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Show THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 115o OREM-GENEVA TIMES Increase in Use of Diesel Fuel Noted According to a report prepar-edby prepar-edby the State Tax Commission for release today, diesel fuel used in August 1950 increased 18.65 over the 578,462.9 gallons gal-lons used in August of 1949. while tax collections on diesel fuel used in the state increased 4.7. Patrick Healy, Jr., Chairman of the State Tax Commission, pointed out that the increased ocrcentage of collections which resulted in a return to the State of $28,457.15 for the month, as compared to $21,736-69 a year ago, is not entirely due to the greater use of this type of equipment- There is, however, a steady growth in the number of Diesel Trucks on the Utah Highways. High-ways. Mr. Healy believes that the gain in collections of this tax could be resultant from the highway blockades set up, which have been held from time j to time during the past few months. ; The "blockades" have checked check-ed diesel fuel permits as well as motor vehicle licenses, chauffer Increased Use of Tc!::c?c Noted in United States WASHINGTON - The department reports the rc x m.; in cigarette prices may vm: miners min-ers in the U.S. an extra IT: n.ilii. dollars in the year started .J.;' 1 The department also rr ported th.it a record probably would b sft w tobacco purchases of all kinds be cause of high employment and in come levels. It said the nation'!-smokers nation'!-smokers consumed 335 billion ci arettes in the year ended June a new record. That was some thret billion more than in the preview' year. Despite the record consumption total manufacture of 383 billion cigarettes was about seven billion less than in the previous year, d-it to the smaller output for export, 'he report said. The department said five and a .i.iif billion cigars were smoked niout 3i per cent fewer than in oi.rh of the two preceding years. It at d d. however, that the cigar d? matid is expi-ctcd to pick up in the -s! half of this year license, etc., and the cost of these blockades has been more than repaid by the increase in fuel tax alone. :;.cl ! . Ill i a j :he stril..' 'eked ami Milt- i he l vivipr J the car :i'ig in the Tr.e youth said i.- t his time :i. (-.ing and b.'a.. - on the car door Children pl;i ig near the car heard his weakc -i cries and railed police. The youth was sent to a hospital, suffering from ex haustion and exposure "Being in the car almost drove me crazy," he said. "At first I became thirsty and hungry, but there was nothing to eat or drink Then after a while I didn't care any more." vve are pleased to place our name beside fv those of other liberty-loving Americans who throughout J the Nation today reaffirm their adherence to the principle prin-ciple of traditional American enterprise and initiative. We believe firmly that in all fields from industry U the arts . . . from agriculture to medicine America has proved to the world that the Voluntary Way is the Way to Liberty and to Freedom. VERTS SHOE SHOP ' Orem-Gen,eva Times Building Over the years, behind our counters, .we've sold many kinds of accepted medicines and we'd filled thousands of prescriptions pres-criptions for people of this community. We've helped measure meas-ure out a lot of medical progress. We've seen new treatments treat-ments and new drups turn illness into health, despair into hope. . This progress is more than statistics it's people! And the people we know don't want it tampered with! t Free America has no place for a bureaucracy that stands be-tween be-tween people and progress, between doctor and patient, be-tween be-tween physician and pharmacist! , FREE AMERICA HAS NO PLACE FOR SOCIALIZED MEDICINE SALMON PHARMACY 8th North and State Orem STATEMENT OF THE OWN-i ERSHIP, MANAGEMENT, AND CIRCULATION RE QUIRED BY THE ACT OF j CONGRESS OF AUGUST 24, 1912, AS AMENDED BY THE ACTS OF MARCH 3, 1933, AND JULY 2, 1946 (Title 39, United States Code, Section 233) Of OREM-GENEVA TIMES published weekly at Orem, Utah for October 5, 1950. 1. The names and addresses j of the publisher, editor, manag-, ing editor, and business managers manag-ers are: Publisher, M. Neff Smart, 775 1 No. 1st E., Provo, U:ah. Editor M. Neff Smart, Provo, ! Utah. i Business manager, Clyde E. Weeks, 146 E. Center St., Orem, ! Utah. I 2. The owner is: (If owned by ( a corporation, its name and address ad-dress must be dated and also-immediately also-immediately thereunder the names and addresses of stock-holders stock-holders owning or holding 1; percent or more of total amount of stock. If not owned by a cor- j poration, the names and addresses add-resses of the individual owners! mud; be given- If owned by a! partnership or other unincor-j porated firm, its name and add-e ress, as well as that of each in- j dividual member, must be given.) giv-en.) M. Neff Smart, 775 No- 1st E., Provo, Utah. Elaine Brimhall Smart, 775 N. 1st East. Provo, Utah A. V. Watkins, Washington, nr 3. The known bondholders, mortgagees, and ether security holders owning or holding 1 per ceni or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages, or other securities sec-urities are: (If there are none, so K ate.) None. 4. Paragraphs 2 and 3 include, in cases where the stockholder or security holder appears upon the books of the company as trust te or m any other fiduciary relation, the name of the person or corporation for whom such trua ee is acting also the statements state-ments in the two paragraphs show the affiant's full knowledge know-ledge and belief as lljo the circumstances cir-cumstances and conditions und er which stockholders and se curity holders who do not ap pear upon the books of the com pany as trustees, hold stock and securities in a capacity oh' er than that of a bona fide owner. 5. The average number of copies of ,each issue of this pub lics ion sold or distributed, through the mails or otherwise, to paid subscribers during the 12 months preceding ,he date shown above was: (This information inform-ation is required from daily, weekly, semi-weekly, and tri weekly newspapers only.) 1575. Clyde E. Weeks, Business Manager Sworn to and subscribed before be-fore me this 5th day of October, 195L M. Neff Smart Notary Public My commission expires June 30, 1951. Death and Taxes Shrink Oilman's 19-ft'iiiicn Estate NEWPORT. R.I. 11 you inherited , a $19,000,000 estate duti't think you would get It all. In fact, you would w.!y net about 5- 8 millions. As an example, the estate of Rob ert Walton Gielet, an oil magnate who died in 10 1 1 , amounted to $19. 000,000. But federal taxes took $11,572, 438; New York state tax $2,693,096; Rhode Island state tax $1,269,859; Utah state tax $2,717; Province of Quebec tax $6,833; Province of New-Brunswick New-Brunswick Ux $7,898; administrative administra-tive expenses $966,000; appraisers' fees $250,000. Then after other minor expense? the amount remaining to the tow heirs was $2,808,615. fhvenue Department Says Ec:tls2ing L'p 25 Per Ccn! WASHINGTON Bootlegging is up 25 per cent over last year. At the end of June 30, the internal inter-nal revenue commission reported, federal men seized 10,929 illicit stills, compared with 8,008 the year before. The alcohol tax unit also made 10,209 arrests. 1,294 more than the previous year. Criminpl cases terminated ter-minated amounted to 5,532, with 4,677 cases still pending. The commission said 140,599 gallons gal-lons of mou.itain "moonshine", 21,-874 21,-874 more ga.lons than during the year before, were confiscated. In addition, 4,892,608 gailons of mash were seized. . .. . rv ih cL-xj .' v. A. A.- uufe.;. . iicid Friday :. j Ci.y ui. Uou.i.y aj a... i'iu, . i uh Utah C-U.i II club j.iembers who wish c. o submit entries for the Nation ui 4-H Contests, according to Jtnniev J. Poulscn, Utah Coun-iy Coun-iy Home Demonstration Agent. Judges for the contest were Mrs. Reva Roylance of Spring-ville, Spring-ville, Mrs- Ann Nybo of Saiem, and Mrs- Elsie Kester of West Mountain. 4 H club members of Utah County have enthusiastically entered en-tered the National Contest. The quality and standard of work submitted by the contestants is good. From their achievements, the girls are in every true sense of the word "winners." Entry material of the winners will be sent to the state -rf office of-fice at Logan to compete with other counties. The winners of the all, expense-paid trips to attend at-tend the National Congress held in Chicago the latter part of November No-vember will be anounced from there. The following is a list of county coun-ty winners: Achievement, Dor-ene Dor-ene Atwood, Lake Shore; Clothing, Clo-thing, Ann Patrick, Springville; Farm and Home Electric, Helen Hansen, Pleasant View; Farm and Home Safety, Leola May, Highland; Nancy Warnick, Manilla; Man-illa; Mary Jean Miller, Pleasant View; Food Preparation, Shirley Swenson, Manilla; Frozen Foods, Kathleen Allen, Manila; Garden. Goldie Kester, Carol Christiansen, West Mountain; Girls Record, Zola Cowan, Spring Lake; Health, Mary Jean Miller, Pleasant View; Home Grounds Beautification . Ruby Kester, West Mountain; Home Improvement, Margaret Ashton, Pleasant View; Leadership, Carolyn Car-olyn Snell, Spanish Fork; Poultry, Poul-try, Elanie Rigtrup, Sondra Huff, Lake Shore, Collean Peterson, Pet-erson, Pleasant View; Recreation, Recreat-ion, LaDawn Perry, Pleasant View. Clubs submitting blue ribbon health entries: Leader, Mrs. Beulah Boshard of West Mountain; Mount-ain; Leader, Ann Nybo, Salem; and Leader, Anna Ashton, Pleasant Pleas-ant View. Blue ribbon recreat- THE LONE TREE Tender saplings, firmly planted Sixty years or more ago. By the hands of stalwan. people, Watched them grow, with face aglow. Watered by bo h stream and bucket, And by heaven's gracious rain, Soon bedecked with life's green foliage. No, their work was not in vain. Lovely tree, so i all and stately, Queenly stood in desert sand, Nesting robins, resting sparrows, In your branch?s green and grand. Summer breezes, gently swaying, Whispering music, oh how sweet, As of angels' hands were playing Melodies each ear to greet. Spreading branches cool and shady, Casting shadows o'er the ground. Ll'.tle children, laughing, playing, 'Neath thee love to gather round. Can le sought your outstrethed branches, Sprawled around your cooling base. From the sun, the wind and rain storms Sheltering arms, each to embrace. Winter's chilly blast approaches, Robs you of your foliage green-Lovely green-Lovely tree, so brave, so lifeless, Snow on branches winter's scene. You have wea hered storm and tempest Grown so strong with age and time, With your dignity and beau;'y Yours has been a life divine. Whispering hope in morning's sunshine, Showing strength in morning's dew, Only God could ever fashion Such a glorious tree as you. Blanche Nielson State Tax Totals $70 Million for Year Information compiled for the biennial report of the Utah State tax commission from data supplied sup-plied by he state treasurer, shows that true revenue receipts to the State of Utah for the last fiscal year, ending with June, 1950, totaled $70.8 million. Of that total, $35.4 million, or almost al-most exactly one-half, came to the treasury from collections bv ion entries: Leader, Anna Ash- the tax commission. ton, Pleasant View; Leader, Car olyn Snell, Spanish Fork; Leaders Lead-ers Lorna Nielson and Ann Patrick, Pat-rick, Springville. ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Notice is herein given that the Board of Education, Alpine School District, American Fork, Utah will receive bids for all the labor and materials required requir-ed in connection with the con-stuction con-stuction of the elementary school sch-ool building located at 12th So-and So-and Main in Orem, Utah. Bids are to be submitted separately for the (1) General Work, which includes every thing except the plumbing and heating and the electric wiring; (2) Plumbing and Heating; and (3) Electrical Wiring. Bids are to be submitted in accordance with the respective respect-ive plans, specifications, and other contract documents now on file with the Board of Education Edu-cation of the Alpine School District at American Fork, Utah, Ut-ah, and at the office of Claude Shepherd Ashworth, Architect, upon receipt of $30 00 per set for general contract, and $15.00 per set for plumbing and heat ing and electrical contract, I which deposit will be refunded I providing the bid is submitted in proper form and upon the return re-turn of such copies in good condition con-dition within five (5) days after the bids are opened, otherwise the contractor will forfeit the deposit. Each bid shall be made out on a form to be obtained at the office of the Architect, and shall be accompanied by a certified cert-ified or cashier's check or bid bond for five (5) per cent of the amount of the bid, made payable pay-able to the order of the Board of Education, Alpine School District, and shall be sealed and filed with the Clerk of said Board at the office of said Board in American Fork, Utah, on or before two o'clock p.m. October 25, 1950 and will be opened and publicly read aloud on that day in the office of said Board. The above mentioned check or bond shall be given u a guarantee that the biddfe erill enter into the contract if awarded award-ed to him and will be declared forfeited if the successful bidder bid-der refuses to enter into said contract after being requested to do so by the said Board within with-in a period of fifteen (15) days. The said Board reserves the right to reject any or all bids or waive any informality in a bid. No bidder may withdraw his bid for a period of thirty (30) days after the date set for the op; ning thereof. Board of Education of Alpine School District. THOMAS A. BARRATT President ELIJAH CHIPMAN Clerk Pub. in the Orem-Geneva Times OU. 6th and 13th. Rocking' Rc:kir Chair Finally Taking it Easy MUSCATINE, lowa-The old rocking rock-ing chair has stopped rocking. Remember Re-member the chair of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Holladay that got all the publicity because of what seemed a self-propelled marathon? It rocked for four months, but lost its restlessness when Mr. and Mrs. Holladay moved and took the chair with them. The Holladays said there evidently evident-ly are fewer vibrations in their new home, for the chair is now at ease most of the time. Once In a while It takes off on a temporary rocking spree. , Briton Must Take Name . Of Great-Uncle for Legacy CHALFRONT ST. GILES, Eng. Charles Crossman can have a sizeable fortune that is, If h changes his name. The 22-year-old youth was named one of the principal beneficiaries ol a $100,000 will if he changes his name to Stratter. An aged great-uncle great-uncle died recently and left him two-thirds ut the estate if he changed chang-ed his nam Friends sid the aged man was anxious to perpetuate his name and they thought" the nephew would agree to the condition. Mrs. Don Stubbs entertained entertain-ed a group of children Tuesday in honor of her daughter, Marilyn, Mari-lyn, who was celebrating her seventh birthday. Games were played and refreshments served serv-ed to 12 friends. County Treasurers supplied $6.7 million in property taxes, which were immediately returned return-ed to the forly school districts throughout the state. The federal feder-al government contributed for public welfare, roads, education, health projects and other purposes, pur-poses, $11.3 million, while $17-2 million came from other sources, notable among which were the profits of the state liquor control con-trol commission of about $3.3 million; fish and game receipts from license fees and other sources of more than $9 hundred hun-dred thousand; fees collected by the various colleges and other state institutions and departments depart-ments totaling around $4-8 million; mil-lion; payments by teachers to ' heir retirement fund and interest inter-est on investments of that fund totaling 31.8 million. A large number of smaller items completes com-pletes the group of "other sources." sour-ces." ; The tabulation does not include in-clude as receipts, any payment to the employment security fund, the state insurance fund and other funds of like nature. Exclusive of these the state treasurer issued receipts totaling total-ing about $80 million; but about $12.5 million of that total ron-stituted ron-stituted reeipts to the liquor control con-trol fund in other words receipts re-ceipts from the sale of liquor by the liquor control commission. commis-sion. Total revenue receipt's to the state government have not quite trebled in the past decade. dec-ade. They were found as $26.4 million in 1940; $38 million five years later, but have increased very rapidly since the end of World War II, being $39 4 million mil-lion in 1947; $62-4 million in :,1948; $68.8 in 1949 and 70.8 mil-i mil-i lion in 1950. Shamefaced DeUit Plans Memorial to Young Soldier DETROIT, Mich.-The city of Detroit, De-troit, ashamed of itself for forgetting forget-ting to honor the first American soldier brought home from Korea for burial at home, got busy and planned a perpetual memorial for him. The soldier, Pvt. John Marruso, 19, died of wounds received in Korea. Ko-rea. Only 20 persons attended his funeral and there were no proper honors, only a makeshift tribute. Ashamed of the slight. Mayor Albert Al-bert E. Cobo immediately ordered the city's flags at half staff. The park superintendent offered to dedicate dedi-cate a new recreation site to Mar-ruso. Mar-ruso. And plans for a permanent memorial were started. Mrs Lena Marusso, Johnny's mother, was not offended by the slight She said, "Johnny, he was awfully young to go. It would be nice if Detroit would do something to remember him." 4,000-Year-Old Stone Axe Factory Found in England LONDON An archaeological society so-ciety reports that excavations in England have uncovered a stone axe factory that existed nearl 4,000 years ago. The society said that a large fac tory, which produced weapons and instruments that were traded all over the country ana across the Irish sea, once existed : " the Lang dale valley. Because of the altitude of the factory, fac-tory, 2,500 feet, it is presumed thai the hewing of the rock took place in the late spring or summer, the rough material being carried awaj to be finished sometime during the winter at a more permanent settle ment beyond the valley. Sam Says: Why Pay More? SAVE with CITIZENS Auto Insurance Low Cost, Dependable Fast Claim Service SAMUEL LEVIN INSURANCE AGENCY 84 East 2nd. South Provo We like f I raking orders... i ...from customers who want our products. prod-ucts. We know those customers have shopped around, looked over other products prod-ucts and have decided that ours is right for them. It keeps a company on its toes ... taking orders from people. MM ...the kind you'll find in some foreign countries where it's no longer the customer but the Government Gov-ernment that gives the orders on what shall be made, what shall be sold . . . and to whom. We want no such system in America. That's why we soy: Let's Keep the Voluntary System in America! Voluntary insurance, Voluntary manufacturing, Voluntary buying and selling are all part of American freedom. They make it certain that- fn America the customer gives the orders! Utah Hardware & Implement Co. Phone 0350-J1 Orem 0EEEB'S FARM PR0V1 FEEDS PROMPT SERVICE NO WAITING 1 SACK OR TRAINLOAD THERE IS A REASON WE ARE CONSISTENTLY SELLING MORE THAN 1400 TONS OF FEED EACH MONTH Per 100 lbi. Laying Mash Golden $3$ Laying Pellets. Gollden . . 3 95 Starter Broiler Mash 417 Sheep and Cattle Pellets 23 3.65 Sheep and Cattle Pellets 36 ...... 4.21 BUHKEE&'G Makes Fine Feeds PHONE PROVO 0636 Rl GENEVA STEEL IS ACROSS FROM US! 2 jl HEALTHY, WEALTHY America is the healthiest great Nation in the world. Americans live more abundantly than any t q people in the world UW f Not because somebody passed a law. But because the founding found-ing fathers were WISE. Because they turned away from dependence de-pendence on Government. Because they believed that real security is based on individual initiative. Americans today believe that, too. That is why America to the symbol of human Freedom ... the bulwark of world liberty! Free America has no place for a bureaucracy that stands be tween people and progress, between doctor and patient, be-tween be-tween physician and pharmacist. We are convinced that a Free America Has no place for Socialized Medicine! OREM PHARMACY GLENN ROBERTSON, Reg. Pharmacist 8th South and State Orem AN ACCIDENT NEED NOT BE A TRAGEDY! No mailer how badly your car has been damaged, our factory fac-tory trained mechanics can get it back into running oid-Body oid-Body and fenders can be repaired, frames straightened and wheels aligned. Estimates gladly given. No job is loo laig or loo small. Slop in today or phone 2850 and our wreckioj Service will pick up your car ior you! Low rales. 1131 North 5th West |