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Show SATURDAY, MARCH 1. W 1 III..,,, , I 1 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 1 T I 1 1 I I I - County and General News , ii i 1 1 . i ii i i ii i . n . . . . TrWf?-- Prixe Winnert in the Christmas Seal Sale " Announcement of prise winners ' among tbe schools of the state during the Christmas Seal Sale was announced an-nounced yesterday by James II. Wall Is, executire secretary of the Utah Public Health Association. The (rand prize in the contest was won by the North Sanpnte School District. Dis-trict. This prize Is 1750.00 to be paid In the employment of a b uool nurse. North Sanpete was the only school district In the state to "go orer the top," selling Christmas Seals to tbe amount of $944.44. which is 106' per cent of its quota. This school district carried away the big prizo last year. The three schools with the highest per capita sales are as follows: First prise, $100.00, Mantl Junior High 8chool; Second prize, $50.00, . Wales, 8anpete County; Third prize, $25.00, 8prlngdale, Washington County. These prizes are to be paid In playground equipment, platform scales or school lunch outfit.'": " " To the tbree schoolrooms with the ilfhest per capita sales; First prize, et of Crusade platform scales. Woods Cross; Second prize, six stand) Ji.pJcturea framed,- Keatrey School, Wasatch County; Third prize, vet of Modern Health Crusade colored posters, post-ers, Bear Hirer School - Boy or girl making highest Christmas Christ-mas Seals sale In the state: First Prise gold medal, Cora Fuller, Winter Quarters, selling $16.05; Second prise, silver medal. Bertha Shand, Mantl, selling $18.05; Third prize, bronze medal, Stewart Shand, Mantl, selling Ill.M. " Other Individual prize winners: Lents Greenhalghr Santaquln; Victor Ruesch and Reta Reusch, 8prlngdale. Washington County; TaylorJohnson4 Bear Rirer City; Raymond Bloomfleld. Woods Crois Harold ' Oerrard.Lata Point; Oran Whltlock, May Held; Marguerite Paskett, Coalville, Utah. ' Following are the results of the .Chriatmis ; Beal Sale by- counties, cities and school districts, showing total amount told, and amount sold per capita, as determined by population popu-lation given at laat census: Cents) County Amount Sold Beaver -.;. I 15T.5t Per Capita Box Elder Cache ! Carbon ....... Daggett - . Davis a. Duchesne . Emery Garfield Grand ......... Iron. Juab Kane MlUard . Morgan ..... Piute Rich ..... 646.85 ! 1,111.55 1,266.90 9.07 171.41 225.96 - I60.M 177.97 117.86 81183: 683.06 40.00 568.74 126.18 11118 83.40 1U76.73 69.03 T 4 86 " 176 4 49 186 6.93 1.94 6.74 4.91 4.05 1.71 7.07 104 8.33 4.61 6.10 5.64 4.23 3.78 5.94" 5.99 3.67 7.42 6alt Lake .. San Juan .... " Sanpete ............ 1,456.05 Sevier 8ummitt Tooele Ulntab - Utah Wasatch 520.31 401.37 449.86 858.33 1,645.95 " 275.77" Washington 405.47 Wayne 80.51 Weber 3.226.14 $26,498.62 Death Rate. Gut Down In 1923 . New York. NY Y. -- New records were achieved In 1923 health Hale? Flske, President of thn J'etropolHan Life Insurance Company, Informed 600 delegates to the annual .convention .conven-tion of the company. . Last year was distinguished as one of the best health years of the Unite I States and Canada, it was announced, the 'conclusions having bwn band on the. 1923 health record of approximately approxi-mately fifteen million Industrial policyholders' of the Metropolitan nearly one-seventh of the combined population of the two countries. Mr. Flske stated that the company Statistician had found that tbe desth rate of this Important croe section of tbe American people In 1923 was f.S per 1.000; In 1922 it was 8.S; and In 1921, 8.7. These were the thre best years In tWn sanitary history of tho United States and Canada as U proved by the rates tor their Inuustrlpl populations' popu-lations' for'siich" prlor"years as 1919 (10.6); ,1917 (11.6); lu (lz.oj; am 1911 (12.5). Whittling Msn Hsrrrtlsta., De man dat whistles all de 'time," aid Uncle Ehen, "is lei worry dan de one who talks constantly. Vans you knows at de start he sin' try In' to make senxe."' Estimated Wealth of the State of Utah Washington. D. C. February 15, 1924. The Department of Commerce announces, for the State of Utah, its preliminary estimate of the value. December 31, 1922, of the principal forms of wealth, the total amounting to $1,535,477,000, as compared with $786,720,000 in 1912, an increase of 95.2 per cent. Per capita value Increased In-creased from $1,922 to $3,247, or 63.0 per cent. " All classes of property Increased In j value from 1912 to 1922. Tbe est! mated value of taxed real property and improvements Increased from $329,207,000 to $620,856,000, or 68.G per cent; exempt real property (exclusive (ex-clusive of national monuments and ZIon National Park from $46,801,000 to $174,191,000, or 272.2 per cent; live stock from $3,302,000 to $53,055,000 or 35.0 per cent; farm implements and machinery from $4,777,000 to $9,493,-000, $9,493,-000, or 98.7 per. cent; manufacturing machinery, tools, and Implements from $24,491,000 to $177,314,000, or 22.9 per cent Privately owned trans portation and ' transmission enterprises, enter-prises, other than railroads. Increased in value, from $57,964.p00 to . IMMW. 000, or 75.1 per cent; and stocks of goods, vehicles other than motor, furniture,-and clothing from $139,908,-000 $139,908,-000 to $329,989,000, or 135.9 per cent. No comparison Is possible for the value of motor vehicles, which was estimated in 1922 at $18,575,000, because be-cause no separate estimate was made In 1912. In making these estimates the Department De-partment followed In general the methods employed In making the estimates esti-mates for 1912. though it la believed that in some respects the work In 1923-has been more thorough. It should be borne in mind that the In creases In money -value are to a large extent due to the rise In prices which has taken place in recent years, and so far as that Is the case they do not represent -corresponding Increases In the quantity of wealth. The estimated values of gold and silver coin and bullion, the vessels of Navy, and privately owned waterworks water-works will appear only In totals for the United States. 1 ' " o The Collector of Internal Revenue for the District of Utah today Issued the following open letter to employers employ-ers in this district relative, to their duty to file information returns', and requesting that they advise their employees em-ployees to avoid penalties toy " Ming the required income tax returns. TO EMPLOYERS: Your attention Is called to your obligation, under the law, to file with the Commissioner of Internal Revenue at Washington on or before March 15, Information returns. These returns are prepared on Forms 1099 and 1096 and must be Cled by every Individual, Arm, corporation, partnership, receiver, re-ceiver, trustee, executor, administrator admini-strator and employer who, during the year 1923, paid out salaries, commissions, commis-sions, rent, royalties or other fixed snd determinable gains In amount of $1000 or more to any one Individual. These information returns are entirely, entire-ly, distinct. from Income tax returns. No extension of time can be granted by the Collector for the filing of Information Infor-mation returns. Tills office earnestly desires your co-operation In reporting those employees em-ployees and other persons receiving from you amounts of $1,000 or more. Tt wilt be appreciated If you will -'resent tn your employees the necessity neces-sity of filing income tax returns. A return Is required from a single person per-son receiving Sl.oOO or over per year and from married individuals receiving receiv-ing $2000 or over per year. It la necessary that the return be filed regardless re-gardless of the fact that allowable de- INCOME TAX IN NUTSHELL WHO Single persons who had net Income of $1,000 or more or gross Income of $5,000 or more, and married couples who had net Income of $2,000 or more or gross Income of $5,000 or more must file returns. WHEN? The filing period Is from January 1 to March 15, 1924. WHERET Collector of Internal revenue for the district In which the person lives or has his principal place of business. HOW? Instructions on Form 1C140A and Form 1040; also the law and " regulations. WHAT? Four per cent normal tax on the first $4,000 of net Income In excess of tbe personal exomp tion and credits for dependents. Eight per rent normal' tax on balsnce of net Income. Surtix from 1 per cent to 50 per cent on net Incomes over $6,000 for tbe. year 1923. ductlons may Indicate no tax due. Tbe erroneous Impression Is - prevalent that where no tax Is due the Individual Individ-ual Is relieved from giving a return, but this- is not In accordance with the law. As an lllustratoon, a married man has $2500 exemption as head of family, and $400 for each dependent, provided his income was under $5,000. A married man with two children would therefore be entitled to an exemption of $3200, but If the total income in-come is $2000 or over a return must be filed. This office will appreciate your co-operation. WE WANT TO AVOID f ALL PENALTIES, as far as possible Tor failure to file returns. JAMES H. ANDERSON. Collector. Securities Commission Turns Over $30,000.00 to the State In the three years time the Tolumo of business to come before the Utah State Securities Commtsrlon . has .... increased in-creased from approximately $15,000.- i000 In Tolume to $63,394,870 for th-j fiscal year ending December 1 str 1923, according to the annual repcrt. of tAe Securities Department Just presented 1he Governor." " During " that "tTmo the Securities Department has oper ated at a cost of approximately $20,000 to the State and has during that period netted the State Treasury approximately ap-proximately $30,000.00 above, all ex- penseer -- r-r::-:- - Through a system of strict regulations regu-lations the Commission has been enabled en-abled to protect the public from purchasing pur-chasing worthless stock very materially, material-ly, and with each year greater, pre tectlon Is being; given. Warnings have constantly been sent out to the people to beware of ficticious stock taleimen and -promoters. 'and the department Is ready, at all .limes to furnish Information Infor-mation relative to the standing of any companythat has applied for a permit per-mit ' JTroghqiilck.-actIon- the; Commission Commis-sion has been able to block the sale of many thousand dollars of worthless stocks from the Texas fields, and no less than a dozen of those Indicted last summer were prevented from doing do-ing business In the 8tate of Utah. More than two million dollars of securities se-curities that -were going to he offered for sale have been withdrawn because the plan did not meet the approval of the Utah Commission. The Securities Commission makes no recommendations whatever In. -the sale of securities, hut Is using every effort to see that the moneys Invested with the various companies are proper ly expended and the state developed through these expenditures. The Com' mission has now reached a state of efficiency that has placed it In a very favorable position among the stand ard commissions throughout the United States and millions of dollars of securities are qualified each year for companies who desire to finance through the East and on the Pacific Coast. Weather Bureau Explains What "Snow-Rollers" Are - Almost every winter " the Weather Bureau of the United States Depart ment of Agriculture receives reports of the occurrence of wIndblow snow balls, or rather cylindrical masses of snow, which are sometimes found by thousands over a level or slightly In clined surface. They are formed by a strong wind when the surface of a light, fluffy snow la so-run together. and at such temperature, practically the melting point, as to form a coherent coher-ent flexible covering. Here and there. tbe wind turns a piece of this cover over, then rolls along the obstruction thus formed until it becomes too heavy to move farther, when the roll la done. The Individuals in any cluster ot . "snowi-ollers, as they are technically called, have of course all traveled in tbe same direction, that of the wind, ,jnd have roughly the same size. They are rolled straight forward, not tumb-led tumb-led end over end, and hence are muff-shaped, muff-shaped, with a hole running through, about which the layer Is spirally rapped. A striking characteristic of these rollers Is their softness or flufflness. which Is owing to the fact that thev were rolled In the gentlest possible way, and never compressed by heavy packing forces. ... O . Another Hazardous Gamble . In Foregin Currencies 'Take a gamble in French francs I fill them. at tfcejifosent price; then, !f they docllne further, buy them to ! make delivery at the h'i;hpr jirk-e." ;TH foretime BURResi ion. circulated circu-lated In 'h TTnld Slates, following the recent decline In French franca. appeals to the gambling Instinct and to race prejudice. More than a billion American dollars wera lost In German marks and Russian rubels. That; experience ex-perience should prevent the present generation from , again gambling In foreign currencies. Postal savings In the United States amount to 134 million dollars, deported deport-ed by 420,000 persons, 85 "per cent of whom are foreign born or of foreign descent Unacquainted with American Ameri-can customs, they distrust the soundest sound-est banks or the safest bonds. To there, or, to anyone else Inclined to Invest In foreign securities, it may be repeated that "speculating" In foreign currencies Is extremely hazardous gambling, but that there are a number or sound desirable foreign government bonds payable. Interest and principal, ! in American dollars In America. Only 24 million dollars of foreign corporation corpor-ation bonds were offered In the United States last year while more than ten times that amount of foreign government govern-ment bonds were sold here. The soundest Investment banking sense In this country is carefully discriminating discriminat-ing between stable foreign govern ments and foreign business that might not be so stable. Reindeer To Be Crossed With Wild Alaskan Carbou There are - probably about 250,000 reindeer in "AlasVarind "It Is 'expected that the reindeer herds will become the basis of an important future industry in-dustry of the Territory. The Biological Survey of the United States Department Depart-ment of Agriculture has undertaken to encourage the; industry hy studying the diseases of the reindeer, food and range problems, methods of handling, and particularly the improvement of the herds in size, vigor, and meat pro ducing qualities. ... To this end a special worker from the Biological Survey, Olaus J. Murle, has spent the past three rsara Investi gating the caribou" Tierds in northern Alaska, with a view to locating -the large-sized caribou In order to capture bulls for crossing with the reindeer. As reindeer are, in face, domesticated caribou, it Is expected that herds can be greatly strengthened in this way. In addition to studies of the caribou. Mr. Murie has made investigations of wild game conditions and of conditions pertaining to land fur-bearing animals. He has made trips by dog sled inland, covering country through which few white men have been, often accompanied accom-panied by only one assistant; He is preparing a report on the result of his Investigations, which will be of Interest Inter-est to those connected with the growing grow-ing reindeer industry. -' i -o ' Forty-two per cent of the farmers feel that their financial difficulties are due to low prices of farm products, the United States Department of Agriculture Agri-culture says. Seventeen per cent attribute at-tribute their condition to higher taxes; 1 11 per cent to high coeU for farm labor;; 10 per cent to-high - fralgh rates; 10 per cent to high Interest If interested, invite you our prices. Beesley Marble Just South of Three of You may not have thought of this in just this ' way. The three greatest health givers are mother, doctor, plumber. The mother is given first place, though the plumber comes first. ....... You see, it's like this. " The mother gives health life itself to every human who comes into the world. So, naturally, the more health she has, the more she can give. The first problem of the race, then, is how to have the healthiest mothers. - . You might say, - The health of mothers is the business of doctors." But not at first The plumber steps ahead of the doctor. For, while the doctor cures, the plumber prevents disease. iAnd our health grows Jbetter. thrQUgk preven- tion. 5 The plumber, with his plumbing, gives the mother pure water to drink and use; he carries away all disease-breeding waste; he shortens her - steps with a sink in the kitchen and laundry tubs in the basement; he adds to her health with a bathroom. Taking care of the mothers is taking care of the generation. You can't do too much for - mothers. M. S. Lott Plumbing and Heating TELEPHONE 49 J MAIN STREET, LEHI jmw if o Last year 350,000 buyers waited for delivery. Insure yourself against delay this spring by placing your order for a Ford Car now. See the Nearest Authorized Ford Dealer Detroit, Michigan Michkan , rates; pr cent to reckless emu tare during the boom period; ; per cent to too much credit . , Hundred of well pletttd to tJl Beetle; customers testify high quality of Monuments and Service, jj t . . - ; . ""!''""' '"" '. placing1 your order with you sxe assured of all tint good material, beautiful designs and skilled wort rnanship can produce. to see our largo display and get & Granite Works Tabernacle, Provo Rind |