanent peace did not come. Why? Because the form for peace was there but not the spirit. Conferences without cooperation, agreements without adherence to them, signatures without sincerety all these led down the y road to a repetition of he holocaust of 1914-1Armistice Day of 1945 finds us telling ourselves that "this time the sacrifices of our boys will not have been in vain. They need not be, but their sacrifices alone cannot insure peace. Permanent peace must grow out of the day to day efforts of men of all nations to deal with each other tolerantly, patiently,: understanwell-rutte- d, one-wa- 8. ding. If this be done the haunting ghost of Armistice Day will vanish, for the great good which that day promised will be achieved. WEEKLY A Volume Eight ANDERSON, Numls-- r Forty - Nine PUBLISHED Americas Future The West is Americas future, and it's a large chunk Americas present. There can be no doubt that the vast empire of the eleven Western States holds greater potentialities than any other area of the Nation. This is not merely a wis-teconcept. Even those Easterners who once rarely thought beyond Chicago are now acknowledging the immensity of the Wests future. Progressive industry of today, like the young man of yesterday, is taking Mr. Greeleys advice to "Go West! The magnet is not only the Wests sixteen and a half million consumers and their buying power of twenty billion dollars, nor the retail sales of the eleven Western States which reached ten and a half billion dollars in 1944, nor a farm income which tattled nearly four billion in that year. The real attraction of the West rests in the treasure of its natural resources, its proximity to those of the Pacific Basin, and just 'as important the vigor of its of rn t ( people. Slowly c the West is winning in its determined fight toward eliminating artificial legislative barriers imposed by the East. We are winning a steel industry of our own; we excel in the production of aircraft; western automobile production is just around the corner. Heavy industry is coming our way. It needs the products of our mines, of our forests and the abundant water power of our rivers. The West is the gateway to the awakening Orient. We have the The youth, the vigor, and the know-hoWest is Americas future! w. f: Faster Than Sound H 1 There has long been discussion about planes that would fly as fast as the speed of sound about 700 oiles an hour. But that is just a snails pace, for it has just been revealed that flying machines flown in secret tests in the United States have reached the unbelievable Peed of 1400 mph. These machines are not manned by pilots but are apparently handled by remote control. r- C. C. Furnas who announced the existence of the now aircraft doubts if such great speed will ever be commercially feasible due to the high cost of operation. He estimated that commercial air travel in years to come will be at about GOO miles per hour, but that could travel 1400 mph. within the next 5 years if the cost factor were no object. Lets see: at hM) miles per hour we could leave New York by plane nd arrive at San Francisco an hour and eight minutes "fore the hour we left. - pas-plan- i I J es AT PliOVO. UTAH INDEPENDENT FK1DAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1945 E LEWIS-LOOS- LOOKING ' WINNERS AHEAD Sniff. JriiMU In an exciting race for the Mayorship of Provo, Mark Anderson, for the fourth time, was elected to Mayor over his close rival, George E. Collard, by the narrow margin of 72 votes, the count unofficial Wednesday morning being Anderson 2721, Collard 2649. J. Earl Lewis, won over Joseph H- Swapp, for commissioner, 3944 to 1405; while W. Dean r Loose won the city Judgeship over LcRoy Tucket, 2851 to 2397, a majority of 454. The unusual strength of Mr. Collard was surprising as Mr. Anderson expected to win easily, due to the heavy vote he received in the primary election, the ocunt then being Anderson 1902 and Collard 951. The Charter government proposal was turned down, the No's voting nearly 3 to 1 against the measure. Back in before the everybody n UNEMPLOYED IN UTAH COUNTY For the first time in nearly 4 years, Utah county has a large labor surplus and workers are becoming more plentiful daily. Many of our unemployed have distinctive skills and training that would fit Into the operations of Utah county employers to the benefit of both worker and employer. During the month of October, 4143 calls were made at the Provo office of the United States Employment Service and 1197 were given referrals to employers for jobs; of this number, 851 accepted jobs; and of this number 649 were veterans who have recently returned to civilian status and are looking for suitable jobs and trainingThe cooperation of employers is vital to the placement of both the veteran and displaced war workers who, due to discharge and cutbacks, are looking for jobs. Any opening that may be available can readily be filled if employers will make their needs known to the Provo Office of the United States Employment Service, W. L. Mildenhall, manager. Phone 156 or call at the office, 40 North University Avenue J. DEMONSTRATIONS IN ALBERT GILLESPIE Funeral services were conducted Thursday afternoon at in Edgemont LDS chapel for James Albert Gillespie, 38, who passed away Sunday in the Dee hospital at Ogden of Pneumonia. Bishop J. Golden Taylor conducted the service, with Curtis Gordon and his daughter, Mrs. Genevieve Ford, singing the opening and closing numbers, accompanied by Miss Cumorah Gordon. William F. Wiscombe offered the opening prayer and Ruburn Pyne sang a solo. Elder Peter C Larsen and Bishop Taylor were the speakers. Mrs. Elva Elliott sang a solo and the benediction was offered by O. C. Marriotti. The grave at the Provo Burial park was dedicated by an uncle. Sharp C. Gillespie. Cousins of the young man acted as pallbearers. James Albert Gillespie was born in Provo, February 23, 1907. to James W. and Annie Earl Gillespie. He attended the and Lincoln high Mountain schools, and was a member of the LDS church. He married Jessie Davis of American Fork, who together with an infant rhild preceded him in death- She died March 23, 1930. In 1935 he married Dorothy Hatfield and to them one son was born. The couple were later divorced. He Is survived by his son, James Earl Gillespie, his parents, and two sisters. Mrs. Ambrose (Emma) Jolley of Provo, and Mrs. Earl (Ailcen) Framp-toof Edgemont. 1:30 - much can we keep, and how much will be taken by tha government? Government in those days was the English king, of course. Levrra of Freedom People who thought the king ought to show more liberality called themselves liberals. In theory the king owned the land. In reality he held a tight rein over hla subjects. He taxed them plenty and hla subsidized buying concern paid little enough for what they produced. A liberal, In those day, waa a man who wanted government to loosen up bit In favor of the Individual Affairs of the people were not changed very much by the Revolution. Colonies changed Into states and new Issues arose but still there was an over-al- l government In this over-a- ll government were people or else feared who had, power-luto trust tha common people with vital decisions. Opposed to these folk were tha liberals, power-hungratiU plugging for personal liberty. Liberals Waa Out The liberals w era right Tima has proved beyond a doubt that people act better and live better end make more progress materially and spiritually when they have more freedom. Since the United States became a first-clapower in record lime, the world's wealthiest and happiest people, the word "liberal" has been popular here. A liberal, to us. Is one who wants the Individual to ha free. Through the lame historic periods America has had reactionaries. They were the people, in colonial days, who wanted the king to rule After the Revolution, the them. ame element wanted an iron-ro- d rule in Washington something like dictator. Small wonder that reactionaries have always been unpopular In America, people who howl against the system and try to grab power for themselves. Try to Swap Labels Reactionaries in America today are smart They have learned one lesson well. They are very sura of one thing: they have a bad name. They know also that the word "liberal" is an asset Accordingly they have adopted the term "liberalism" and can tkemielvn liberals. This is the very same political element that supports mure government rules and less liberty for Individuals. By the same strategy, this political element has begun to call people reactionaries who hold precisely to the liberal teachings of Thomas Jefferson. Don't let anybody tell you that government control of everything, and the destruction of individual freedom and opportunity, is the liberalism that Americans think so highly of nor that it is liberalism at all. It is a counterfeit road sign designed to misdirect American thinking away from the ways of freedom. st y Bug Bonds Now in America's Great Victory Loan For a more abundant future yours, your communitys, (be future of our millions of fighting mrn buy Victory Bonds la ibis last loan, the great Victory Loan! Your crop dollars can help pay the rost of victory and in ten yrara, Victory E Bonds pay you $4 for every $3 yon put in. Utahs Victory Loan Drive Gets Off To Flying Start aar-'Mx- u: GALLED BY DEATH UTAH COUNTY We, the people, are traveling at a high speed along the road America's colonial days of waste of our natural resourcwhen war Revolulionaiy and was underprivileged, es as land, water, fertility there were only three freedoms. Everybody hat a right to work hint, save as much as he could of his earnings and use his head aa profitably as possible In business. If you have a taste for long words you might call the three freedoms industry, frugality and ingenuity. Politics in those days were all full vs. poor-ma- n of rich-maproblems, same as now. They were, to be decorated with pretty sure, better English but the issues were about the same: What will we have to work with? If we do well, how six-yea- states CONSERVATION Liberalism - MANY SOIL GEORGE! BENSON IN ELECTION - The West OF STATE AND LOCAL AFFAIRS NEWS-MAGAZIN- E Utahs Victory Loan Drive got off to a flying start with $1,401,429 or 13 percent of the $11,000,000 "E quota being subscribed during the first week. PROVO LINCOLN ss DEFEATS 25-- 7 Lincoln high school won the Class B football title last Friday by defeating Pleasant Grove by the narrow margin of and this Thursday met the Provo Champions on the BYU stadium where the Lincoln boys had the edge over Provo at the half, but the Provo Bulldogs mustered extra strength in the lavt half to oulscore Lincoln 13-1- 25-7- . The drive does not end until Dec. 8, leaving five weeks POLIO FUNDS SENT or 83 percent of the allotted time remaining to subscribe the 87 percent balance of the quota. TO STATE CHAPTER All counties were given added incentive for early and higli attainment of their "E goals when slate bond headquarters announced four prize contests. First county to go over in E" bonds will receive from the U S- Navy a carrier based Navy fighter plane (to be flown in to Salt Lake.) Second county over antiin Es will receive a aircraft gun. County attaining highest percentage of E quota will receive an Army M5A1 tank. County showing biggest improvement over E sales perform57-m- J. W. Thornlon, county To the People of this Community Take a tip from your favorite retail merchant. Hi Christman counters are stocked (or the flrst lime since 1939 with commodities you dreamed about in the darkness of war. And yet he and his employees will go the limit telling ance in the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh War Loans will receive a 57-m- anti-aircra- ft gun. The awards will become permanent memorials of the winning counties and no county can win more than one. Tooele County took the lead in the race for the Navy plane with 37 percent of its E quota reached as of Nov. 5. Second was Davis County, 27 percent; Weber, the original challenger, and Morgan tied witn z3, Salt Lake 14 and Grand 13. Salt Lake County announced plans for erecting a huge thermometer on the side of the ConThe greatest good is prudence; tinental Bank building with firea more precious thing even men chalking up daily sales inthan philosophy; from it spring creases from the top of Big Dans extension ladder. all the other virtues. n, nmmm today In you for your own good to some' buy thing else first. As a war-withrifty American you need not that the name eg tills product is Victory Bond, that It can never be worth less than you pay for It, that it will return 14 for every 93 invested when held to maturity 10 years hence, that it Is your personal servant at the same time It Is serving your country's current needs, that it will assure you not only a merry Christmas this year but help to make Christmas merry In the years to come; Your merchant knows a great product. That's why be is putting every effort to stuff the Christmas stockings of this community with extra Victory Bonds. THE EDITOR se be told wywiMSiji rhair-ma- n nf the infantile paralysis fund, has sent $2,249 to the This slate polio organization. money will be placed in a slate fulfil to defray expenses of the (Nil io division of the Salt Lake general hospital, where polio patients from all over the state are cared for at present. At present, Utah county has six patients riTetving specialized treatment in the polio ward in the Salt Lake hospital. This year a total of 14 have been admitted from the eounty. receiving care ranging from two days to several months. The county chapter retained enough money for current needs in addition to $3,000 which has bfo set aside as Utah county's sha.v toward the proposed new to Mr. according hospital, Thornton. VETERANS NAME COUNSELOR Headquarters have been established at Ihe Veteran's home, 287 East First North, Provo, with George Killian installed as fulltime veterans counselor, appointed by the veterans council. Mr. Killian, who was recently discharged, is ideally suited for his work because of the training lie received during four and one-hal- f POSTHUMOUS AWARD He years in the army. BEING RECEIVED spent nearly his entire time in service in personnel work, Mr. and Mrs. E. II. Asay of coming in contact with thousTimpanogos ward have recently ands of soldiers and their probreceived a posthumous award, lems. Up worked in several the Purple Heart, for wounds branches, starting with the field their son. Sergeant David W. artillery and ending up with Asay, had received in battle In the air forre, thus acquiring a Germany last April, from which composite picture of the AmeriSgt. Asay did not recover, as his can soldier, the average G.I passing was announced some- with whom he must deal in his time ago. new Job. overgrazing. In order to stimulate Interest in It and have a knowledge of soil and water conservation, and the proper use of land in Utah county, several farms have been selected in the county to serve as demonstrations, according to an announcement made today by S. R. Boswell, Utah County Agent. Conservation surveys and have plans for improvement been made by the U. S. Soil Conservation Service in cooperation with the Utah County Agent and several farmers selected as demThese demonstraonstrators. tion farms are owned by Leo P. Harvey, Pleasant Grove; J. Earl Smith, Lchi; Ivan Thucson, Lchi; George M. Hinckley, Provo; Carl Alleman, Springville ;and Glen Holt, Spanish Fork. On the Leo P. Harvey farm at i ' Pleasant Grave the fertility showed lack of phosphorus, a shortage of organic matter, unlevel land with gullies and severe erosion. The plans for the improvement of this of the farm Include a irrigation system, a definite crop rotation, and the leveling of land and filling of gullies. On the J. Earl Smith dry farm west of Lehi, surveys showed sheet and gully erosion, only a fair stand of natural vegetation, studies have been outlined in crop rotation, contour planting, crop residue management, atrip cropping, proper livestock numbers, seeding of range plants, an-alys- re-pla- n gully control and more fertilization. On the Ivan O. Thueson place near Lehi, the plana for improvement include outlines for crop rotation, irrigated pastures, permanent high land preparation, improved methods of water use of barnyard application, manure and noxious weed con- trol. On the George M. Hinkley farm west of Provo, the plan was developed around the requirements of a large dairy enterprise Including the seeding of 30 acres of improved irrigated pasture, leveling of land cm practically all of the farm to permit efficient irrigation and The irrigation syscultivation. tem Is being revamped to allow for surface Irrigation from flow wells and a natural stream from Provo River. An effort is being made to provide surface irrigation which will result in the leaching out of alkali from the fields which are now subject to it. Other features of the plan include fertilization, a farm pond for the production of muskrats, weed control, and green manures. On the Carl Alleman farm west of Springville, plans have been outlined for extensive land leveling, crop rotation, and the production of beef on irrigated pastures and proper methods of application of irrigation water. On the Glen Holt farm west of Spanish Fork In the Lake Shore area, plans have been outlined for crop rotation, irrigation ditch construction, land leveling and irrigated pastures and also fertilization with barnyard and green manure and the renovation of a family orchard. It is too early to make any observation as to results from those demonstrations. They were all outlined with preliminary steps to show the value of a soil corWrvatinn district program. Final steps are now being taken to organize a Sotl Con- servation District in the North end of Utah County in December of this year. Plans for 1948 include the study for the organization of a soil conservation district in the south end of Utah County. Wm. Peterson, Director Emeritus, Utah Extension Service, Logan, says. Soil and water are the most precious things In the state of Utah. He Is the greatest patriot who stops the most S. R. Boswell. |