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Show j Ruminatin' I Roundabout In which Kuimmitor proposes to ilrcain a lot, thttik as littlo as necessary, scatter u few bouquets bou-quets while their objectives me still above the, sod to enjoy them, and fire a hot shot now ami then --while said Kiiniii.a I or can enjoy seeing the spai-ny. A very comprehensive slant on western Ami-run "taking to the air" wjis afforded last week following fol-lowing the devastating storms which wreaked incalculable damage dam-age on the southern portions it Nevada and California. Kor hours the only wire contact with Los Angeles was by wireless, or radio, if y, u tret what wo mean; while mail and passengers musi needs go by plane unless content to go by roundabout routing that - was nothing else but! A large number of Milford people peo-ple Wednesday had ;he privilege of listening to the chief counsel for the Union Pacific System deliver de-liver a masterful paper on Public Utility Taxation in Relation to the Schools of the State and found it good. Figures he produced showed in forceful and unmistakable manner man-ner the great part tne railroads and other public utilities play in the education of our youngsters and the carrying on of other functions func-tions of education and government, and those people attending that: evening's sessions of the Citizen-1 ship series could not but have had i a more comprehensive picture ot j this phase of taxation. j But youth had its innings that night too, with a girl and a boy , in their twenties putting over1 messages on diverse subjects all the while holding in the crooks of their fingers as mixed an audi-' ence as you'll find anywhere! j The young woman, representing a Salt Lake department store,' gave a style talk and staged a -briefed fashion revue that, while doing full justice to the work in hand, kept everyone marvelling ! at the intelligence, poise and per-1 sonality of the girl. j But we'll wager she's not j paid what she's worth to the store! j i I Doing his stuff in quite a dif- j ferent way but equally forceful was the extension horticulturist from the state college who dis- ' cussed home, farm and community beautification from about every angle that could be imagined. The fact that his talk was the principal subject of innumerable conversations conversa-tions the next day is ample evidence evi-dence that he aecomplishd in large measure what he set out to do with his rapid-fire barrage of plans, suggestions, praise and criticism that was criticism! i No sitting back and being com-1 placently contented after that talk,! as evidenced by the many rakes ' and shovels in evidence the next . - day not to mention those many I others who also fell conscience-striken conscience-striken and immediately began to formulate plans for major improvements im-provements about their premises. And also not to mention the upper-classmen from the high school who were unanimous in expressions expres-sions of approval with more than one hoping that he would be able to take classes under Dr. Stark. Incidentally, he has promised us (Continued on last page) Ruminatin (Continued from first page) to work out for next year a simi lar illustrated talk along the lines of improvement of present premises. prem-ises. Here in Milford, where it seems extremely difficult to get the building of new homes going on any considerable scale, there are scores of residences that could and should be improved with untold un-told good to the owner and com-! com-! munitv. ! And this is not overlooking ) i the many homes which have been remodeled and beautified during the last year or so by j citizens who did not need to be bombarded out of their leth-i leth-i argy and lack of civic pride! |