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Show ' me Eastern Carbon county has fche brightest future of any area in the Intermountain area Volume r erton Sun-nysid- Dragerton, Utah, Tuesday, June 8, 1948 1 East Carbon Hosts Commerce Group, Governor GENEVA CLAIF.1S IN EAST CARBON The Utah Power and Light company is nearing completion of a $130,000 electrical project in the East Carbon area which includes rewiring of practically the entire community of Dragerton in addition to preparing lines for the new homes in the new section of Dragerton and the new homes going up at Sunnydale. Also included in the project is the installation of equipment for the new street lights at Dragerton, 64 in all, and street lights for Sunnydale The Dragerton which services the communities of East Carbon has also been increased from a 44,000 volt capacity to a 2000 KVA output. a two per cent tax on the purchase of the Geneva Steel plant is discriminatory and a violation of federal and state constitutions, 'ompany officials have stated. ompany representatives met with the state tax commission recently and asked it to set 8 aside a proposed use tax of $423,-52- 87. The commission set up the pro- assessment deficiency on advice of the sub-stati- company against the attorney general who said the courts should determine whether the company is liable for use tax ob the $47,000,000 purchase. Calvin Behle, Geneva attorney, charged that in levying the tax, the commission has acted against V ... gp j RnnH average man so he can anticipate his tax obligations and, if doubt exists, it is to be construed in favor of the taxpayer, Mr. Behle said. Of the $423,526.87 proposed deficiency tax, $37,976.69 is for in- terest on delinquent payment, he Instruction .... - Conversion of the Geneva Steel companys plate mill for production of hot rolled coils is proceeding satisfactorily, company officials reported Saturday. Structural work on the new coil storage building has been started by the American Bridge company, the erecting contractor. And Walsh company, the primary contractor, has between 350 and 400 men on the job. Changes in the plate mill, pre- ... Upper left: .Back, James Tobey, assist- paratory to installation of addiant foreman, Emery Olson, safety engineer, tional rolling equipment, are un- ' Governor Maw and A. D. Keller, Price mayor, der way. The Job is acheduled Upper right: Emery Olson is shown pre- for completion before the end of senting Governor Maw with miners hat the year. which had his name inscribed on it. Mrs. Maw is looking on. Lower' center is shown Moose part of the group as they were about to enter Honored By the Horse Canyon mine on a shuttle car. ' national .Magazine V. TOT I 4 Drag- County personal property has been toured the East Carbon erton The voived in the transaction !area viewing Dragerton townsite, the com- Sales and use tax applies on y of Sunnydale, Sunny side and Co- munities tosale of tangible personal prop- jumkjaj an(j the Horse Canyon mine of the The basic rule of taxation is Geneva Steel company, that the law must be plain to the in- -, Work Moves Ahead At Geneva Steel t( alone. It has not changed its basic policy by attempting to tax simr ilar sales of integrated businesses as a unit, either when sold by the Reconstruction Finance corporation or others he said. It was pointed out that to tax this sale would set a precedent which would make all purchasers of surplus war plants in Utah tV subject to sales or use taxes. r Mr. Behle pointed out that since 1933 (when the sales tax was 'Scenes of the recent visit of Governor enacted) the commission has not ant! Mrs. Herbert B. Maw as guests of honor taxed the sales of operating bust at the ladies night banquet of the Carbon nesses even though some tangible Chamber of Commerce held at ga.j Dads Night 6 June Summer at Dragerton Again Surveys . At Theatre Horse Canyon T.line dCnedUlea 15-1- Dads night will be held at the Dragerton Theatre on Tuesday and Wednesday, June at Carbon college will JdKn at the school in ev- I ery Wednesday from 9.00 a. m. seem to be to 4:00 p. m. for the purpose ofi. National Magazines toward the heading continually Geneva Steel mine at Horse Canyon. This time it is not the Saturday evening Past but instead a technical publication called the T Sunnyside Has One of Best Baseball Clubs 15-1- 6. On those two days good old dad will be admitted free if accompanied by Mom. This is one day when dad is king. All he has to do is to bring Mom along, make her dig down in her pocket book, pay her own way while dad goes in free. Nothing is too good for dad! Seeks Office R l Mr. Keenan, Mechanization. staff writer, who had been with the United States army both dur- ing the war and aftef, was here investigating the unique modern-- 1 izatlon setup of the Geneva mine Mr. Keenan is a specialist in mine engineering, having been with the army in the great coal i fields of the Ruhr Valley. With- -, 111 DclllS in the next few months he will return to the Ruhr Valley for the (government, working on mining! Two East Carbon drivers forProblems- feited bails of $100 and $150 in to giving instrumental instruction Geneva mine, being one of tbe pj.jce cjty court last Friday, The summer so desire. The who any in a -- Lhe music program is given in cooper-- ! the newest in the country, date set for appearance newest ". the typ ation with the Carbon county dition to having nleadins of mine equipment obtainable and board of education. Barton Jones, Dragerton, for- to is all using the latest in engineering free The instruction nationattracted has ferted $150 when he failed to ap- and Mr. Williams Urges that if research, set- its for wide complete respect to bring pear to answer a complaint you have an instrument 1 it with you. Tnoto who do not) up. Within the past few months broUght sheriff Wil-v'instruments but desire to many well known engineers Collins driving charging been inspecting it. of in the whiJe influene play may contact Mr. Williams at, writers have the time indicated and he will All seem highly pleased with Ea ar was jones toxicating liquor assist in obtaining the instrument entire operation. Thus again it-, rested jn Sunnydaie-HecireCarbon will receive national pub- Sum-merha- Probably one of the most unique extensive recreational programs ever attempted for the benefit of its employees by an industrial organization is being carried on again this summer by the ' Utah Fuel company in its coal mining camps in Carbon county. The first step to insure success of the program tvas taken with thr reappointment of Pres Carbon high" coach," as paid director for the various hc- -t i v i t i e s during the summer months. He had charge of the ski activities last winter at Clear Creek, and through his efforts mainly a course was cleared off . anda ski lift built. S. J. SWEETRING Baseball and softball will be the big attractions in the East Carbon area, and teams have been organized in both these sports. Last week, Deputy Sheriff Rip Collins and Mr. Summerhays had some 45 boys out from the communities of Dragerton, Sunnyside, Sunnydale and Columbia interested In ll places on the county team which will play other PRICE CITY MAGISTRATE nines in a Carbon league this ANNOUNCES FOR 7TII summer. DISTRICT JUDGESHIP Much interest is also being worked up in a model airplane The first intention of Last week, members of theef dub visited "sunny didacy to the district judgeship off the Seventh judicial district was dale and put on an exhibition. announced last week when S. J. Plans are to organize a club in Sweetring, judge of the city Court East Carbon, and any youth in- of Price for nearly eight years, terested adviged to see Mr. stated that he will be a candidate Summerhays on the Republican ticket for one entertaimnent ls pro of the two positions as district' ded every Wednesday night Judge of the Seventh Judicial band concert5, talent shows district which includes the coun- -i and many other activities for the ties of Carbon, Emery, Grand, recreation of the people of East San Juan and Sanpete. Carbon at the - Sunnyside - ball Judge Sweetring was bom park. in Quincy, Illinois, .on. July .5, Plans' are now being completed 1904, He received his undergrad for construction of a new. rifle uate and legal education at the range at Sunnyside with a charUniversity of Chicago, ter in the National Rifle associa- t He came, to Utah twenty yean Uon west of fte Utah Fuel coke ago and located at Manti In San- - ovens This range will conform In 1931, Judge pete county. standards 0f the national rifle Sweetring came to Price and af- - associatlon in every detail, ter having practised la,w for 12, years, accepted the appointment as first Judge of the newly estab- -j HnfnnfQ lished city court of Price in De- - jUwilUwU Kiwlvwlv cember of 1940. In 1945 he was'- elected without opposition to thelSflFinff 0 city court judgeship f6r a term and V: k;;: Sum-merha- S. DISTMCTJUDGE junior-baseba- - ; ! swe Protege Graduate x, To lo-t- he - - OneDay j Of For . , June one-da- out-sto- j ser-Fraz- er j ne-Co- j sep-arate- , I j ! dj al six-inni- ng 19-- ; . t Eight hundred fans were on hand to see one of the weirdest games ever played on the Dragerton ball diamond. Spring Glen opened the game with two runs. Dragerton soon neutralized this score and went on to run up a total of 18 runs by the end of the sixth inning. masDuring the first sacre, Winn, Farlino and Self all hit homers. Poglajen hit one a country mile and after a hard gallop, made third, later scoring. Issued Challenge All the boys were hitting and By Harris was pitching a beautiful game. However, in the seventh inning, Harris tired and the Two new softball groups have Spring Glen boys found their batbeen formed in the Sunnyside-- 1 ting eyes. Keeter relieved Harris, still liked Keelers Sunnydale area, making three but the boys to gathering in addition offerings, now teams that are playing rega few bases on balls, and soon to Pres! according there, ularly had him out of the box. Poglajen Summerhays, recreational direc- took over and, toned the Spring tor. but by the time down,Glen boys Is One of the teams composed was over 14 runs had of men who are not exactly youths the inning crossed the plate. any more, and another is a wom- -i of a romp for Geneva, ens team. The mens team, led! it Instead for a while like Spring looked by Henry Murphy, desires to en- Glen was really going home with ter a challenge against any other a victory. However, Poglajen shut team in the county, young or them out the last two innings, old. vicwhich gave Geneva a tory after three grueling hours for the ball players. , Marshall Compagni of SunnyOn dale broadcast the game and did an exceptionally fine job of it. The 800 fans certainly enjoyed the ball game. Next Sunday, Geneva plays Deputy Sheriff Rip ColRains at Kenilworth and on June lins has announced that the 20, Sunnydale plays on the Draghorses being ridden in Dragerton must be kept on. the erton diamod. streets and are not permitted Score by innings: to be ridden on the-- public Spg. Glen 2 00 0 00 140 016. 24 0 1200 0 lx 19 Geneva park areas or on the ball grounds. Also they must not Geneva Spring Glen be ridden through the hay H AB R H R AB fields. 3 2 liLipdsey 5 0 Tone Many complaints have been 0 2 3'Faddis. Borla received- from the residents 5 3 0'Farlino . Verdy about the horses being ridden 3 2 Lindsey 5 Rolando ciron the lawns. Under no 1 ...5 . Kosec '2Winn cumstances are horses permit-te5 4 Mtkvic lPglajen on private lawns. Any2 2Crawfd 5 Bendettl 5 one violating these regula3 Self. .:..4 4 Skerl.-i- .. 1 tions and damaging public 1 0 Harris.. 4 Zemlock 4 property will be prosecuted. -Total 39 16 14 Totals 40 19 15 - s. , years. ItlPn olllla Sunnyside Softball Oldsters 3" 60-t- on of;'! Judge Sweetring served as Bar Commissioner from the sixth division of the Utah State Bar asso-- 1 ciation from 1934 to 1937, and iS now president of the Eastern Utah Bar association. He is a member; of the Delta Theta Phi law fraternity and is active in eastern Utah fraternal circles. Judge Sweetring is married and has two children, a boy and a girl. te j J. SYEETRIRG FILES FOR . History 1 J Ten in Honor Of j To ys. . Noose Initiate ( jpy BASEBALL, SOFTBALL TO HIGHLIGHT EAST CARBON PROGRAM . The strongest baseball team ever assembled possibly since the early twenties in Sunnyside is BEN DAVIS representing that section in the Carbon Coal league this summer, according to Manager Pres who states that he had had no trouble in getting plenty of A- -l talent and his boys are showing a lot of enthusiasm. The game played last week between Sunnyside and Coors, at Helper was 'generally conceded to have been equal or better to any seen this season in the supposedly Ben Davis, Price Moose lodge faster Industrial league. protege who will graduate, from j , At the present time Summer-hay- s the Mooseheart high school on has Dick Hill, catcher; Figs June 12, was honored by the local Hanna, pitcher; Leon Jones, seclodge Friday evening with the ond base; Ned Alger, third base, initiation of a class of ten candiall classy Carbon players, and dates, the class known as the Jackson Jewkes, Carbon college Ben Davis Class. athletic coach; Tommy Byers, The class was initiated by the short stop; Cal Jewkes, Jr., and Bill Clark, Sunnydale, forfeited new degree team consisting of Bill Thompson, Dragerton, out$100 when he failed to appear on Tom Pruitt, governor; Alvin Wil-- a fielders; Hoyt Driggs, infielder Campaign similar charge. He was arrest-iCOSell junior governor; Jerry Marled at Dragerton by Deputy CoL tin, prelate; Harold Pruitt, past and Sy Ross, first base. Allan Trucks Books Huge Driggs, a brother of Hoyt Driggs, lins. governor; Chester Thomas, orator, now in California, is expected to Coal Successful and V. C. Leonard, sergeant-at-armCoke Haul Proving join the team in the near future. He is considered an exceptional The campaign to secure orders The new members of the Price Moose lodge include player. Several other men areifor the historical book of Carbon John M. also interested in playing ball for county being sponsored by the B. comJack June Dato be Brady, Graves, ovens is expected East Carbon outfit, says caj chapter of the Daughters of cokg Humbert Francis the At vis, Lessing, of last June. the the Pioneers, is progressing nicely. pleted bytime coal is being hauled Manager Summerhays. Pressett, James O. Thayn, Joy present The team is being sponsored according to Mrs. J. H. Jones, who Settlement of the Building Robin. Ted Jones, Earl Gunjby small trucks, but as soon as under the recreational program & in charge of the project.. Kcnicand finishis stock piling project Ca. Service Employees International deIf" Efforts are being made to have the of the Utah Fuel company. Much ks were given by Regional ed by the Utah Construction com-- 1 union AFL No. 340 at the Union so been sufficient that printing given by pledges cooperation has about lour, hauling Supply 'company at Dragerton is Director W,rS. .Edmonds and M. the Kaiser Co., Inc., to help put of the book, which will contain pany, work. McRae, secretary of the Salt used for the be will trucks sjjj no nearer, according to offi-- ! out a first class diamond aggre- some 400 pages, can start within Culberf-R. E. from advices cial j BjI1 City lodge. the next months Orders may be gation. Rlchardf, Jum international g0Lv?r"" son, representative. to Mrs or Jones any DUPgALT LAKE JAYCEES given hibited the Salt lodgeiof E. to W. a letter In Vaught, member. Cost has been set at $3.00 recent his durin slides taken MINES CARBON VISIT Stoppage manager of the Union Supply per copy. visit to Mooseheart at which time Mr. Culbertson stores, company Work Occurs letter to the striking 'young Ben acted as his guide. Approximately 20 members Car Inspection A social hour followed the busifrom F. R. Walton, the Salt Lake City Junior Cham At Utah Fuel Mine Deadline Set ness sessions. . ber of Commerce visited Carbon president of the company, p wrote that Mr. Culbertson 15 This Year county last Saturday. The first y work stoppage ocCARBON YEARBOOKS TO One was at the Kai- - side of a few brief telephone calls, on the trip thff at Utah curred last, Thursday BE GIVEN OUT JUNE 11 has union the coke ovens. The group the company and June 15th will be the deadline Fuel company mine at Sunnyside time entered into not at to Records any the due to a controversy between the for motor vehicle inspections, then made a trip Dr. Aaron E. Jones, Carbon processing plant at Welling- - gotiations. union and the company whether warned P. L. Dow, superintend-a- n the ton. college this At president, announced toent of gtoup Utah point the foreman should patrol mine highway assistant The Carbon, school a that them of half There no day making will be FIGURES ON LOAN DRIVE be used, the union contending Wednesday. for the school year mine the Kenilworth yearbook of time this extension in through used this trip be not granted that he should Carbon county has now sub- just ended, will be distributed to of the Independent Coal & Coke said. year particular capacity. to 32.4 per cent of its students on' Friday, June 11, at in the motor-hscribed e Mr. Dow trips Following advised those company. contended that The company enterof was the security loan issue, the Carbon college administration the group quota had been certified by the state ists who have not had their cars the mines, to information from building. He also stated that Castle luncheon at a the at tained so do according that should they industrial commission. The union Inspected A total of school buses will be run that day members voted to return to work at once to avoid the last minute Gate hotel under the sponsorship state headquarters. bonds in has been to. enable the students to get these Coal of $69,319 Utah the the before of Operators rush expiration just ' Friday after satisfactory negotia to date. their yearbooks. in the Isodation. county purchased on. period. carried been had tiona l -- Number 49 V Geneva e, EXTENSIVE SUr.ir.IEN NECNEATIOI PROGRAM OUTLIIIED DY UTAH FUEL SPENDS $130,000 VIOLATES LAWS Utahs attempt to levy PER GQPY5c LIGHT COMPANY UTAH USE TAX pped Serving a combined population of 6000 in Dragerton, Sunnydale and Columbia T M: Warning Issued Riding Horses In Dragerton Area - - v ' 16 - |