Show 0 I i io 8 o I M a DADS DAD'S COLUMN M t H 1 I TIlE THE FLAG SPEAKS BORN DURING the tho nations nation's Infancy I have hae grown with It It my stars Increasing In number the domain over which until the sun on my expanding I 1 wave folds now never sets flying Filled with significance are arc my colors which have Into blue white and of ot red and courage of ot the strength been woven American manhood the love and loyalty American womanhood of ot of ot the nations nation's Great Great- Greatness Greatness Greatness I 1 am the tho badge and the emblem of Its Destiny ness will spring Threaten me and millions to my defense I 1 AM THE AMERICAN FLAG I i I MY COUNTRY My country of ot thee Sweet land of liberty Of ot thee I sing I Land where my fathers lathers died cUed Land La d of the Pilgrims pride I From every mountain side I Let freedom ring I o o o THAT TUA T SMALL S AREA UtA KNOWN AS S BIKINI IT IS not feasible of course but It nice If the world had bad would have O been gono gone to Bikini for the purpose of learn learn- learning learnIng learning comparatively lived how the natives ing and comfort for generations i in peace pence and how life Ute what arts they practiced bore boro with them So far as we are aware they havo started no wars waTS of aggression which rocked the world They never have-never asked for help from the rest of the world have made-do made with what nature They of them In their own small corner gave Indeed it is the world It Is possible certain that certain that they will wUl think the rest of ot the world Is a little mad mad madl Victoria B. 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C Colonist I ITHE O O 0 O THE SILVER QUESTION THERE HAS been so much discussion about the price of silver past Jew few months that there is danger of ot con con- confusion confusion the real points at issue Is ue fusion The on crux of the situation is Is quite q Ifo simple as explained by b John M ride congressional committee on clerk of ot the coinage weights and measures as fol fol- follows follows fol- fol follows lows Sliver Silver fabricators want to buy silver sliver from the United States Treasury at instead of paying the cents an ounce world puce price which is now approximately If they can Induce the an an ounce treasury department to sell them this silver they will save about per pel year to Opposition to paying this subsidy the silver sliver fabricators comes from per per- persons personS persons sons who believe that the silver sliver manu manu- manufacturing manufacturing manufacturing industry should stand on its world market and not be own feet in a out of tax money Under the silver sliver purchase acts of ot 1934 1931 and 1939 silver was at an ounce The treasury purchases silver sliver at this price but charges charged the producer 45 per cent for minting and handling charges and delivers the re remaining re- re remaining remaining 55 per cent In silver minted dollars or the equivalent which nets the i producer 1111 cents per ounce Inasmuch as the producer receives i 1111 cents the silver fabricators contend that they should be able to buy silver sliver at that price This is 15 equivalent to saying that the user of gold should be able to i buy gold from the United States Treas Treas- Treasury Treasury Treasury ury at 1925 an ounce Instead of 35 because much of the gold in the Uni UnI- United UnIted United ted States Treasury was purchased by bythe bythe bythe the government at approximately 2000 I an nn ounce Almost anyone can under under- understand understand understand stand that this cannot be done in the case caso of gold therefore there seems to tobo tobe tobo bo be no logical log l argument why it should be bedone bedone bedone done with silver An understanding of this problem on the part of the public is essential as silver sliver In the treasury represents actual money and any sale of it at 1111 cents means that the public Is making a hand hand- handsome handsome handsome some present to the silver sliver purchaser Mining and Industrial News O O O NEGRO MOTHER PROUD Ol or NATIONAL L llO OIt MRS EMMA Clarissa Clement of of Louisville Ky first Negro woman to be bo selected by the Golden Rule Foundation for lor its I gallery of notable mothers ac accepted ac- ac accepted accepted her designation as American Mother of ot 1946 with these words I accept In the name of the millions of Negroes In the United States who will willbo willbe bo be very cry proud that one of the humblest of ot their number has been so honored I do not accept for Negro mothers only but for all mothers remember remember- remembering remembering ing those who have been deprived those wh l' l are arc suffering in this food crisis crisis' and those who have given their sons and daughters In the war war that that we may make mako them happier Exchange Exchange O O O ARTHUR L. L L Hilhorst who was a prisoner of the Japanese two years and eight months after atter the fall of ot Corregidor dor found civilian life ute boring so he re enlisted in the Army Civil Civilian Civilian ian life Ufe no longer holds any Interest for forme forme me the veteran told recruiting officers I 1 am bored with It Besides I 1 want to get back to the Philippines You have never seen a Do more beautiful place In all your our life lite than the Philippine Islands to o o ONE ose OF UTAH'S ll'S FORGOTTEN MINES tS THERE ARE many mmes mines that have sprang up from time to time that could be called forgotten mines i These Thes are arc rc the mines which produce ores but dont don't quite make the grade when It comes to paying dividends to stockholders or handsome returns to tn- tn in individual owners Of Ot the great number of prospects there only a few lew which really LeCome great mines An example is the Park City Consoli Consoli- Consolidated Consolidated Consolidated dated property at Park City Based on the amount of ot tonnage mined the com com- company company company pany from 1929 to 1939 was one of ot the Utah's leading producers During this period however the metal content of ot the theore oro ore was only sufficient to pay the normal expenses and the stockholder received no return on his Investment The company produced from the Park City property over the year 10 period ores valued at of which 2 was paid to labor In wages compensation Insurance social security and unemployment taxes was spent for tor supplies and equipment In Insurance In- In Insurance insurance power and paid in taxes and paid for freight and um- um umpires umpires pires on ore sales Here id is an example where virtually all the money produced was spent here Then along came a slight increase in costs and the property was forced to close down and is still closed down Generally the mining Industry of Utah spends 90 cents of every dollars dollar's worth of ot oro ore mined here in the state The company however is staging a comeback in Missouri where it recently developed a lead property Richfield Reaper |