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Show PAGE TWO THE AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1951 G the American fork citizen ' " Published Every Thursday at American Fork." Utah, by the ALPINE PUBLISHING CO. Entered as Second Class Matter, at the Postoffice at American Fork. Utah, under the act of March 3. 1879 NNwmI AWa tf Mtivf in. a. 0.1 aWa4-CMMti.A tries HmUi,lHmf:3 4Mt4 AhMI ImI iMft HsW Vm H v .. .. . I ! ' 1 f i IV Subscription Rate $150 Per Year Sewer 'Must' For Growth Plans are now going ahead in the preparation of a city ordinance which will allow for a referendum on the proposed sewer system and disposal plant It is now in the hands of attorneys In Chicago who represent bonding houses which will handle the financing of the bonds. The Citizen, after, canvassing .fend spot-checking many American Fork citizens as to their feelings on the matter of obtaining a sewer, finds that they are generally agreed that if the city is to go forward and grow normally in a district that is bursting at the seams, the sewer is a ' must" It is a act that one housing project, that otherwise would have been built in American Fork,- went to another city close by because we did not have sewage disposal facilities. Walter Steffen, manager of the Utah Poultry and Farmers Farm-ers Cooperative stated Wednesday that there are serious problems being encountered daily at both the killing plant n4 Arftf a1rln( Tilonf rliiA 9 a4 ia to court) eta disposal. Mr. Steffen stated that at the killing plant it is impossible to get drainage because of the subbing of the soil At present, he said, farmers of the area are complaining at the sewage that goes on trie land near the plant Neighbors complain that the stentch sometimes is almost unbearable. Thus enters a question of sanitary conditions. At the egg packing plant they are having trouble with a septic tank that is fast filling. ' : From 12$ to 150 persons are employed seasonally at the killing plant These employes bring in a good sized payroll during the time they work. The packing plant employs from 25 to 30 persons the year around. What would it mean if these plants should be shut down because of inadequate sew-6ge sew-6ge facilities? The Utah Poultry and Farmers Cooperative plants are sot alone in trying to solve this problem. According to city officialSj the Pulley killing plant has much the same problem. Likewise, to some degree, the Arden Dairy. ." j These three plants furnish employment for many families . A ... . 1 . fY. 1 il a 1 - it- 11- in American xom. 10 lose wem, -or 10 Keep mem irvm ex-candimr. ex-candimr. would be a blow to the citv. '-'" V ' V Where homes have been built on" low'areas of the "city, It is reported that many cesspools are filled to overflowing. There is absolutely no. drainage in some parts. This is not only an inconvenience, but a sanitary hazard to the entire city.' '':'' : : When it comes down to the nub, there is ho valid reason, in the light of these facts, why the people of American Fork should not vote for the sewer district. As has been pointed out by the mayor and city council, leading citizens and en-gineers, en-gineers, the city must start this sewage system without delay to insure the future growth, well-being and health of the community. ' , "BILL DING'S; Business IS BUILDING Business YOua'uoustz'A COTf, PROTECTIVE AND TIGHT AXD F8QMPOP WimH yaiLLsooMWMms: FIGHT WEATHER STRIPPING .,' CAULKING INSULATION WE WILL HELP YOU SEAL OUT OLD MAN WINTER AT ilillllTlTnillllllll! By Harry Marlowe Whether education or Oov. J. Bracken Lee will have the most to say about taxes In Utah for the next two years has come to the fore as the one big issue facing the Twenty-Ninth Utah legislature. And with the 60-day session now- hau over, eaucauon. through Its school boards and the legislature, threatens to take the matter of taxes right out of the governor's hands. In his opening message to the lawmakers, Governor Lee asked that they give first consideration considera-tion to a reduction of Income and sales taxes. Now the schools have come on with a bill endorsed endors-ed by the boards of education to raise the classroom unit allowance allow-ance under the uniform school fund from (3300 to $3800, to in crease transportation allowance by $325,000 and to jump maximum maxim-um districts may tax over and above the minimum for building and operation by 20 per cent, or four mills. This bill went sailing through the Senate without dissent and without an amendment, and Is expected to get little more opposition op-position in the House. This would mean that, unless the bill Is vetoed and the veto sticks, about any chance of Income tax reduction reduc-tion Is out the window, t since income taxes from a major portion por-tion of twenty-five per cent of the uniform school fund. The latter fund would be Increased more than $3,000,000 oy tne classroom unit raise: Not more than 75 per cent of the fund can be 'collected through property tax, but tax commission officials already predict pre-dict passage of the bill will raise the property tax evy by nearly four mills (4 on "every $1000 valuation), val-uation), which would Indicate that every nickle that can be raised by income tax will go into tha. I und..ui-. 80 perturbed is the governor over the turn of events that he has made up his mind to take the entire problem to the people in a series of radio broadcast. Hell talk about taxes for schools, his own tax reduction and balanced bal-anced budget program and hell even go to the citizens over the disposal of the old state prison grounds. In regard to the latter, lat-ter, he Insists all but a 83-acre plot be sold for private development develop-ment The 35 acres, he said should be sold to the Salt Lake City school district for a new High school site. Bills In the Legislature can for retaining the ground other than that proposed for a high school as a state park. Under a 1947 law, it la all reserved at present for state park purposes. : Second only to the tax question ques-tion is that of reapportionment of the Legislature, something that hasnt been done since 1931. For sometime It appeared the Issue might be sidestepped again, despite appearance of a number of bills all In definite rural or urgan classifications -"- on the subject. - But Ben. A. L Tlppetts (D-Ephralm) chairman of the Senate committee cn state and municipal affairs, i which held the bills In the upper house, suddenly sud-denly asked that the Senate decide de-cide whether It wanted to consider con-sider them or not. ' ' ' ; He Insisted that feeling on the matter was so tar apart and so much emotion had been general er over thfflssue thatsinragree-ment thatsinragree-ment between urban and rural tacttons is.OfttoJLJfte.AuestionJ He suggested that rather than "waste" days of debate, the matter mat-ter might well be submitted for legislative touncll sUidy for two years. - This failed to meet the approval ap-proval of the majority of the Senate, however, and on a vote olio to 13, the body decided not to submit the question for study, but to debate it on the floor. Senator Tlppetts .was the only rural senator voting to submit the question. He was Joined by urban Sens. Brockbank, Cannon, Day, Jensen and Watson, all of Salt Lake; Fowles and Jenkins, Weber; Thorn and Clegg of Utah County. On the other side, two urban senators, Marthakls and Elggren of Salt Lake, Joined rural Bens. Reese, Box Elder; Mulr, cache; Hopkln of Rich, Summit, Wasatch, Daggett and Morgan; Ash ton, Duchesne and Uintah; Paxton, Beaver and Millard; Larsen Sevier, Garfield, Wayne, Kane and Piute; Seal, Iron and Washington; - Adams, Emery, Grand and San Juan; Mllllman, Juab and Tooele; Gib son, carbon; and Burns, Davis. through the fourth week of the session, and It may not show until after the measures hit the Senate. One thing that could happen is the eventual presentation of the matter to the legislative council, since a resolution call-, lng for council study of reapportionment reap-portionment was Introduced .In the Senate as a compromise In case a long debate produces nothing. It appears that rural lawmakers, lawmak-ers, holding the very slightest, and some times questionable, numerical edge in each house, will not relinquish control of the House on a . population basis without a more certain edge being granted in the Senate, such as an equal number of senators in each county or sen' atorial district. Sen. Alonzo F. Hopkln CD- Woodruff) made this clear when he said during the Tlppetts-prompted Tlppetts-prompted discussion that rural counties "will not stand by and have three counties control the legislature," which would happen hap-pen in the case of Weber, Salt Lake - and Utah Counties on a reapportionment on a straight population basis. He said rural counties were on he "defensive" because urban areas had "forced tha Issue." Senator Hopkln then added that "we intend to defend a way of life as dear to us as is the way of city life to the urban legislators." Meanwhile, the legislation passed by both houses has been non-controversial and unspectacular. unspec-tacular. - The House, however, did pass a bill to provide a gas tax refund on motor fuel put to non-highway use. This would mean money In the pockets of farmers farm-ers if It passes the Senate and Is signed by the governor. ' Proponents Pro-ponents said It would take some $500,00 per year from gas tax revenues, which would mean that an increase- to gas taxes would be forthcoming if the highway BackgFrom Citizen v 1 News Columns TEN YEARS AGO Federal approval for the pro! ect of widening Main Street and Highway 91 through American Fork has been given by the US Bureau of Public Roads, Mayor o. Devere Wootton has been in formed by the state road com mission. Only a few matters of right-of-way remain to be work. ed out before the project will be ready for bids. Snow depth at Tlmpanogos Divide Is slightly more than 52 Inches, compared to 20 Inches last year and a seven year average of 34 Inches. Threatening an entire business block on Main Street, American Fork's worst fire in 20 years gutted gut-ted the Interior of Bate's store early Wednesday morning and caused damage tentatively estimated esti-mated near the $10,000 mark. The store Is owned by Elmer P. Bate. Tuesday Nate Robinson was chosen president; Leo T. Shelley was appointed secretary; Ell J. Clayson, treasurer; and A.;B, Morgan, Provo.'attorhey.' Direc tors are Thomas J. Barratt, A, W. Miller, Reed H. Robinson, and W. j.cnadwick. John Clarke,' son of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Clarke, one of the BYU debating team will go to Los Angeles this month to meet the debating team of the Occidental Occi-dental college. THIRTY FIVE YEARS AGO ,.- The old files of the Citizen lacked the Feb. 8, Issue. Income Tax Help While most taxpayers will be able to prepare their returns themselves; a deputy collector of Internal Revenue will be at the Memorial Hall, Lehl, Wednesday, Feb. 14, from 9:30 a. m. to 4 p. m. to give any advice or assistance needed. No charge will be made fpr the service. Income tax returns for the year 1950 must be filed not later than March 15, 1951, with the collector of internal revenue for the district In which you live. Any person whose' total income in 1950 was $000 or more must file a return. There will be no deputy In American Fork this year. TWENTY YEARS AGO Appointment of Mark H. Green, assistant professor of the University Univer-sity of Utah, as senior economist on the federal farm board, was announced Tuesday by President George Thomas. He is the son cf Alva A. Greene. American Fork. At the meeting of the Ameri can Fork Irrigation company fund is to be kept Intact. Senators agreed to accept the measure for discussion In a full-scale full-scale consideration of the Utah Legislative Council's highway program, including a raise In gas taxes and an increase In truck licensing fees. One thing the House did before be-fore ending the fourth week was remove necessity of notarizing state income tax returns this year. When the Senate bill for that purpose reached the lower house, an emergency clause, to make the law effective on approval, ap-proval, was attached. Now all It needs is a signature of the governor gov-ernor to release taxpayers from this little annoyance ' and fix it up-so all that is necessary .is to sign the return as the citizen does his federal Income tax, DTK'S ANNUAL DRAPERY SLIP-COVER SALE Big Reduction cn Leber Charcps if ordered before Feb. 15th. See Your Nearest DTK Store for Details MARLEV: Drive-' Inn "Where Cooking is an Art" CHARLEY'S DRIVE INN ' 109 EAST MAIN If American Fork, Utah .Buy 11 0 1! 0 racks! EiKVE AIIED LAY! is NEW. HAMPSHIRES W inAi Order Spring Chicks Now! KEEP YOUR MONEY AT HOME- I YIN'S MAT CHERT' PHOUE 455- AMERICA!! FORK I'M:'" n i . Over "In the House, the ques tion had not been ' touched L |
