T " State Collects $41,974,319 In Look Forward To Musical Year Year Final Rites Held For Mrs. Licht Total revenue collections by PAGE FOUR the Utah State Tax Commission ELDER NEWS BOX for the year ended June 30, 1951, amounted to $41,974,319. Brigham City, Utah Wednesday, October 31, 1951 In a rei This was Indicated cent report on the Utah State turns per 100 persons, and for Tax Commission : released by 13 counties the average was tax less than 20 returns per 100 Utah Foundation, research agency. , According to the report indicates. the Utah Foundation study, four persons, Administrative costs of the Funeral services for Thelma Licht, wb? was killed in an last accident week, were held in the Brigham City Eighth ward chapel, Saturday at 1 p. m., with Bishop Ernest Hansen conducting. Prayer at the home was offered by Orson Tingey. Prelude and postlude were by Thelma Hotter. n it revenue sources accounted for about $33.4 million or 79 percent of total Tax Commission collections for 1991. 'These were the Sales and Use taxes Motor Fuel tax, $8,137,-45Individual Income tax, and the Corporation Utah State Tax Commission increased from $398,334 in fiscal but 1941, to $792,201 In 1951, during the same period, administrative costs in relation to taxes collected decreased from $2.34 per $100 collected to $1.89 per $100 collected, Utah Foun(Franchise tax, $2,834,311. dation reports. The Motor Fuel' tax la ear- Employees Increase marked for highway purposes, The number of employees of the Individual Income and the Tax Commission decreased me-based Corporation Fran- from 237 as of June 30, 1951, to chise taxes go Into the Uniform 199 at the end of August, 1951, School fund, and the Sales and due to the transfer of 28 persons Use tax revenues are distribu- in the Drivers License division ted by the legislature among to the newly-createDepartwelfare, - building, and general ment of Public Safety as well funds. as reductions In other divisions, according to the report. The Utah First to Integrate that although - With the creation of the State study observes of -- employees inTax Commission in 1931, Utah was among the early states to creased from 202 in June, 1917, 237 In June, 1951, the rate of integrate major functions in tax to administration. .Last year, the increase was not so great as the increase in the volume of Tax, Commission collected more work handled. than CO percent of Utah revenue The number of documents sources and receipts' from state the ' administration processed per employee increassupervised collection and of the General ed from 3,111 in 1947, to 3,594 in ' collections per Property tax which provides 195j. Average most of the Revenue for the employee rose 30 percent from fiscal 1917, to operation of local governments $136,323 during In Utah, the Utah Foundation $177,107 for 1931. The Utah Foundation report study notes. indicates that At the present ; Constitutional and statutory time, the Tax Commission adprovisions regarding the Tax ministers the Beer tax, Car and Commission, Utah Foundation Bus (property) tax, Cigarette points out, give that agency Tax, Corporation Franchise tax, broad authority. Including the Individual Income . tax, Inheriduty and power to: administer tance tax, Insurance tax, Mine and supervise the tax laws of tax, Motor and Airthe State; assess - mines and Occupation craft Fuel tax, Special Fuel tax, public, utilties and adjust and Motor Vehicle Registration fees, equalize other assessments Oleomargarine tax, Public Utilamong the several counties; di- ity Regulation fees, Sales . and rect, the work of local tax offi- Use taxes, School Lunch tax, cials and if necessary extend or General property tax, and Motor reconvene the sessions of coun- Vehicle Dealers Administation re- Fees. ty boards of equalization; quire information from all state and .. local officers; subpoena witnesses to testify and produce Veterinarian Post Open records and documents; and pre- With U. S. Civil Service scribe the systems of accounting to toe followed toy local gov-The United States Civil Ser' i , ernments in Utah.. vice Commission . today an. The report notes that the 195l nounced new examinations for legislature appropricted $20,000 veterinarian (trainee) and medspecifically for ths latter pur- ical technical assistant, both for pose.' filling1 positions paying $3,100 a , y' ' ' T year. Four Member Commission and Further information ap; Under f the present organization plication forms may toe obtain Of the Tax Commission, the ed from the Commission's local Utah Foundation report continsecretary, Mr. Glenn S. Nelson, ues,, there is ' a commission and eleven' major located at Brigham City . . divisions: Mo Adminstration, tor Vehicle, Motor- - Vehicle Dealers Adminstration, Property tax. Policeman Of Luck Codec-tion- , Accounting, - Auditing, On Parking Problem Filing, Legal, Tabulating, and Branch offices. The four COLUMBUS, O. (UP) Patrol-ma- n members of the Commission are Richard J. Flattery parked terms his appointed for four-yea- r automobile while off private by the Governor by and with duty and went Into a drug store the consent of the Senate. , Not a nickel to put In a parkmore than two members may to get ing meter. . to same the belong political When he returned he found a party. police ticket on the windshield. , Flattery went immediately to Few Fils , ,, Eefering to1 the detection of the police station, parked his Individual Income tax delin- auto at the rear and paid his traffic fine. quencies, .Utah Foundation . When he returned to his car, observe that there would appear to toe ' justification for he found another ticket on the more activity toy the Tax Com- windshield, this time for illegalarea. mission in attempting to detect ly parking in a .those persons who violate the d tha-num- ber Hottest Burning No Waste Clean Burning Prompt Courteous Service want to thank you for your editorial which appeared in the 1 October 12 issue of The Journal, i 2&R. PHONE WASATCH NORTHERN ' OIL CO. Ngl.-so- n - - Orpheus Chorus Officers left to right Flora John, president and immediate past secretary; Vella Sackett, past president and Elsie Yates, secretary. Their popular chorus is featured on many pro- the Burglar Alarm Traps Its Inventor PHILADELPHIA (UPJ Jacque Edwin 577 Sincerely yours, F. BENNETT. WALLACE North Main a Shirley Hollist sang Perfect the Singing Mothers rendered "Sometime Well Understand. and entered the building. ' The man was captured tout thats ; not the end. . At a police . roll call one of the policemen called to arrest the suspect recognized the Inventors name in the list of those wanted for several .traffic violations. , The officer sped to Whaum-bush- s home and arrested him. Benediction was offered by Howard B. Kelley. Interment was inthe Brigham City cemetery where dedication of the grave was by Bishop Hansen. Whaumbush, 45, night watch man for several apartment a invented houses, burglar alarm that helped catch a burglar and landed the inventor in jail. Whaumbusti set up his burThe human body contains glar alarm In one of the apartments and It worked perfectly about 30,000 miles of blood when someone broke a window P. J. Brigham -- Citj acj Day and grams. ' Relief society Baird and Bishop Ernest Hansen. ... Flowers were taken care of by ladies of Relief society and Pall hearer included neighbors of the Licht family: John Weir, Everett Dobb, Ralph Nelson, Stuart Tingey, Norman Lichtenstein and George Bott. v r Don't you be the Millionth Man to die in a traffic accident the National Safety Council estimates Americas millionth traffic fatality will occur. ' How can we postpone the millionth death? How can you avoid , being the 1,000,000th victim of carelessness? These simple jiafety rules will help: Safety-chec- k your car! Faulty brakes, worn tires, defective horn and lights, bad steering gear, a worn-ou- t windshield wiper any one of these can involve you and your family in a terrible accident. Get your car in uerfect running shape now. Its cheap insurance on . your life. Obey traffic laws! Speeding drivers are involved ia 1 out of 3 fatal traffic accidents. So take your time, not your life. Slow down at intersections. Dont pass on hills and curves. And remember that bad weather conditions can make the safe speed lower than the legal, posted limit. Soma dark day this December, Watch out for children! Youngsters forget safety rules; thats why have to be extra careful. Last year 120,000 school-ag- e grown-up- s children were involved in traffic accidents. Be extra cautious when driving near schools, playgrounds, or in residential areas. Be doubly alert at night! Over half of all traffic fatalities occur at night. It takes a double order of caution to make up for reduced visibility. Keep your windows and windshield clear of mud, rain, sleet, snow. Use chains on slippery roads. Keep an eye out for people walking, or crossing at intersections. Four simple rules for life. Follow them! Dont you bo on in a million! m e. g o , Brigham City, Utah Dears Sire: i tfcoro t But, as she says, she has Youd think' ' hours weren't enough Fours in the day to do all a day the telephone. a good hetper 24 does a lot of It the things my wife does. She keeps the house spic her shopping for her, runs all kinds of errands, J carries messages to and from her friends. Besides and span. ..plans and cooks good meals for us. - . keeps the kids in clean clothes and out of trouble. all the little things it does, And she stilt finds time to take active part in telephone - church and community affairs. I takes tome time to keep looking pretty! M t r J itHI It's nice there for emergencies. Is to know the - We figure that nothing we have gives guess it even ' MOD WIY ' much for the money wu an-alys- is toy failing-t- FURNACE 01 Box Elder Journal . Oat law Senator Comments On "Gag Rule" Editorial e four-memb- post-offic- STOVE oil calling attention to the fact that orPresident Trumans recent to rule the der "gag applying Singing mothers of the ward agencies Is a Relief society sang The Lord the after . which violation of the constitution. I Is My Shepherd, the invocation was offered by think the American people are becoming very conscious of the Charles Collett. , . the for preserving necessity constitution and I am sure this Eugene Hess and Cherrof sang a duet, In- The Gar- action will come home to plague den. Speakers were L. Max many times, as it should. Bott, Mary Jeppsen, president of inco- ' THINK Ending June 30, 1951; Sales Tax High non-prof- aann on DQtj WMA7 TOCY vs ot as our telephone. wp MOUNTAIN STATES TELEPHONE A TELEGRAPH COMPANY file a state Income Tax return. .The number Of returns filed " by county during 1949 varied from 30 returns per 100 persons in Weber county to only nine returns per 100 persons in San Juan county. Only nine counties averaged 25 or more returns, per 100 persons, seven counti.es averaged 20 to 24 re .A, 'IF!? WE ARE HAPPY TO PRESENT TO YOU THESE PUBLIC SPIRITED u h PEOPLE ' With WHO ARE WILLING TO 'GIVE unequalled serv. ice .that. IF cuf$ THEIR BEST ELECTED They are selected from all parts of the city arid are fully qualified. If elected . . . they will serve ALL of Brigham City with a FREE HAND and are pledged only GLENN BURT 4 YEAR COUNCILMAN are very happy to let Glenn Burt stand on his record. He has always given his best and we think that no public servant has filled his assignment better. DAVID HELBERG : to-- ... GIVE BRIGHAM CITY GOOD CITY GOVERNMENT Jmwomm BOYD i 4 YEAR COUNCILMAN ", W can hold an important position with a company doing business on s national A man who scope for 37 years' needs no further recommendation. Dave has served under seven managers, through all kinds of business conditions . . . And retires with the GOOD WILL OF ALL. A good church and civic minded person. HE DESIRES TO SERVE. REGISTER OCTOBER 30 - A FULL FLEDGED BRIGHAM CITY MAN f- VOTE DEMOCRATIC NOVEMBER 6th - 0 PACKER CONNIE M. 4 YEAR COUNCILMAN CITY TREASURER We believe that the young people of Brigham City should have a say in city government Boyd Packer is qualified to serve as their representative. A young man with outstanding accomplishments. He served success-- t c1lrman of the Seventh buWmg fund as chair-njaot the polio drive. He is a lh Stake hi9h council and is a seminary teacher. ... PETERS n will continue to serve Ytf with the efficient courteous vice that she has always giv Connie "SERVICE A WITH SMILE'