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I i M 1 j ti Y t t f f r Dads Dad's i t f i iS i'S J Column S 'S s. s t oI- oI I or 1 or 1 a SAM JR JIL In his column On the Margin In the Oregon Sunday Journal of o the says At 83 83 Edwin Markham Oregon's not not- noted noted noted ed poet still has a design for tor living Granting there Is no complete defense against the desolating years Mr Mark- Mark barn bam holds that even en at one Is old only If U he thinks he Is old Mans Man's use use- useless useless useless less period Is reached when he begins to live In the past to sink Into tage to shuffle his feet teet Instead of walk- walk walkIng walkIng walking Ing to whine and complain No man Is old eld as long as his hits brain Is alert his eye bright and his courage remains to look life lle squarely In the face My father Is well past his biblical l allotment of or three score years and ten But he Isn't old Recently he became a great grand father And got a great kick out of or It A bit of or a fireplace fire tIre Is comforting these long October evenings Scarce Scarce- Scarcely ly cold enough to start the furnace but none too warm Theres There's something satisfying to body and soul about an open fire anyway with the lights out And the Titian curled up In mothers mother's In the big chair And the Littlest One cuddled close In dads dad's arms In his corner of ot the davenport It was only last night but It might have llave been a decade and more ago The picture would have ha been the same except for tor young bodies grown taller and older old r heads grown more gray So we sat quiet as shadows dancing on the wall Just thinking Theres There's no knowing the thoughts of youth And when flickering flames l left ft t only glowing embers and ashes It was as bed time We Ve were winding the clock There didn't seem much to tobe tobe tobe be said Well Vell mother mused at last folks who haven't had children haven't half halt lived have ha they Quite right we agreed Not half halt ka JJ SET T pa a aHAD HAD H. H D I a boy bo Id I'd watch him grow From boyhood Into man Id I'd let his fancy freely rove ro But make him understand That beauty auty lingers everywhere For those to see who can It nestles In the works' works of ot God And In the works of or Man Theres There's beauty In a sun-rimmed sun cloud That ends a day da too soon Arresting Is the summers summer's night That's slivered silvered by the moon Theres There's beauty In a n. childs child's low sigh Now tired from Its play The he hands that raised the Parthenon Cheered millions on their way When I passed on were I to be Remembered as the one Who VH made him eVer ver seek for tor charm Id I'd feel teel my work well done clone JOHN R R. WEST Pa Jn of Pa SENATOR THOMAS of ot Utah who Is isme Isone one cne of ot the few tew senators remaining In Washington let It be known that he has been thinking of ot answering Herbert Hoover who spoke recently In scathing denunciation of the Roosevelt adminis adminis- Senator Robinson and others have answered him In the interim the Utah Junior Senator stated and so I Ishall Ishall shall say only this much Mr Hoover had his chance and for tor three years did nothing Since he did nothing about the peoples people's depression the people will do nothing about Mr Hoovers Hoover's personal de de- depression depression de- de depression of ot 1936 I wonder If 1 the former President In his eagerness to become president again and In the zeal which leads him to speak In superlatives knows that the Senate of ot the United States Is 15 Democratic and could not pos pos- possibly possibly sibly become ome Republican within his second Cleveland type of ot term tern If 1 he should get another chance and I won won- wonder wonder wonder der whether the former President believes be believes be- be believes that with three years' years experience doing nothing eid d with a 0 do nothing policy he could suddenly become the magnetic personable executive and di directing dl- dl directing typo of man It would take to motivate us call us call us 96 96 men n who e are not easily bossed or handled handled to to mo motivate mo-I mo I the United States Senate Into following fol fol- tol-I tol following lowing his leadership If It he had leader- leader leadership leadership leaderShip ship carrying out his program If 1 he had hada a program and helping him develop his his' ideas If 11 he had Ideas I referred to Mr Hoovers Hoover's ready use of or superlatives a I moment ago An example Is his declaration declara declara- declaration declaration tion that In 1936 the Republicans are aref faced f with the most momentous ques ques- question question question tion to decide since 1860 If It he means by hy that they arc are faced with the question of ot whether to nominate a progressive and stand some little chance or nominate nominate ate himself and thus finish the killing kUling of ot the Republican party which was so nicely and appropriately done In 1932 4 then I agree with him Pa Pa Pai SAYS SAYS THE A oona Kansas Tribune i An Oklahoma girl advertised for tor a husband and got him The total expense 1 for tor advertising wedding outfit etc was 1100 He died within a year leaving h her r an Insurance policy of And yet some people claim that It doesn't Pay ay to advertise Pa Pa PaIS FIFTY FT Ills IS FIFTY FIFTH CHECK IN REMITTING his fifty fifth check checkor for tor or renewal of his subscription for The Record our oldest subscriber who lives within the boundaries of ot his beloved state writes ta Utah Utah writes the following letter marked personal personal not not for tor publication the the friendly contents are so BO extremely and cheering we can not refrain retrain from Publishing it omitting the name of our time long and highly esteemed friend It follows DEAR OLD Dads Column 4 It la is a pleasure to enclose a a. check for tor 52 for tor 00 for another years year's subscription for forThe forThe forThe I The Record rd It If you will hunt up the date you pub pub- published published fished the first Issue you will know how any J ny checks I have written In your lavor have favor have never missed a 0 year year and and always got value received In my opinion it t Is the best country PaPer in the et state t a When the tho shortest day In the year comes cemes In December r I will be eighty years I old old and and I am sure you will agree I write as plain and neat as any of ot the paid high-paid professors I arise at a. a m m. and go to bed between 9 and 10 p. p m m. put In two or three hours a day at my favorite hobby devote six or eight hours a aday aday aday day running a business dont don't owe a penny to any bank or store In the world and all I get is 00 a month Just finished a book toy by H H. G G. Wells and another by Voltaire Give me the theTen theTen theTen Ten Commandments the Lords Lord's Prayer Pilgrims Pilgrim's Progress and Nursery Rhymes I I can understand them them and and it makes a man happy to read them It is good to see the sunshine to hear bear the birds sing the sighing of ot the winds In Inthe pines even pines even the darned old rooster who wakes me up before my tune time time- sounds good It Is great to be alive With kindest regards and well wishes for tor your health and prosperity your old friend SET n VOTERS OF Salt Lake seem satisfied with present city commission officials officials- and we predict the re-election re of or Mayor Marcus Marcus and and his present associates Park City leads others leads others follow toll ow Our present city administration was re-nominated re for tor Salt election election re-election re Salt Lake followed suit t Pa Pa t PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT is again back on the Job sunburned and happy and ready to tackle a great many manyI I things Every success to you F. F D. D JQ Pa J SOME powered HIGH HIGH powered politicians make a lot of ot noise but few tew accomplishments T. T T. R. R R Jr for tor Instance Pa Pa JI GOOD TIMES must be near near for for pro pro- promise promise mise is given for tor cent 5 beer to- to I HELENA MONTANA certainly was hit hard-hit with close to two weeks of minor and major earth shocks Dally Daily since October quakes of various degrees d played havoc with the city in general resulting general resulting in two deaths and ond property destruction far tar passing the million dollar mark The shocks re recorded re- re recorded recorded corded were Scores of families suf suf- suffered suffered suffered greatly from the disaster and many made homeless The plucky citi cItI- citizens citizens zens of ot the city are now up and do- do doIng tug Ing reconstruction of at the shattered buildings is now under way stores are opened re-opened and stocks replaced and the distressed of ot the stricken city being pro- pro properly properly perly erly cared for tor Pa PU J JAS AS YET there are no announced presidential pre pre- presidential aspirants in the Republican ranks The west apparently wants Borah the middle west is booming Langdon of and of course cour the big Interests of the east want Hoover What will the harvest be do you ask osk The re-election re of or Franklin D D. Roosevelt of or course PU n Pa SAYS THE Kansas Republican The first thing congress will do after arter the de de- depression depression de- de depression i disappears is to stake a Investigation to find out where it went Pa Pa PaIT IT IS not difficult to explain how automobile crashes occur because of comparatively limited width of or high high- highways highways and turns high ways wa s 's the many curves embankments and ups and downs etc but why there should be crashes of air air- airplanes airplanes I planes up in the skies where there arc are I millions of miles mUes of unlimited unbounded un un- unbounded bounded space up and on all four sides seems beyond explanation Nevertheless it happens every now and then giving the grim reaper much muc to laugh at ot THE TIlE SCHOOL patrons of ot Park City are to be congratulated on the school bond election of last Saturday It was and decisive victory Indeed a 11 pleasing asing and means a progressive step forward for tor Park City It means a new much much- needed n ed and ample grade school building g. g a serviceable and Important addition to our fine high school the beautification of ot a now unsightly portion of ot our city a convenience and centralization for tor the hundreds of our grade pupils and a n. structure that will be pointed to with pride from our business section It is a commendable move on the part of ot the Board of ot Education and a deserved and flattering approval by the school patrons and progressives of our community A detailed explanation of ot the vote and proposed school building and facts connected con con- connected connected therewith by Superintendent H. H V. V Alston will be found in another column col I THE GANG GANGA WA WAR back b in New York City is not bringing tears to the eyes of ot any ony of us out in this section We think I censure Is due to the gallant police of or I that big city for city for interfering As long longas as the killings are confined among the thee various gangs of or criminals much criminals much good goodis is being done done and and should be I ed I P Pa PaIN i IN DISCUSSING the ee silver sliver question the past week editorially the Salt S lt Lake I Tribune says The metal is crucified and its producers put in the false position position position tion of people begging a subsidy at the expense ex of ot taxpayers of the nation Sub- Sub Subsidies sidles should not be bo paid It would be 1 better that the administration abandon its silver program so that the ensuing I flood of ot world-wide world deflation would definitely de de- de- de definitely finitely prove the need for the metal as i money Such action would make pos pos- possible pos pos-I possible sible quick restoration of silver sUver as money I with a fixed parity to gold which the sincere silver advocate believes is the ultimate solution of the worlds world's money problem 9 Jn FRIEND GEORGE Dern our distin distin- distinguished distinguished distinguished Secretary of War Is hobnobbing with the very highest moguls over In China these days and according to press dispatches is having a merry round of conferences pertaining to diplomatic affairs etc and of course course- enjoying every I minute of or his trip abroad ad Pa 35 A ADEATH Pa DEATH AND DISASTER are rampaging rampagIng rampaging ing here there and elsewhere In various sections of this great country of or ours The tornadoes in Florida the earth earth- earthquakes earthquakes earthquakes quakes in Idaho and now the raging destructive forest fires In Southern Cali Cali- California California California fornia all bringing death and desola desola- desolation desolation desolation tion and many millions in property loses makes us a bit glad to be bc living in a fortified section where the des des- destructive destructive elements are held in check |