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Newspaper
Milford News
Location
Milford, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1932
Page
4
Milford homeowners take pride in attractive gardens and lawns with a strong season of home improvement. Interest in beautifying the yard extends to garden plots, as households invest in flowers and greenery to help reduce family expenses.
A local editorial urges neighbors to cooperate in maintaining tidy lawns and combating dandelions. It stresses the homeowner's effort and recommends cutting deep and burning all buds and blooms to prevent seed spread by the breeze.
The Associated Civic Clubs of Southern Utah led by Gen Cameron stresses promoting regional sites to keep travelers longer in the area. Communities are urged to showcase attractions beyond the national parks, such as Beaver Mountains and Puffer Lake, to lure visitors to spend weeks in southern Utah.
The article explains the deadline as the cutoff time for receiving news and ads for a weekly issue. It notes the danger of late copy and jokes about justifiable homicide for editors provoked by delays. It states readers who submit before deadline help make the paper, with Wednesday noon as the cutoff.
The piece argues for silver as a stabilizer to prevent inflation as gold loses purchasing power. It warns that nations lack ability to buy with silver remaining undervalued and calls for international consideration of a gold silver ratio, urging caution and a reserve strategy across generations. It also notes a proposed tax on radio advertising as a humorous aside.
Mr. Sorenson reports the largest rainbow eye harvest at Fish Lake with about 6.75 million eggs collected so far and an expected 7 million. Snow and poor roads limited warden access and 1.5 to 2 million eggs were lost. eggs could have been saved with earlier tracks.
Cedar City council takes control of emergency landing area north of Cedar and leases it to Grand Canyon Airlines Inc for five years. The deal gives exclusive passenger terminal and fuel rights, with the city collecting fees on gasoline and oil. Airlines may build hangars. field open to common use except for commercial activity. Grand Canyon Airplanes works with Union Pacific and Western Air Express to shuttle passengers to Cedar for trips to nearby scenic sites.
Parowan Times reports Alex Colbath suffered his twenty fourth burglary in the past year as thieves pried off iron roofing to reach a tool house and steal tools including a beach vise and shovels. They also targeted his wine during a separate incident while luring his watchman to Leeds for a card game.
Two passengers aboard a Coast-to-Coast motor bus were shot by a fellow rider as the coach neared Fillmore. Jack R Sterling of Montreal was critically wounded in the back, Peter Kerker of Chicago was lightly wounded in the shoulder, and the gunman Clyde McCarty was arrested after the driver halted the bus.
St. George now claims over 400 miles of paved road to Los Angeles with two gaps under construction between here and the Indian reservation and from Mesquite to Riverside. The links will be oiled during the summer and most of 91 will be paved through Utah by fall.
Washington County News reports roads near the Olympic sites will be paved by the time of the games. The improved highways will give motorists hundreds of miles of smooth surfaces for travel, reducing dust and mud during the rainy season.
The Continental Oil Company faces a new $10,000 damage suit over the death of Thomas L Standlff who was struck by a company car driven by A T Farrell on Buckhorn flat in May 1930. His widow previously settled a $4100 claim with each side bearing its costs. Now Standliff's daughters Mamie Hawkes and Theo Staniff sue for damages alleging they were not party to the prior suit or settlement.
Earl Lewis 16, son of Dr J L Lewis of Richfield, was killed and his uncle Earl Lewis 41 was seriously injured when their car collided with a dairy truck driven by Ray Cook of Price near Farron early Wednesday. The youth died from a crushed skull and the uncle suffered a fractured skull and severe injuries. the crash left both cars mangled.
A letter from Senator Reed Smoot was received by Ben Camer field secretary of the Associated Civic Clubs of Southern Utah. It asks for 5000 feet of southern Utah scene film to show in Washington DC to foreign ambassadors and members of Congress. The piece notes that a dollar sees further now and laments the delay in returning film.
Los Angeles reports rising Southern California pork consumption with April slaughter up 64 672 head from the prior year. The article argues for building a meat output outlet from grain, widening hog production, and using diversified livestock to weather the depression while stressing market steadiness and financing considerations.
The speaker traces shifts of control from Indians to Spaniards to French to Americans and finally to Wall Street. It notes eight U S presidents born in Virginia and ends with a quip about eggs never being too fresh.
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