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Show and helplessness unknown to the days of hard work and simple fare. People are dependent on the smooth functioning of a great, wide complicated system which can be disrupted by the failure of any one of a thousand sources on which it hinges. long Sprawling labor unions, transporation lines, specialized units of production, division of labor, monopolies and individual leverage on public affairs and utilities a world so inthat a break- terdependent down m one part of it can para-liz- e the whole system And men fit themselves into this system to take some part with which they can carry on only while the system functions, and they are idled by tens of thousands if anything goes wrong What they have learned to do 19 nothing on which they can live if made to stand on their own feet, and whenever the great big mill jumps a cog, they are faced with starvation With all these new and improved wavs of doing things, the principles of independence and safety from are the same. Industrial independence is as vital as political independence. Every man should be able to produce with his own hands something that supports life. Every man should have a which to skill or a trade on lean when strikes, wars or anything else paralyzes the world should know around him. He how to live by the sweat of his own face, or he is a parasite. People laugh at old Mahondas Gandhi because he carried his knitting with him while he rethe presented his country in court of England. His was the courage to uphold a vital standard, he was earning his living every day; and not eating his bread by the toil of the people he loved, but by the work of hts own fingers Albert R. Lyman The San Juan Record THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF SAN JUAN. COUNTY. UTAH Published Every Thursday at Monlicello, Utah Entered al the Pust Office at Monlicello, Utah, as second class matter under the Act of Congress of March 3. 1879. BIRL J. BREWINGTON. Editor and Publisher MEMBER OF UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION ALL SUBSCRIPTIONS PAYABLE IN ADVANCE Subscription Rales in San Juan and Adjoining Counties Six Months One Year $3 00 Subscription Rates Elsewhere One Year Six Months $3 50 PRICE 10 The Old Settler $1 75 $2 90 CENTS PER COPY , My Dear San Juaners: For Your Insurance Needs William J. Hunter j General Agent f Pacific National Life Assurance Co. 187 Mj jwjui. uuumjuuui Helper, Utah S. Main " iijjjijw.iuii " self-suppo- rt our clothes, that was the prevailing custom. I thought that was the right way to d0 things, especially so because the scrip- -' Let ture was quoted to us, your garments be plain, their beauty the work of your ov'n hands. Since that time the industrial world has been completely revolutionized. And that goes too for the social world, the political world and the moral world. They are distracted with new and fastastic innovations. Mass production and low costs have robbed millions of the freedom they once enjoyed. Now it is better clothing, better houses, better everything to be had at a fraction of what they used to cost; attractive kinds of food and an endless array of luxuries -. From my fifth to my eleventh year, my folks subsided mainly on what we produced from our milk, our pork, and eggs, our fruit and vegetables we got from the land, and we contrived to make much of our bedding and clothing and other things we had to use. We made exchanges, and sold butter, eggs and other items whenever we had them to spare. I got it definitely in my mind that people can and must support their own selves, pay their debts and stand on their own feet. That seemed to be one of the joys and privileges of life. I figured that any man could live if he had a piece of ground. unknown- to people 65 years ago. But this new, wonderful world My mother spun the yarn and knit all our stockings; she made imposes a kind of dependence i THE SAN JUAN RECORD Elvis Brown made a trip to Arizona last Friday to bring Thursday May 14. 1953. Page 2 his trailer house here. He and Mr. and Mrs. John Peterson his family will live m Eastland while Elvis works at the Atomic were in Cortez on business last weekend. mill in Montieello. -- - Bluff News The Mrs Maggie Nielson visited in Montieello with Mr. and Mrs. Buster Nielson and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Nielson and attended 03RAVEARS enhance thegteat Bourbon Taste The weather in Bluff is cold and a little snow fell Saturday night A few watermelons are up but they need their overcoats 0LB on. and others may lose their jobs soon. This is the HlCfflWI The Bluff school will be out May 15. result of shutdowns caused by dumping of low priced metals on the American market by foreign producers who pay low wages. When our miners are out of work, it means there's less money to buy Utah's farm and manufactured products." Mr. Oliver from Salt Lake is here visiting his mother, Mrs. Sadie Oliver. The Eastland branch of the LDS Church plowed the branch farm last Saturday. They were quite industrious and finished by noon of STMlW Pictured above is Miss LaRee Adams of Montieello who awarded a $25 savings bond at the Spring Fashion Show at Stephens College in Columbia, Mo The bond was awarded to Miss Adams as the most outstanding junior girl in Clothing Construction work who plans to return to Stephens. was .. f i ERES HOW... Every survey shows it . . . every dealt knows it America goes for the " Rocket Its among the most admired automobiles around today d this Super "88 for 1953 and thats a mighty profitable situation for every "Rocket owner! It means that your Oldsmobile will command top price as a trade-i- n will get you top deal on your next Oldsmobile. Americas enthusiasm for the "Rocket means literally money in your pocket! This great popularity is just ont more advantage of owning an Oldsmobile with its famous "Rocket Engine, Power Styling, Power Steering, Pedal-Eas- e Power Brakes. So make a date with the Oldsmobile "Rocket 88 right now! nn UVU high-style- ... THEIR enthusiasm for the "Rocket" can mean You'll find new International pickattachups with versatile ments three times as handy as conventional pickups. Ad-A-R- (1) The roomy out Ad-A-R- money in yourpockeT A body with- all-ste- el attachment can be used for scores of jobs. (2) You can increase capacgrain-tig75 more with than ity by sideboards. (3) You can haul livestock and bulky loads with stake dy ht f -- ! A .V? ' Vi r At V These Power Features and New Autrome-- h vt art optional at extra cott. H attachment added. e Come in and extra-valu- e i i let us show you these pickups. x f NIELSONS "rocket engine MAY IS Montieello, Utah "SAFETY-CHEC- K MONTH ... 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