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Show 74 Obviously, activity in Tintic, especially in Eureka, was brisk during the twenties. The label "roaring twenties," can also be fittingly used here in describing life and society. From the Sinclair Lewis novel, Babbit, which depicted the twenties life styles, comes observations equally evident in Tintic. The first is centered about the proliferation of clubs, etc .• As has been pointed out, Tintic has always contained a wide variety and number of such groups, but in the 1920s, their number grew. time were: Existant for the first the Mah Jongg Club, Five Hundred Club, Trap Shooting C(~ub, Kiwanis Club, Essayes Literary Club, Patellah Club, Silver City Study Club, Fideles Club, Priscilla Club, Bon Ton Club, Red Wing Club, The Elite Club, and a Moose Lodge No. 1470. 206 Indeed, there was an affixation for organizations. Many of these groups were composed of members with the same socio-economic status; and were closed to others. associations. Thus, the need for numerous "Acceptance" became a basic need in 1920s society, as tenets of an urban-industrial society began to supercede those of a ruralagrarious economy. Automobiles and motor vehicles invaded Tintic in grand fashion. Articles in the twenties recounted religiously that the "first" benzine buggy in Eureka was that of C. C. Griggs, superintendent of the Uncle Sam and May Day--the eight horse power Olds made its debut in 1905. In fact, a 1917 report stated "Eureka Leads State In Ownership of Automobiles," barring Ogden and Salt Lake. Such a finding, reportedly from figures at the Secretary of State's office, was used as an index of prosperity. Eureka purchased a new $2500 fire truck in 1917, while in 1918 the Tintic Standard shifted from teams to trucks. Big news in the local annals in 1923 was the purchase of a new Buick Six by Alex Zarvos of the U. S. Candy Company. Throughout the twenties the Reporter assiduously reported on auto-accidents; and in one incident quipped, "A good horse was always able to get intoxicated drivers home safely, and that's more than the best automobile can do.,,207 |
