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Show hmmitnntliiliiiif A HOME TAPER Printed for Homo Folk By Homo People ggi27ZS2930 Two Volume A HOME DEPENDABLE Grand Island By Commissioner Proves No Smoke Nuisance Declares C. W. Burdick, Commissioner the Qufler j.a? anoter distinguished visitor this week, water and light commissioner, who came all the way from Grand Island, Neb. to see the smoke screen surrounding the Provo Municipal Power plant. Bp, Sadie, whats the matter! Mayor Mark Anderson, City Engineer E. A. Jacob, and City lidt you sleep well last night? I. E. Brockbank, showed Mr. Burdick around, seelook swelllgant Attorney so, you the construction work under way at Seventh North Mgh, bat youre fifteen mlnu-- ti ing early for your appointment. nearly ready for you ,pny. I allowed for a sham-,- 0 tor Ur. Iddon this mornln a eke aald her husband Insisted hi could wash her 6wn hair as ood ai I could, so I Jfit had to rA-- Jm A tka earl. I gaess right about the nr company startin Mrs. lawsuit! ? Well, Ill BAY Even the power com-ji-ti did! attorneys are handlin it kr! I wonder how much she paid for cost of suit and DID j at-ne- j,i fees! Oh, your hair feels dry Bade, i lanh this A. M. ! I believe id better have that shampoo Oh Ut kn. Iddon didnt take. jie, I have the time! t. eoeoanat oil again? or Teak, there are, What'll it WERE. action in that Gee dt! That one the Judge d the demurrer on is a Ian! 'ire, the bulldln' permit stuff! kith like me sayin, "Nobody : build anything on my lot ritkoat they first get special million from me", and then ki I want to build my own nice on my own lot, you cornin' ,u court for a Injunction and jli', She cant build a garage a her lot, cause she hasn't got 'million from herself to build litginge! ! ! What next? ? ? Yd did yu see how the power mt went all blue in the face laudin' a injunction UNTIL detailed machinery plans are uer eatues of sus-ilie- tile? INJUNCTIONS, that's lit they want, bigger 'nd bet-- t lajanctlona! If we cant get a permanent, then give em to i temporary r but do give us iuetloni! Even for a day, Jilt atop 'em, hinder 'em, a 1 causa em expense, by em, the supporters of the city bat will get tired of it all nd warnin' up and down the wet, God give us peace! ! ! bats what their actions speak, :d I still guess its true that t011 speak louder than words! Vh Why, " wre, I can see the Judges f view! If the plant Is so Oed that Its sure to he s mon nuisance. It oughts be aWaid till Its fixed so It wont Bat, Gee Whli, why ahould Kver trust be so concerned that? Clen cant get one "t lit dime for the work bein done til the power plant earns It, r plant cant earn It till It cant operate Pwstln, ' " accepted, it can't be ae- till it's satisfactory! bid right there. Bade, Im goln' " livin' the power trust a hy doin' s little prophecyln'. hes Quite a way in the fiirtli a M Pmcm Four) n street, and the abundance of water for the plant running past, and secured from him signed affidavits as to the operation ot the Grand Island plant. Grand Island Is a city of comparable siae to Provo, with about Light department has earned sg much money that constant reduc tlom In rates have taken place, so that today the average rate la 3.3 cents per kwh, whereas Prey vo's average rate, according to Mayor Anderaon la about 4 cents. The top rate at Grand Island la 4.5 cents, which wlih the uanal 10 per cent discount (not an adT dltlon of 10 per cent and then leaving the sum aa la, If you pay on the line, as in Provo, points out the mayor) the top rate is actually 4.1 cents. This gives Grand Island's top rate about equal to Provo's average rate Mayor right now, commented 21.000 population. It has bad a municipal power plant since 1106, which was originally started with a bond issue of 235,000 but baa earned its own revenue sufficient to rebuild the plant In 1326, with two power units of 2,500 kwh and now another unit, doubling the capacity of the plant, a 5,000 kwh generator, la being Installed and not one dollar baa been borrowed by the light department Anderaon. since 1906, according to Mr. BurBut the picture la even better dick. than that, proudly pointed Mr. Burdick, who ahowed by hia 1938 The Financial Picture The Financial picture in Grand annual report that $378,800 had Island is the best of any city in been transferred to other city deNebraska, declares Mr. Burdick, partments from the light departlargely due to the electric light ment. In addition to this the plant. The entire cost of the new sum of $205,000 has been "In5.000 kwh unit la paid for, $350,-00- 0 vested" In various city projects, out of money on hand, and surh aa paving districts, sewera, the department still has $400,000 (Continued on Page Three) on hand. But that Is not all, the Y Bats Left Provo On Sept. 18 This Year For years the bats in the Utah stake tabernacle have mysteriously disappeared on Sept. 15, but this year they left on 8ept. 18, reporta H. L. Boswell, caretaker, who declares thousands ot them flocked to the rafters in the top of this historic building on the night of 8ept. 18 and were gone before morning, not a aingle bat being in evidence after the closest scrutiny Tuesday. Whether the gathering of Provo's bata lakea place alwayq ll juat before a migration Mr. could not determine, as this is the first time he has found them flocking in great hordea to the top rafters Juat before they go to some sunny Southern clime where they are assured their fill on cotton weevils and other of the balmy Southlands. The main thing to Mr. Boswell la that the bata have gone gone without a trace of where they went or why, but vacating their without paying summer home any rent or giving any notice. But next year when they come back In the Spring they'll find the tabernacle all "calked up, declares the caretaker, who le laying plana to close the slightest orifice, for bats enter wherever they can get a nose wedged in, their bodies being capable of wriggling through smaller boles than mice can eat their way through, he says. Boa-we- Registration Is World Wide Students from ail parti of the world will be flocking to Provo tbla week-en- d for the colorful event of autumn quarter registration at Brigham Young university. An expected record number of students will be greeted by Dr. Christen Jensen, anting president, who will guide the Institution through its 15th year. Registration will take place during Friday, Saturday, and Monday on the upper campus, with card being issued in the Maeser memorial building, and signing for clasaes being carried on In the Grant library building. On the evening of each registration day and of Sunday aa well, special programs will be presented for the new students In College Hall. Provo city and church administraofficials, University and tive and student officers, campus traditions will bo Introduced to the freshmen. Musical and dramatic numbers will he given by the new students themselves. Regular Instruction in the 35 departments of the university will begin Tuesday. DR. GEORGE H. HANSEN was named this week as chairman of the new radio relations commit1 tee of the B. Y. U. PUBLISHED HUNTING AT PliOYO, SEASON PROCLAMATIONS FOR 1939 ISSUED FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 22, 1939. INDEPENDENT UTAH Lets Keep PICKED UP Our Feet On The Ground IN The Siuestion of Neutrality PASSING R. H. SMITH, for IT years In the U. 8. Navy eervice, and a native of Salt Lake City, ha These are disturbing tlmea the American war profiteer la get- been named aa Recruiting officer for Provo and is now stationed ting In bis work, exciting tke t the Armory here. Increased out of by advancing prices people all roanou, adding the threat of enlistment are expected due to a still greater advances, following reduction in requirements made for navy recruit. periodically later on. These profiteer! would make J. P. McGUIRE le the first city you think the earth had opened official to actnally file hie nominup and swallowed all the surplus petition In the coming elecmerchandise, leaving not enough ating to go around, and many peopla tion here. He has 128 names attached to hie papers seeking a fall for that line of bunk. To the writer's way of think- fuor year term as city commissioner. ing, the profiteer is as much aa a enemy of oar peopla as la the InFLORENCE BONE la Utah's vader. Reed the government rebealt bleat girl, acclaimed at a ports which state there is plenty to be bed of nearly all commodi- banquet In the Newborn hotel after having been ties, with a surplus available for Monday night international commerce, and you adjudged4 winner during the day In will cease to get unduly excited. at the II club health contest Miss Bona stata fair. Utah the Of course a Justifiable reason for difference in price does la n daughter of Mr. and Mrs. and John Bone of Pleasant exist, but no Juat cauao can be a slater of Ellen Bone View, who won adfound for the unreasonable vances being made by unscrupu- tho name honors at last years lous manufacturers, and distribu- state fair. a tors. GOLDEN L. WOOLF, principal disMany manufacturers and tbe BYU aenlor training school, tributor! are not unscrupulous, of p. m., October 5, 19S9. All to dis- was accepted unanimously aa a and are not resorting to atato territory and honorable methods. I would cite high couurllman of tbe Utah sex of animal desired to be taken lake the .Melchlaedek priestyour readers to two different hood at and accompanied afternoon meeting Sunday by certified firms to ahow this fact. name wae presented by check or money order for fee. An Eastern Coast manufact- when hie are re- urer If more application President R. J. Murdock. Mr. upon receiving n ceived for any area than the numfrom Butler's the lat week In Sep- Woolf's appointment complete ber of permits to be issued then tbe quorum of the high council tember, returned It to ns, saying drawings for the permits will he prices had advanced 88 per cent. In this slake, tbe other members Dr. L. W. Oakes, I. E. held at 2:00 p. m. on October 11, That's a pretty stiff advance only being 1929. a few days after war had been Brockbank, O. E. Olsen, Lester Districts are: Cache, 140 per- declared. We R. Taylor, John F. Mower, Theoenclosing mits; Heaaton, 15 permits (bull our check, and replied, a 10 per dore M. Taylor, Benjamin II. offering elk only); Nebo, 275; Manti, 100; cent advance. Merrot Norton, Arthur Again they return- Knudnen, Fish Lake, 50; and Timpanogos ed our order and D. Taylor, Karl O. Knudsen, and We cancheck. Paxman. district 10 permlta. celled the order, believing the W. Monroe DEER asked were unwaprices they In addition to the regular rranted ' by any shortage of the raw Baby season' for buck deer there will be 10,700 permits lsaued in Utah product. In contrast, our experience Child in Crane this year for Doe deer. These with the NoMend Hosiery peopla Home permits are to be issued at check- Is gratifying. They wrote n Maternity stations established at ing 8ciplo, Sept. 12 saying: "We are making Twenty minutes before the new Holden, Fillmore, Meadow, Kan-os- every effort to maintain prices, Utah Valley hospital was opened Cove Fort, Sevier, Elsinore, the general increases an- Monday morning, Bept. 18, a baby Richfield, Beaver. City Creek, despite nounced with fell openings. girl wan born to Mrs. Robert Glenwood, (near Junction); TThe European situation baa Burns of Grand View at the Crane Kooeharem, stimulated a Monroe, highly speculative Sigurd, Saline, Willow Creek, ilk market with present quota- Maternity home which will be the (north of Ballna); Lost Creek, tions representing nn increased last baby to be born In this Insti(aoulh of Ballna) ; and Junction ilk cost. We request your whole- tution of long service to Provo and surrounding communities. of and Sallna-Emer- y hearted cooperation In our emerThe seme morning at about 11 highway. gency sale policies which include a. m. a baby boy was born to Mrs. Doe permit cost residents the acceptance of no order for a Paul W. Carrol of Orem, the first $1.50 each to those having big beyond n normal quantity child to be born In the new Utah to end those $1.00 game permits fill-i- n requirements. hospital. Valley not having the other license. "We fully expert to have ample Honors thua gw to Provo bench Season for special deer hunt is merchandise to supply all your for closing tha Crane from October 21 to 21, both In- needs for the balance of the year. home after so many yearsmaternity of comclusive. Permit! on sale at 7:00 If the continues condition present eervice, and opening the munity a. m. October 18, 1939 at the higher prices will be necessary, Utah hospital to many, station!. but your cooperation will at least many Valley more years of Increased PHEASANTS this action. eervice here. Utah county pheasant hunters delayNoMend Hosiery company. Sunm. will open fire at 7:00 a. You will note particularly that day morning, November 6th and this company will not allow larCommunity Church the open season will bo 5 days, ger 2ml. North UnlviTNily Ave. to take advantage operators 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9. The bag limit of their amaller accounts. Buremains at three male birds per tler's likewise ask customer co- Church School 9:46 A. M. day and the possession limit, two operation, and assure our patron Morning 8orvlce.......ll:00 A. M. day' legal kill. that no advance in prices will oc- Young People' C. E. 7:00 P. M. QUAIL cur unless we are obliged to pay Rally day In (lie C'liunh Hrliool A two-da- y qnail aeason baa an advance. We will also refuse Healing will be the theme of been proclaimed for Utah county, to place orders with distributors the morning service. November 6th and 8th and the who ahow a disposition to proat Painty h'ki (. K.134meets bag limit le 10 birds. North lat Eaat fiteer. The shooting opening at 7 a. m. M Inn ina ary HoriHy Again: "Let's Keep Our Feet and close at 8 p. m. every day on the Ground. Be truly meets Tuesday with Mrs. McBride of the open eeaeon. BOO North University Ave. American. W. R. BUTLER. During the past week we saw; Coleman Allred busy applying the last coat of paint to that new trailer, (It's built specially to haul deer;) Milt Perry shelling 0 out for that new that Chic Baum won on the punch-boarClyde Mitchell, putting new eights on the old gun and making a date to go out and try 'er; L. C. Guymon, practicing with that hat of hie so next month Itll be sure to stay up so ho can go hunting. All of these antics remind ue that the annual hunting season is just around tho corner so we ramble over to Oscar Carlson's aporting good'a and tberes Oscar bnay pouring over the latest proclamations. Here'a what we found out from Oscar. Itegulal hunt ELK Season: November 1 to 10 Inclusive. 800 permits to be issued. Utah residents pay $10 each for Elk pennlta and the fee is $50. Applications for Elk permits to be in to flah end game commissioner not later than 5 10-3- d; -- nt er Burns . Last h. Emery-Freemo- nt week-to-we- ek . Canada Aims To Finance War Without Inflation, Says Report there may be very little lowering of the Canadian standard of livbKons of 1914-1- 8 Heins: Brought to Bear ing. It propose to appropriate this 0 Present Canadians War for by Budget surplus production by a combination of taxing and borrowing on The Dominion government of Canada has laid its cardsr the principle of making the table and is explaining its proposed financial arrange-fo- strongest shoulders bear the the war now declared on Germany before heaviest load. Population to news sent to the Lethbridge Inflation la one of according Alberta's outstanding daily newspapers. The to be used to avoid inflation ana aesirucuim credit is of vital interest to millions of American ho have relatives, and friends, in Canada, and also erable business with our Northern neighbors. (From the Lethbridge Herald) contrast with 1914, take steps to expand Canada administration knows production to the m,x mJ -- 11 ,nTO,e f,,,, details of war flnan- effect upon a country nda. and can make Its singly. ea of tonch revealed tat address is one of Bf the establishment of department of finance tnk of Canada. Behind fa aorae brilliant rente Canadian economy ! ran 1 trees. uo T eo simple that J tremendous wntribution for Han can follow It. needs without unduly bnren" people. Indeed, ernment proposes to the Canadian t PLANT A WEEKLY NEWSMAGAZINE OF LOCAL AFFAIRS Number Forty -one Affidavits Clara, la ' Emphatically Rejected It rejected Inflation emphaticbeing the most unjust way ally of taxing for war purpose. It does not propose to allow an unwarranted rise In the interest rate, and it baa the machinery to prevent such a development. The grave errors of war finanwhich exploited cing In 1914-1the masses and created a concentration of wealth in the hands of a few war millionaires, are to be avoided if possible, the document indicate. This budget will, a it significance I understood, add Immeasurably to the reputation and adpublic support of the present ministration. Iluiljcrt I Exposition Of Lurid Economics of lucid an exposition Aa economic It wae the outstanding contribution to parliament In the past decade. It wae received by the house with almost unanimous enthusiasm. Government to follow as far aa procurable a pay as yon go policy In war finance Insisting on prinrdpfo of "equality of Nfri-H- it on ImnIn of ability to pay." Nrersaary borrowing expected to lie rffrrted within Canada at little Inrrease over present peacetime rate of interest. Onh'r for munitions and sup-plex peeled to provide stimulus In business, expanding Increasing tax payments and enlarging inromee. No large scale borrowing operations anticipated nntll after Initial period of wartime expansion well under way. Government will not be timid In deriding when taxation lias rrarhed the limit beyond whlrh If rannot go without producing Inefficiency ami lack of enterprise . A small and rarefully regulated amount of credit expansion" may not hr undesirable in early stagra of the war. Revenue for current fiscal year, without taxation changes, U pared with 8400,000,000 estimated In last budget. Estimated expenditures for current fiscal year. Including 8 1 00,000,000 in war appropriation act, la 8081,000,000 leaving an estimated deficit of 8130,000,-OO- Canada's economic war effort may mesa some regimen I at ion which might not be aoreplable to a democratic people in peace time." Inflationary metJMHls of financing a war deserilied as most unfair ami unequitable of all meth-nI- n of diverting labor and materials to war time purposes. Respite Canadas public debt and defielt, In most oilier respect Ua economy la infinitely stronger than at start of first geest, war. Borrowing operation expected necessary but pulley will be to wait until after benefit of initial eronomir expansion lias been felt before long lerm large wale borrowing. tax payable oa individual Income beginning with 1939. Corporation Income tax Increased from 15 to IS per cent. Corporation consolidated returns tax increased from 17 to 20 per cent. SnJue tax will now apply to domestic electricity and gaa bills. Excise duly on domestic spirits increased from $4 to 17 a gallon. Excise duty on Imported spirits increased from $5 to $8 a gallon. Excise duty increase $3 gallon on domestic and Imported brandy. Excise duty heavily increased on beer and malt. Excise duties on cigarettes increased 91 per 1,000. Excise duty on tobacco in- creased five cents a pound. Excise taxes on all wines doubled. No change In sales tax. New exdsetax two rente pound on aerating preparations for soft drinks. Customs rales on tea increased from five to 10 cents pound. C ANADIAN TAX CHANGES Customs tariff rate on all imAll business to pay excess pro- ported coffee Increased 10 cents fits tax. pound under all tariffs, War aur tax of 20 per cent of estimated at 119.1,000,000 com- - (Editorial) Congress is in session. It has met specifically to determine what stand this country will take toward neutrality, not to make a choice between peace and war. No argument exists in the minds of any true American aa to whether this country shall go to war. Tha cornerstone of American foreign policy la peace Peace is so precious and war so devastating that the people at United States seelu only to preserve the peace of this country. The real question before Congress, and therefore before the nation, is the present Arms Embargo and whether this neutrality legislation should be amended to permit belligerent nations to come to our shores and procure whatever they may on a "cash and carry basis, for the experience of the past shows that our present law favors those aggressor nations who have ruthlessly built up their own war machinery Both aides to this question of neutrality agree that peace is the first concern of this country. Both agree that this nation should avoid being drawn into this war. Both sides would avoid entangling alliances. Both want , strict neutrality. But President Roosevelt and many who follow him maintain that strict neutrality cannot be had under the arms embargo of today. They believe the arms embargo is directly opposed to the idea of neutrality. It would be well for all of us to consider why they believe this. First they believe it is ILLOGICAL. Today all trade in arms, ammunition, and implements of war is banned, but trade in equally essential war materials, as well as all the essential materials out of which the finished articles are made, can continue. Nothing exists in our present neutrality law to prevent our selling cotton for the manufacture of explosives, but we cannot sell the explosives. We can sell steel and copper for shells, but we cannot sell the shells We can furnish high powered fuel for airplanes but we cannot sell the airplanes. Such a position is a false delusion, because a continuation of the trade in arms is clearly recognized by our present law as a traditional right of all neutrals, subject only to the fight of belligerents to treat such commodities aa contraband, and so impose a blockade if - they can. President Roosevelts administration does not advocate any change in the contraband regulations. Today no one questions the right of seizure of arms by a belligerent, but we do question the rights of aeizure of the thousand and one other articles of commerce which neutral ships carry over the sea. What the "strict neutrality proponents are advocating is that American nationals be divested of all right, title, and interest in all commodities, .whether raw or finished, which are used in war, before such commodities leave our shores, and that American ships and citizens be kept out of danger zones. This action, if taken, would prevent . 4 all controveries over the rights of American ships or American citizens in danger zones, or through the sinking of American vessels on the high seas. Today we are always in imminent danger of Just such controversies. Our arms embargo actually plays into the hands of belligerents, but to allow any nation to come and get what it wants and what it can pay for, is to put American shipping and American trade out of the war zones of the world, and yet not do any more for one side than the other. embargo" legislation supSecondly our present ports the hands of those nations which have built up great fighting power, believes the Roosevelt administra- g nations, tion. It works directly against all especially those which do not possess their own munition plants. It means that American neutrality can be de- pended upon to allow conquest, and to permit any greedy nation to devote its energy and resources toward taking over its less neighbors, shut them off from supplies, which by every rule of international law, they should be able to buy in all neutral countries, in--' eluding America. Such countries having only limited means of pro- - ; duction of arms, ammunition, and implements of war are at a distinct disadvantage by their inability to cope ' with their more powerful and greedy neighbors, and thus every nation is forced to shape its economic policy to suit the military strength of others, and so we have Europe as an armed camp in times of peace, each struggling to prepare to defend itself in times of war. This is a direct result of our present arms embargo law Some people seem to think also that any change in the embargo" neutrality plan would give greater impetus to government by decree", and so weaken our democratic structure. This is a form of argument which we fail to follow. An impartial granting of access to American markets to all countries without distinction gives the Executive no additional power to chooRe among them and to commit this country to any line of policy or action which may lead it either into a dangerous controversy or into war with any foreign country, says Hon. Cordell Hull, secretary of state, and his reasoning sounds correct to us. In conclusion, it seems evident that all President Roosevelt is seeking in any amendment to the present neutrality law is that American ships shall be prohibited from entering combat areas, that travel by American citizens shall be restricted during this or any future war; that goods exported from this country to any belligerent country shall be preceded by a transfer of title to the foreign purchaser; that existing legislation regarding loans and credits to belligerent nations shall continue; and finally that the National Munitions Control board shall continue the licensing system with respect to the importation and exportation of arms, ammunition, and implements of war. That Is the six point program" of President Roosevelts neutrality followers. It seems to rest ' fully on the established rules of international law. peace-lovin- well-prepar- ed "t so-call- asr |