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Show ' ' r ' ." Dept of Ww Htetort T1 , ' - ' Utah Capitol : ? VOLUME 50 BINGHAM CANYON, UTAH, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1921 NUMBER 35 ........ j Bingham High School News A MOST TRYING EXPERIENCE. (By Lsouar;l Miller.) . The night I lost a collar button was very unpleasant. I wag going in Salt Lake City with my brother and so got out my beat .clothes and . began to dress. By the time I was through rushing around getting most of rayj clothes, It was i'ivs o'clock. We were to leave at five-thirt- As 1 went to put on my collir, but) of all the times in the world, one collar button was missing. I searched through :V- -i ery drawer in the dresr and Jerked down all the shirts in :ha closet to see if there could possibly ba a stray col-lar button In one of them. I was doomed to disappointment as there was none there. vI tore up the carpet to see if on might not have rolled under it, but was again doomed since none could be found. It was then five-fiftee-so I decided that I would not go to Salt Lake and began to tear off my shirt when. Lo! and behold! There was the collar button laying on on the floor were it had fallen out of my shirt. I hurried and put on my shirt and by running all the way to the station was able to go. Put I'ic experience was very unpleasant. - i ; ' ONA BALKY HORSE. (By Glenn Nell.) The mos't embarrassing time of my life was when I had an experience with a balky horse. I was working with a farmer who owned a team of large black horses, both were very good looking but one was balky, 'me dav I was sent with a load of grain AN UNPREPARED LESSON. (By Irene Martensen.) The first time one is unprepared is the worst. At least it was for me. It had been' any habit since beginnig high school to come prepared, but one night we had company, and it would have been poor manners to have ex-cused myself and study; I thought that I would help entertain; soon I forgot lessons and wehad a great deal of fun. Wheii the company left it was one o'clock and I went to bed instead. The next morning on coming to school I hurried, to the commerical room to get my lessons, but alas! It was nine o'clock. My first period was Algebra. I "got through" because I worked the problems as the students went along explaining thorn, then came my Eng-glis- h class. When the bell rang I had the queerest feeling around my heart. I got up out pf my seat and felt my knees trembling. Estella said "Come on." Taking her arm I was able to walk. What excuse should I make to Mrs. , - SpitzenUrger? Oh Dear, I visl.-- d I culd tfamt. When we c ame in there Mrs. Syitzenberger was look-ing cross. My heart began to throb, knees to shak, hands to become j c:ld, uid my lips trembling. Oh. If only J were dead. Then to my relief j Mrs. Spitzenberger announced that those who had net reported on three books would report on books this period while the others Btudied. That was the first and I think it will be the last time I had such a' sickening feeling for not being prepared. A NEEDED IMPROVEMENT. A new drinking fountain is being in-stalled in the high school building. We hope that it will make some classes less dry. ; : BUNK. He Really Should Have Notice in ' Advance. Mother,' (to Sammy, coming in in a beragged condition) "Goodness! how you look!" Sammy. "Yes Mother, I fell in a mud hole." : , Mother: "What! and with your new pants on?" . Sammy4! "Yes, I Jidn't have time 'to take them v' j : j I Not Quite So Bad. ' Customer: "Waiter! There's a fly in th butter." , Waiter: "Bless yet, sir! That's no more a fly than I ; am. That's a month." 666. Lecturer: "Yes, my friends, in China human life is considered of lit-tle value. Indeed, If a wealthy China-man is condemned to death he can hire another to die for him. In fact, many poor fellows get their living by acting as substitutes." The Wit of the Road. First Tramp: "Going in that house over there?" Second Tramp: "I tried that house last week. I ain't going there any more." First Tramp: "Fraid on account of the ' ' dog?" i Second Tramp: "Me trousers are." .First Tramp: "Are what?" Second Tramp: "Frayed on ac-count of the dog." Can You Imagine: Marriot grumbling about this colu-mn Vrs. Wads wearing rolled socks? The superintendent visiting the geometry class? Lottie without her much-prized- , modesty? "Siim" r:r.d::-- . ten page letter "Jin:;" as mala gardener in the botany c'.aiS? Row-en- s without her d Mary Hull as a Grand Opera singer? Miss Zutavern with Miss Cooper's voice? Lavoade as a basket ball referee? Do' trom. taking the part of Princess Kiku? "Icny" Caristensen as ? Miss Tapert getting angry? Nell with a bad case of mumps? Slim: And so your fried gradauted from a barber's college, did he? ? Marriot: Yess. Slim: What wa3 his college yell? Marriott' ."Cut his lip," Cut his Jaw, . Leave his face Raw, raw, raw." Wade: "Say Ralph, I see you are not dating up with your old girl What's the matter?" Ralph: "My tailor bill got too high. Every time I left her I had to have my clothes pressed." ' (Continued ou Page Five.) shape; as I went along tho street I 6o.w many admiring glances cast to-wards them. To see peop'.e admiring the team made me feel proud; and I drove along the street as though I owned them. As I was nearing the store where I was to deliver the grain, I came to a mud ho'.o around which was a group of paopls. When pulling through the mud hole, of course, the balky-- horse stopped. At this the crowd Jeered excitedly This embarrassed me and excited the team. Then it was "all off," for as soon as the balky horse became excited' he wouldn't pull at all. This left me in an embarrassing state of mind. To make matters worse, a man came ;alpng.-- , with a . team of very , small .'horses and pulled me out; The crowd 'surely did shout at my expense :.'. '. CARBURETOH TROUBLES. (By William Oddie.) An, analysis of the reports from Service Station discloses that in nine-teen out of twenty complaints of '"Carburator Trouble" the Car-buretor is not at fault, but in case it is, its common faults are as follows: Cause (1) "Carburetor flooding" can only be due to a punctured float, or a to a lurge piece of dirt or sedi-- , ment lodged in the float needle seat, These cases are very rare indeed, and the carburetor should be taken to a service station for examination and repair.. Cause (2) "Slow Leakage" is usu-ally due to a small piece of lint or sediment lodging in the needle valve Beat. If leakage is serous, remove nut on top of, float chamber, and rotate needle with finger while bearing down lightly against the seat. If this doe not help, tap down lightly on top of needle with a piece of wood, rotating needle in different positions between taps. If this does not remove the trouble a new needle seat should be fitted at the nearest service station. Cause (3) "Outside of Carburetor Becoming Wet With Grease.)" This, trouble is experienced with gasoline containing very low grade elements, Which climb up on the carburetor walls by the action of surface tension, but dre not sufficiently volatile o evaporate. The only remedy for this Is better gasoline. . ; A few rules which, if followed, will eliminate 95 per cent of " J carburetor troubles: !.,(a) Spark plugs must be freeof carbon. Terminal points should have 0.20" to .028" gap approximately the thickness of a thin dime, in case of a miss at wide open throttle look care-fully for a crack in the porcelain. (b) Ignition should be properly timed when no one cylindsr is on tp center the breaker points should be just starting to break with spark lever in full retard position. A good average adjustment of the break gap is .018" maximum opening. Breaker points should be clean and have flat ' surface wiring, system should' be clean from chafed spots where short circuit might take place. ' (c) ilntake manifold leaks: Entire passage from carburetor to motor ' should be air tight with no leaks from loose flange connections, thin valve guides, nor from primers or other a& cessories attached to the manifold. To I test for a air leak, drop some gasoline on suspected point when the motor Is running. If operation of motor is af-fected, a leak exists. ' ' (d) Compression of motor must be good, i. e., there should be no leak through the valves or past piston rings, and motor should "rock" several times when cranked i with the hand starting crank. There should be enough clearance between valves and tappets to Insure fiat valves do not hold open when they should be closed. Proper tappet ad-justment is usually given in Instruc-tion book furnished with car. (e) Gasoline tank , vacuum tank and gasoline line should be kept clean free from water and dirt. f) Cylinder head should be free of carbon. DEPRETTO CONVICTED OF .811,1 MUBHEB ESCAPES Convict Who Had Been Given Sentence of Death Was Considered Model Inmate Term Commuted, But He Was Disgruntled That Board Did Not Release Him. Frank De Pretto," 51, at one time under sentence of death for the mur-der of Eugene Allen at the Highland store in Bingham, escaped from the Utah . state prison Monday evening. His departure was not discovered un-til the next morning but it is thought that he left about 7 o'clock Monday night. Police'and sheriff's officers of neighboring cities have been notified ' and his description has been sent throughout the West. According to Warden George A. Storrs, De Pretto had been employed" in the prison kitchen recentland had been sleeping over the office. About 7 o'clock last night he came down-stairs and notified the guard that he was going to the boiler house. As he had had almost unrestricted freedflm for the past several 'months, and had never shown"" a disposition to violate the trust reposed in, him, nothing was. thought of the statement. e pris-- , oner walked from, the office and: that was the last seen of him. When the guard went to De Pretto's Bleeping quarters this morning he discovered that the- man's bed had not been slept in. The warden was notified immediately1 and an investi-gation started. No trace of the pris-on- e could.be found, however, and it was then learned of bis leaving the building last evening. :' '" ' Was Model Prisoner. Warden Storrs said De Pretto had been a model prisoner since his in-carceration and for several years past he had been allowed to drlve the priB-- , on truck down town without a guard. - When Gov. Bamberger and party went to the Uintah Indian reservation a couple of years ago, De Pr?'to was taken along as cook for" the party. While on the reservation.' the p-.- :. left De Pretto t?r --"wnil diye at a time and went over int? 7 X: ' that time De Pretto was v.p.1?r a "ife " ' - sentence. The warden said e s had ? ample opportunity to escape then and ' that he showed no disposition nor de-sire to leave. The warden said to-day he would not be surprised if De Pretto should return to the. prison of his own accord. i The murder of Eugene Allen oc--t curred early in the summer of 1914, during an attempted robbery of the Highland , Boy store in Bingham, where he was employed. Allen had been In the habit of sleeping in the rear of the store. On the night of the murder, he had been to a party. When he returned he thought he heard a noise n the store. Entering he was shot dead by Harry Brewer. partner of De Pretto. Investigation later howed that De Pretto was not in the store' at the time but was on guard outside. ". ; Given Death Sentence. Both De Pretto and Brewer escaped. BreWer was later arrested in 'the southern states and early In July, 1914, De Pretto was arrested in Butte. He was returned to Salt Lake fro"m Butte by Detective B. H. Segar, who was then a deputy sheriff. , At the trial which followed, both De Pretto and Brewer were convicted of murder in the first degree and vefa sentenced to death. The case was appealed and on December 2, 1936, the sentence of each was commuted to life imprison-ment. In March, 1920, Brewer con-fessed that he alone was responsible for the murder of Allen, ande Pret-to's sentence was further reduced to 25 years. Eecause of De Pretto's ex-emplary conduct, the state board of pardons decided to further commute his sentence and this was done on November 5, 1920. The time for the expiration of his sentence was then set for November 5, 1925. De Pretto seemed well pleased with the action of the board and expressed his satis-faction at having only five years more to serve. Brewer is still serving' his life sentence. De Pretto is described as being 5 ' feet 51-- 2 inches tall and weighs 147 pounds. He has heavy iron grey hair and a dark complexion. A reward of , $50 has been offered by Warden Storrs for De Pretto's appreheasion. CANYON DRUG STORE IS DESTROYED BY FIRE Midnight Blaze Destroys Stock of Drugs and Fixtures Valued at (6,000 Firemen Render Good Service and Prevent Fire from Spreading Cause of Fire Is Said to Be Unknown. , The Canyon Drug store was practi-cally destroyed by fire early Monday morning. The fire was of unknown origin and had made such great head-way before the firemen reached the scene that the stock of goods was al-most a total loss. Also the clothing store of I. Selvin adjoining the drug store was somewhat injured. The drug store was owned by W. L. Mclntyre and the loss was approxi-mately, $6,000.00 with $3,000.00 insur-ance.- The Canyon Drug store was formely known as the Steele Drug company and was one of the landmarks of the camp. The building was owned by Guy Eolognese and it sustained a loss estimated at $1,50.00 fully covered by insurance. Although this fire broke out shortly after midnight the local firemen res-ponded to the call most hastily and by heroic efforts confined the f ire to the building in which it started. BINGHAM BASKETBALL TEAM IS STILL Will ; The high school basket-bal- l team is continuing its winning streak, having won three league games, those with Grantsville, Tooele and Murray. In each' case a. return game is to be play-ed but the team will have no 3erious difficulty in winning these. The only serious rival this yerr is Jordan. While the team is making no promises as to the outcome, it may be depended on to do the uttermost to win. So well, Jordan has been defeated 'eforn and history has a habit of repeating itself. .; ; BINGHAM TAX PAYER PLEADS FOR ECONOMY . (Communication.) The following communication was sent to this office for publication and this paper publishes same without, prejudice of favor: "The town board will soon have un-der consideration the tax levy for the coming year. This levy has for the past two years been fixed at eight mills. This means that almost one-thir- d of the taxes paid are for local purposes; As the assessed valuation pf the town is more than three mil-lions of dollars it means that twenty-- ! four thousand dollars is raised locally. The tax burden is becoming intoler-able. The town board can and must reduce expenses. "To begin with a tremendous sav-ing could be made in the police de-partment. It cannot be doubted that for a nominal sum the sheriff of Salt Lake county could furnish all the pro-tection needed. Not less than thirty-si- x hundred dollars a year could be saved in this one department. "The income from license for 1921 will amount to little. The same is true of fines and forfeitures. The water system is little more than The people have a right to expect the same care in handling the affairs of the town that the mem-bers of the town board use is their own personal business. "The receipts and disbursements cRt not balance and cannot be made to do 'so unless another, eight milltax is .levied. This must not be don's, j 'Members of the town board1 it Is up to you. t i ; "A CITJTp'V TAX,PAWrR. DR. F.E. STRAUP AND COMMIT-TEE ON EUROPEAN ' MAKE fJEREPORT Bingham has always been noted for its charity and in the present crisis in Europe this town has contributed most generously for the starving children in the war stricken coun-tries. The movement throughout the country to extend relief to sufferers is meeting with- - varying degrees of success, and in Bingham in spite of the hard times, the contributions are far above other communities of like size. In round numbers the subscrip-tions amounted to over $700.00. Following is a summary report of the committee for funds collected In eWa'f' of child Relief ...teHiv Courfcnh ' , ; sv .: Proceeds of picture show, 'V Princess theatre $ 6 .55 Bishop Wright and committee ' '. District 186 52rS0, John Knudsen and committee in Copperfield 31.50 High School, Bingham, by Prof. . Nielsen 50.00 Jap Camp, Copperfield, by John Knudsen 33.00 Joe Melich, Phoenix and vicinity 36.7S Women's Civic Club, Lady Maccabees . . ; 10.00 Business Men of Bingham, by Straup and Quinn committee 238.00 Utah Copper employes, by , Mr. Carey and Cault'ied com-mittee 179.35 Total $708.63 A check of $700 was delivered to Mrs. Annie Wells Cannon for which official receipt is hold by Mr. Adderly. leaving a balance with Mr. Adderly of $8.63 at this date. Uncollected amounts subscribed will likely be ad-ded to this balance and same will be forwarded or given to such charitable purtK)e, committee may see fit. We desire to tlinnk the school chil-dren especially for their happy activi-ty in this matter, which made the pic-ture show matinees such a success and for their response in the high school collection. Also the manage-ment of Trincess theatre Individual contributions we would like to pub-lish, but the list is rather long. To the clubs, the business men and the employees of the Utah Conner com-pany, we expresss our appreciation. To the members of the committee who rendered such usual unfailing service we are especially grateful for their hearty Respectfully submitted. i DR. F. F. STRAUP, Chairman. C. E. ADDKRt.Y, Treasurer. Prof. L. V. Sec'y. ' MANDAMUS SUIT FILED AGAINST i ' CARBON COUNTY BOARD OT EDUCATION Mandamus proceedings have been started in district court at Price by R. W. Crockett to compel the Car-bon county board of education and its clerk, Ida R. Tanner, to publish as the law. provides a detailed statement of the receipts and expenditures of the district for the year ending with June 30th, last. Oliver . K. Clay is plaintiff's attorney. The board and its clerk were served with the papers in fie suit on Saturday last. What pre-tends to be a statement was published by Clerk Tanner In the two news-,- , papers at Price last; August 27th.V The receiipts for the year in this' statement are given as $481,948.01. Total expenditures $291,283.26. In ten, (only) typewritten lines Clerk Tanner tells what became of this two hun-dred and ainety-on- e thousand and some, odd dollars. Sees. 4614, Compiled Laws of Utah, makes it the duty of the board of education of any school district to show by publication in a newspaper: First The amount on hand at the date of the last report. Second The amount of sinking fund and how invested. . Third The moneys paid out, to whom and for what paid. Fourth The balance of school moneys on hand. Fifth The number, date and the amount of every bond issued and re-deemed and the amount received and paid therefor. , , Added to the total receipts of $481,-948.0- 1 for the year ending with June 30, 1920, is $13,900.94, making a grand "total of receipts and balances" of $495,848.95 or nearly five hundred thousand dollars. But in ten (only) typewritten lines Clerk Tanner dis-poses of this $291,283.26. One line merely informs the taxpayers of Car-bon county that there was on June 30, 1920, an "available cash balance" of $204,505.69. Taxpayers in general would like to know how the $291,283.26 close to three hundred thousand dollars was spent to whom paid and what for. In the pretended statement Clerk Tanner shows a sinking fund of $204,123.60. It is a huge sum of money, The people have a right to know. Hence this mandamus suit. Price Sun. . . MINE AMSfM BELOW AVERAGE F0RJ920 . Fatalities in 1920, While Higher Than In 1919, Below Average for Five Years. The industrial commission, through its mine inspection department, has given out the figures covering the fa-talities in the metal mine3 of Utah for the year 1920. There were a total of twenty-si- x deaths. Six of these were due to snowslides in the region of Alta .and the Big Cottonwood's, j which leaves a total of twenty proper- - ly chargeable to mining operations, which is the lowest fatality rate for the last five years, with the exception of the year 1919, as is shown by the following table: Number killed 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 Underground .14 22 17 9 14 !cn pit 8 4 9 6 4 Surface 2 0 2 0 8 Totals 24 26 28 15 26 A study of the causes of the deaths for 1920 shows that fewer men werej killed from falls or rock than for many years; but, on the other hand, the number of deaths, due to explo-- l sives, shows a very marked increase, i Some of these were due to the care-lessness of the men who were killed; some were unaccountable, and others were due to carelessness in driving away fume3 from explosives, which re-sulted in the suffocation of two men. Conditions, such as these, could be avoided by more care on the part of mine foremen, as well as against one in 1919. , In studying the reports of the fatal accidents, the mine inspectors of the! commission endeavor to place respon-- 1 sibility. This is not possible in all cases, but it, nevertheless, gives some idea of how accidents could be avoid-- 1 ed. For the year 1920, the inspectors placed the responsibility approximate-ly as follows, the first column repre-senting open pit mines and quarries; the second, underground mines; the third, mills and smelter: Pet. Pet. Pet. Fatalities due to condi-tions which could have been avoided by the companies. . .30 6 2 30 Laxness of foremen or bosses in some cases shared by the men ' killed 16 Fault of fellow em-ployes 40 6 2 Carelessness of the men killed 10 29 20 Purely accidental 20 42 50 UTAH-APE- MUST PAY CLYDE HEATON FOR DOCTOR BILL The Utah-Ape- x Mining company was ordered by the commission to pay B. W. Heaston, father of Clyde Heaston, the sum of $170 to reimburse him for money paid by him to Dr. F. S. Straup, who had attended Heaston when he had been injured accidentally in the course of employment with the Utah-'Ape- x Mining company.' The compen-sation already had been paid to Clyde Heaston. . "' LARGE CROWD ATTEND FUNERAL ONUDGE LEE , The funeral of Judge Lee was held from Society hall last Sunday after-noon and was attended by a large number of people. "Hie funeral was held under the auspices of the Odd Fellows lodge and Dr. F. E. Straup , was master of ceremonies. Other speakers were Judge E. E. Dudley, Archie Stuart and Bishop J. A. Wright. Music was furnished by Mrs. J. B. Myers, Mrs. Gilbert Wallace awt William Wallace. The burial was In the family plot of the 'Bingham ceme-tery. The pallbearers were B. F. SefN man, George Breckon, E. E. Gleason, F. M. Walters, N. Y. Gleason, Walter ' Chemy. There was a large and beau-tiful floral offering. FRANK FLY1 DIES IN SALTLAKE Frank Joseph Flynn, one of the best known and highly respected citizens of Bingham, died at St. Joseph's hos-pital in Salt Lake Tuesday. Mr. Flynn was born at Tecumsa, Neb. March 11, 1879, and moved to Utah many years ago and for a long time was .connected with the miving pic-ture shows in Bingham. He was a man and a good citizen. He was well educated and was well informed on current events and general history. He was a great reader and perhaps had more authentic information of past events at his fingers' tips than any other man in the camp., He was a veteran of the Spanish-America- n war and as a United States soldier and sailor saw service in the Philippines and in China during the Boxer uprising. At the outbreak of the Spanish-America- n war he was a member of the crew of the U. S. S. Wheeling and he went into China with the mafines. Although he had been unwell for a number of years he took a cheerful view of life and was always highly en-tertaining and agreeable company. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon from the O'Donnell chapel in Salt Lake. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Flynn, one brother, Dr. J. F. Flynn, and one slater, Mrs. Kathryne iHeidman. NO OUT-GOIN- MORNING MAIL. Owing to the fact that the Bingham & Garfield railroad has discontinued its early morning train there is at present no out-goin- g mail in the morn-ing from Bingham. This has caused quite an inconven-ience as the bulk of the mail from the camp was dispatched on this train. It is understood that there will be an adjustment of schedules before long. AFTER GREEKS AMERICA FIRST. z To our eternal regret, our color not being black enough, we the who layed in the mud under shell fire In "Sunny France" two years must leave town for work while, the Greek and other foreigner gets the Job we ' were laid off of on account of too many men???? What did we fight for? . -- If Bingham is proud of her soldiers why not show it now? ' . Bingham , H. E. WELSH. '' New York members of the American Legion are aiding in a search for Lieutenant Thomas Dunn English, . formerly of. the 78th division, and grandson of Thomas Dunn English, former congressman, lecturer and au-thor of "Ben Bolt." Lieutenant Eng-gli- sh was shell shoct.ed at the front f - Dahabeah. A dahnbenh Is an Egyptian baige r embllnK In conveniences and comfort the houseboats so popular on English river. Tourists along the River Nil tire them by the week. Fire at Hlhgland Boy last night destroyed the soft drlng stand of Joe Mains. The origin of the fire is un-- I known. i |