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Show 4 " , " .;: ... . ..... , ''.' " TOE WfflIM 1ULLETM : VOLUME THIRTY-SEVE- N BINGHAM CANYON, UTAH, AUGUST 4, 1927 NO. 9 A Jumper Crop ' 1 crop Wiiure. - TOWN COUNCIL CUTS TAX LEVY ' THREE TENTHS OF MILL, BIG SAVHIGS EFFECTED TO TAXPAYERS r Action Is Taken Following notice of increase in assessed Valuation of County and Bingham District; Bingham-- ' Jordan School District to Benefit by Jump in Values. The town council effected a considerable saving to the tax-payers of the Bingham district, when it lopped three-tenth- s of a mill from the levy. This is remarkable in view of the fact that s municipal taxes in all sections of the country are steadily mount-ing instead of decreasing. Salt Lake City together with Bingham is among the few towns that have been able to accomplish a re-duction this year. The levy for 1927 was set at 10 mill eren, which Is a .3 mill reduc- - tlon over the levy of last year. The levy reduction was made possible by the Increase In assessed valuation of . the district. .This Increase amounts to approximately 1100,000. This may later be Increased through' the assessment of th'e Bingham Mines company, a case which Is now before the supreme court of the state. Under a levy of 10 'mills the town council will raise $28,390, which It Is believed will be ample to carry on the various activities of the city gov-ernment. If economy Is practised the t same as In the past year. The levy was segregated by the Clerk Qulnn as follows: General pur-T.n- P four mills: bond Interest and sinking fund, two mllla and water and sewers, four mills, making a total 1 of 10 mills on each $100 valuation. Following the lead of Bingham and Salt Lake City, the county commis-sioners have announced their Inten-tion of cutlng the county tax levy at least one tenth of a mill and possibly two tenths. To cut the cpunty levy two tenths of a mill, reducing It from w 4.8 mills to 4.6 mills, would mean that considerable paring of budget requests would have to be made in the various departments. Because of the Increased valuation the county can cut one-te- n ih of a mill and still haye more money for appropriation than was appropriated In 1928 for county use. The state equalization board has also reduced the levy for school pur-poses by one-ten- th of a mill. This year's state levy will be 7.3 mills on an assessed valuation In the state or $701,155,539. The levy will In-clude 2.4 mills ror the general fund; 0.2 mill ror the state high school rund and 4.7 mills for the state school tund. '. In addition to the action taken on the tax levy, the town board discus-sed the matter of purchasing fire sirens Tor the canyon. Action was post- - poned, however, pending rurther in- - " vestigatlon. In connection with the recent fire In Bingham, the town board instruct-ed Cler! Quinn to write the chiefs of Salt Lake City and County fire de-partments .thanking them for their assistance at the fire. A representative of the Bingham fire department was at the meeting to ask help in the entertainment of the next state firemen's convention ; in the event It was awarded Bingham. 1 The board promised its hearty co- -j operation. ' ' " BINGHAM KIWIS CLUB WILL MAKE STRONG SHOWING AT UTAH-IflflH- O DISTRICT CONVENTION 0. R. Dibblee Outlines Principles of Club at Meeting; Del- - egates and Alternates to Convention Chosen; . C. Afo Sliane Is Made New Member. At an enthusiastic meeting Thursday, the Bingham Kiwanis club made preparations to make a strong showing at the Utah-Ida- ho district convention to be held in Idaho Fall, Ida., August 16th and 17th. J. B. Shilling, R. J. Bryant and II. B. Aven, were chosen as delegates and P. E. Turner, E. W. Nepple and D. M. Todd as al- ternates. . One of the things that considerably pepped up the meeting was the music furnished by the club quartet, which musical aggrega- tion is all primed to go to the district convention and set that august body by the ears. The quartet, which la becoming known to all Kiwanis clubs In Utah and which enjoys considerable pop-ularity locally, is composed of Charles Schmidt, first tenor; Joseph J. Schmidt, second tenor; 8. D. Bur-ton, bass and D. M. Todd, Jr. bari-tone. They are accompanied by Cwen Summerhays, an accomplished pianist. i In addition to working up consid-erable enthusiasm for the conven-tion the club In a fitting and pleas-ing manner welcomed H. C McShane of the Associated Lumber company a a new member. O. R. Dibblee, prominent business mah of Salt Lake, was the speaker of the evening, stressing, the principles or Kiwanis. "The competitive basis upon which modern business Is conducted has tended to promote the accumulation of wealth to the exclusion of higher motives ror business enterprise," said Mr. Dibblee. ."Kiwanlans have a higher motive for business; enter-prise than accumulation of wealth. Kiwanlans see In their respective vo-- cations opportunities to serve . their fellowmen. ' Service to' others be-comes the motif of the Klwanlan'a life. A high ethical standard of bust, ness conduct is a of the service Ideal. t Kiwanis dignifies personal effort. Any Influence which serves to empha-size the worth of every type or legiti-mate business enterprise Is or Ines-timable value. Under the Inspiring Influence ot a higher motive every task is dignified, no matter how seem-ingly unimportant. The Inevitable result Is enhanced 'success. At the meeting of the club Aug. 11, District Governor Walter C. Adams ot Provo, will be In attendance and de-liver the principal address. This meeting will also be the last rehear-sal ror the quartet. Bingham- - Selected for the 1928 State Firemen's Meeting Bingham was advised Tuesday of Its selection as the place for holding the twenty-firs- t annual convention of the State Firemen's Association. Selection of Bingham was made at the meeting which was held at Sprlngvllle during the week. The feature of the second day's meeting In addition to selection or the place of convention and election of officers, was the address of for-mer Governor Charles R. Mabey. Walter S. Knight, chief of the Salt Lake City Are department, was elected president; L. C. Canning, chief of the Midvale department, first vice president; Arthur A. Makey of Bingham, second vice president; Har-ris E. Anderson of Salt Lake, re-elected secretary; Reuben Simpson ot Salt Lake, .reelected treasurer; E. D Anthony of Salt Lake, reelected state organizer; Edwin Larsen or Murray, reelected sergeant-at-arm- s; J. J. Hennifin or Eureka, m trustee, and Dan Peterson or Brlgham City, m trustee. These, with L. E. Wlscombe or Sprlngvllle and W. T. Ayland or Salt Lake, holdover trustees, constitute the official staff." An outstanding ceremony of the morning session was the presentation of life certificates to the following: B. 'A. Hocking and Albert Dodell, Bingham; George R. Cromar, Eu-reka; James P. Powell, Midvale; Wil-liam J. Hancock, C. E. Drawbray, P, D. Dalton and M. D. Blake of Salt Lake; Glen Chad wick, American Fork; William Peterson, Spanish Fork: Albert Berklnshaw, Park City, and John H. Donnelly, Eureka. - C. W. Booth of Spanish Fork, chairman of the resolutions commit-tee, presented to the convention a I number of resolutions which were adopted. L. E. Wiscombe of the Sprlngvllle department gave a talk on "For the Good or the Associa-tion," and Chler Walter S. Knight of Salt Lake gave a talk on "The Big Fire." Music numbers were given by Miss Thelma Palfreyman, Karl Loveless of Provo, Roy McKenzle and Vera Da-vis. Miss Teas Child and Miss Jep-pers-of Provo gave a duet dance. In the evening the delegates were en-tertained In the City Park with a band concert. i Noah Brothers Held for Death of Woman and Boy A W. and P. L. Noah, both of whom are well known in Midvale and Bingham, figured Sunday night In one of the worst automobile ac-cidents In several months at Twenty-sev-enth South and State street. As the result or a collision or tne Noah car with a Ford driven by J. S. Bramble or south Third East street, Mrs. Bramble and her son, James were killed and two children were seriously Injured. Tuesday an Inquest was held and a coroner's jury held A. W. Noah responsible ror the accident, pointing out in the verdict that Noah was driving under the Influence of liquor and in a reckless manner. - Noah was placed under bond of $4,000 and his brother, F. L. Noah under bond of $500. Witnesses at the accident testified both men had been drinking and that F. L. Noah was badly Intoxicated. It was brought out In the testimony the Noah machine was traveling north on State tsreet between 40 and 45 miles an hour and that when it struck the Bramble automobile, the latter was knocked 300 feet. Mrs. Bramble died at the county hospital from a fracture at the base of the skull. The son died at the emergency hospital two hours after being taken there from a fractured skull. Two other children are suf-fering from internal Injuries. The Bramble family was return-ing from a day's outing at Lagoon. Mrs. Bramble la survived by her husband and several children. Mining Industry Again Looking Up After Bad Slump - The upward turn In lead and cop-per prices during the past 10 days has resulted In an entirely different outlook for the baalnce or the year, it is noted by an expert mining news writer. - His article on 'the situation In Utah rollows: After a rather disappointing six months In the metal mining industry during the first hair year due to the lower metal prices, the upward turn of lead and copper during the past week has resulted In an entirely dif-ferent outlook for the remainder of the year. Mining circles are now rife with speculation as to how far the advance will continue and oper-ators are greatly relieved to see some readjustment. While Utah companies have main-tained their usual high rate of divi-dends throughout the depression. In some Instances It has been necessary to break Into their reserves. When the slump In the metal market set in, principally in lead, low-grad- e pro-ducers throughout the west were torced to close down and the larger companies voluntarily .retarded pro-duction In order to offsef the slump. This resulted In much unemployment throughout mining districts and brought on general unsatisfactory conditions. Already a sharp contrast to this situation can be seen, both in min-ing camps and on the mining stock market. Prices of the silver-lea- d is-sues responded Immediately with the upturn of the gray metal and some increase was noted in production of mines of the Bingham and Tlntic districts during the past week, while Park City production was slightly lower than the previous week. Gener-ally- new life has been Installed In the Industry. Copper Again in -- Tie with Arthur For League Lead The past week has yet railed to produce the leader or the Copper league. Copper's win over Magna should have put the local club In the lead, but the, same day Arthur won over Midvale again making It a neck-an-neck' race between Copper and Ar-thur ror the league leadership. Copper won by a score or 8 to 7 and Arthur gained a 3 to 2 victory. Both games were Interesting from start to finish. Magna came near upsetting the local team In the sev-enth Inning when It tied the score. Copper, however, came through the last half winning the game. The heavy scoring was done in the fifth when Copper put over five rung, and Magna four. The summary follows: , . (f Magna B. H. O. A. Evans 4 2 0.2 Dow 5 2 2 0 Archibald 5 3 0 1 Stradley 2 1 12 0 Bonnell 4 0 16 Major 510 Sadler 2 0 2 0 Butler . 10 2 0 Wild pitches Bigbee 2. Passed ball Lawrence. Umpires Gilberg and Scanlon. Time of game 2 hours and 10 minutes. Midvale battled furiously for 10 In-nings to win Its first game, ffut was disappointed. Murphy and Walp en-gaged in a regular pjtchera'-duel- , the latter allowing but seven hits and Walp eight blngles.' Murphy got a little wild In the tenth which allowed Baty to score ending the game. The summary foliQvrs: ,. ...... MM vale B. H. O. A. Steadman, 2b 4 113 B. Smith, If. 4 3 18 0 Egbert, ss 5 12 3 Anderson, c .4 0 2 2 Reading, ct 4 13 0 AIsop, 3b 4 0 3 4 Larson, rf 10.00 Atwood, rf 10 0 0 Murphy, p 4 2 0 4 xBeackstead 10 0 0 Totals 38 8 29 15 Arthur B. H. O. A. McGehan, 2b 3 0 13 Rumsey, cf 2 0 10 C. Smith, If 3100 Dean, rf " 4 12 0 Barrett, c 5 1 10 0 Baty, ss 4 2 10 Tallamant 2b 10 2 1 Facer, lb 3 2 112 Wain, n 4 0 2 2 Ellison Cooper 2 0 0 1 Dunn 21 0 1 xJohnson 110-- 0 Totals 37 15 24 12 Copper ... B. H. O. A. Moore - 3 12 0 Santlstevan . 4 111 Norek " 5 2 2 6 Heping 4 2 5 0 Sumnich . - 4 2 3 1 McKee 3 13 1 Ames 4 0 6 0 Lawrence 4 15 1 Bigbee 2 2 10 Mclvor 0 0 0 0 Totals 33 12 27 10 xBatted for Ellison In ninth. Score by innings: Magna Runs 00204010 0 7 Hits 01314122 115 Copper Runs 0 1 1 0 5 0 1 0 x 8 Hits 1 3 1 0 4 0 3 0 x 12 Summary: Runs Evans, Dow 2, Archibald 8, Stadley, Moore, Santis-- ' Totals. 31 7 30 13 xBatted tor Larson in firth. ,Two out when winning run scored. , Score by Innings: Midvalt Runs 10000001 0 0 2 Hits 100111121 03 Arthur Runs 00 1 0100 0 Rims 00 1010000 13 Hits 01121100 0 17 Summary: Runs Watts, Murphy, McGehan, Rumsey 2. Error Talla-mant- e. Stolen bases Rumsey 2. Sacrifice hits Rumsey, C. Smith 3. Home run Watts. Three-bas- e hit Reading. Two-ba- se hits Dean, C. Smith, Egbert. Runs batted in C. Smith 3, Watts. Double plays Eg-bert to Alsop; Tallamante, unassist-ed. Innings pitched By Walp 10, by Murphy 9 3. Credit victory to Walp. Charge defeat to Murphy. At bat Off Walp 38, off Murphy 31. Hits Off Walp 8, oft Murphy 7. Runs responsible for Walp 2, Murphy 3. Struck out By Walp 9, by Murphy 1. Bases on balls Off Walp 2, off Mu-rphy. Hit with pitched ball Mc- Gehan, Facer, Rumsey. Passed ball Anderson. Umpire Egbert and Stauffer. Scorer White. Time' of game 2 hours and 2 minutes. tevan, Norek 2, Heping 2, Sumnich, Bigbee. Errors Dow, Santlstevan, McKee. Stolen bases Archibald, Major, Bigbee. . Sacrifice 'hits Bon-nell, Dunn, Moore. Home runs Heptlng 2. Three-bas- e hits Archi-bald, Dow. Two-bas- e hltB Bigbee, Norek. Double play McKee to Nor-ek to Ames. Innings pitched By Cooper 4 plus, by Bigbee 6 3. Credit victory to Mclvor. Charge de-te- at to Duna. At bat Off Cooper 18, off Dunn 19, off Bigbee 27. off Mclvor 6. Hits Off Cooper 8 off Dunn 4, off Bigbee 12, off Mclvor 3. Runs Off Cooper 6, off Dunn 2, off Bigbee 7. Runs responsible for Cooper 6, Dunn 2, Bigbee 7. Struck out By Bigbee 4, by Mclvor 1, by Dunn 3. Bases on balls Off Bigbee 4, off Cooper I, off Dunn 1, Hit with pitched ball Stradley, by Mclvor. Mother McDonald Dies' of Heart Trouble in Colo. Mrs. "John Thomas McDonald, more Intimately known as "Mother" Mc- Donald, died this week in Grand Junction, Colo., from heart failure, which was brought on by a paralytic stroke. . She was 63 yeSrs of age, and 'Spent much or her life In Bingham, where she conducted a boarding house. Because of her wide acqqualntance Mrs. McDonald was or great assis-tance In Identifying the victims of the Bingham snow slide. She had sold her interest in the boarding house just two days before the slide occur-red. At the time of her death she was arranging to take over a boarding house In Rico, Colo. Mrs. McDonald was born In Marys-vlll- e. 111., January 8, 1864, and had resided in Salt Lake, Hiawatha and Bingham for the last twenty-fou- r years. She was a member of Mizpah chanter. Order of Eastern. Star; past grand chief of the Pythian Sisters, a member of Reynolds circle, G.A.R., and of Susannah Eaton camp, Daugh-ters of Veterans. , She Is survived by three daughters: Mrs. C. E. Hasslnger, Hiawatha; Mrs. J. W. Funk, Berkeley, Cal.; Mrs. A. S. Ross, Vallejo, Cal.; three sons, Walter W. of Richmond, Cal.; James H. and John Thomas, both of 8alt Lake, and by two grandsons. J - Mrs. McDonald's Immediate lamily were In attendance when the end came Thursday. Sheriff Patten Makes Good Record in Six Months .. As almost twice as many stills were confiscated by the sheriff's of-fice during the first six months of 1927 as against the same period dur-ing 4 the administration of Sheriff Ben R. Harries It Is shown In a re-port issued during the week by James R, Mclntyre, office deputy sheriff. ' : This Is most remarkable In view of the fact that Sheriff Harries paid attention to practically nothing else but suppressing the liquor traffic, while Sheriff Patten has only four or five deputies working in this department. In the first sx months of Patten's administration, 101 stills were con-fiscated as against 64 for Sheriff Har- - .. ries. This is In spite of the fact that Sheriff Harries was in the clos-ing year or his administration and was making every effort to make a record, while Sheriff Patten Is Just beginning his four year regime. The comparison as announced by the sheriff's office follows: ; ' January, 1927, five fines, $430: 1926, 15 fines. $1,270; February, 1927, 12 fines, $1,509; 1936, 28 fines, $1,856; March, 1927, 14 fines, l$l,241; 1926, 23 fines, $1,260; Ap-ril, 1927. 13 fines, $1,044; 1926 24 fines, $1,464; May, 1927, 13 fines, . $1,360; 1926, 33 fines,-$2,068- ;, June, 1927, IS fines,- $1,298; 1926, 14 fines, $442. . Coolidge Quits Presidential Race for Renomination President Coolidge startled the country this week when he made an- - . at the summer white "house in South Dakota that he did not choose to run for the presidency in 1928. It was confidently expected by many that President Coolidge would again seek the nomination, many holding to the belief that if he was w renominated he would be t with an overwhelming majority. f The withdrawal of the president - ' from the race has resulted in mucn f speculation as to who will be con- -' tenders for the Republican nomina-tion. Among those mentioned are v former Governor Frank O. Lowden ,, of Illinois; Vice President Charles ' G. Dawes, Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover, Nicholas Longworth, speaker of the house of representa-tives and former Senator James A. Wadsworth of New York. In a statement made In Washing-- i I ton Senator Reed Smoot of Utah, I commenting on the announcement of the president said: "The only way I can construe the president's state-ment Is that if the Republican con-vention wants him to run for the presidency ot the United Sfates, he will do so, but that it he is left to his personal choice, he would prefer not to run." Alex Bogdam Is Beaten with Base' Ball Bat in Fight Considerable excitement was morning when Sam Mellch and Alex Bogdam figured in a tracas, which resulted in serious injury to the latter. Bogdam was beaten over the head and shoulders with a base ball bat, which rumor has It was in the hands of Mrs. Mellch. Bogdam is In the hospital suffering from badly lacerated head, several broken ribs and other Injuries.' It la expected he will recover. ' Stories of the fracas conflict. Mel- - Ich charges that Bogram was play-in-g the part or a "peeping Tom," at the Mellch home. On the other hand Bogdam says that Mellch met him on the street and offered to sell him liqu- - j Dr. Heated words followed, says Bogdam, and Melich assaulted him with a baseball bat. Mrs. Melich claims that during the mele she was ( struck with a knife. Mr. and Mrs. Melich were charged with disturbing the peace and placed under bonds of $100 each. . Salt Lake City Street Employe Takes Own Life J. Fergus Johnson, chief clerk in the city street department of Salt Lake, this week committed suicide In the basement of his home by shooting himself. Surviving are his widow and two children. It is believed the cause Is attrib-utable to a shortage In his accounts, which are being Investigated by City Auditor Alvin Keddlngton. It is es-timated Johnson was short about $1,-30- 0. " - The shortage was first discovered last Saturday, when Keddlngton, making a periodical audit, walked Into the office and asked Johnson for his receipts. Johnson left the office and never returned. Investigation re-vealed the shortage. , Entertains at 500 i Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Scott enter- - tained the O.F.F. club at their home in Copperfleld Tuesday evening. Five hundred was played, first prize being i won by Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Mugflre, second prize by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hudson and consolation prize by Mr. j and Mrs. Basil Doman. . Lunch was served to Mr. and Mrs. James Denver. Mr. and Mrs. William Keims, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hudson, Mr. and Mrs. Basil Doman and Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Muffer. Henry Hurle, Old Timer of Bingham, Dies Henry Hurle, engineer for the Utah Copper company, and ; pioneer of Bingham, died during the week at a Salt Lake hospital after a short Ill-ness. The body was taken to his former home In Denver, where he will be buried Thursday, O'Donnell and company was in ctarge of sending the body to the Colorado city. Returns from Coast J J. Cotro-Mane- s, manager of the Isis Candy company, returned Mon-day from a vacation trip to the Pa-cific coast. He was' accompanied on the trip by his brother, N. Cotro-Mane- s, lawyer of Salt Lake and Mrs. Cotro-Mane- s. I Mrs. Parsons Is Now in New Home - Mrs. T. H. Parsons is now located in her new home, just south of the Ellades jewelry store. " " Undergoes Operation Miss June O'Neal underwent an op-eration at the Bingham hospital for appendicitis. Her condition Is re-ported as good. |