Show I I STAhLE By LARRY STAHLE After being deaf for many years an old man decided to tob b buy y an invisible hearing aid A week or so later Inter he took it back for a minor adjustment He was asked how bow it suited him Fine he replied I I can hear conversation perfectly now Your relations must be pleased commented the as as- Oh Ob I haven't told them 1 I Isit Isit sit around just as I 1 always did only now I 1 can hear bear what they say Ive I've changed my will three times already Last week I heard a report on the radio which stirred a great deal of interest We are living in a time when the he word increase can be affixed affixed affixed af af- af- af fixed to nearly everything pertaining pertaining pertaining per per- to money Many industries are plagued by strikes in which more money is demanded the tax collectors deem it advisable to relieve citizens of additional funds each year and the post office wants more to mail your letters In the state of Idaho a group of citizenry is attempting to put puta a halt to part of this group the tax collectors According to the report the there I Iare are a number of Gem J who are behind a petition being being- circulated which would make it manc mandatory for the legislature to f hold a special referendum election election elec elee- tion in which the citizens could II make their wishes known before before- any new taxes or increase in taxes taxes taxes tax- tax es could be levied I Whether this movement getsoff gets gets- off the ground or dissipates before be before before be- be fore any more ripples are made- made on the water is yet to be seen seen The significant point is that people peo peo- people are getting sick and tired i I 5 of having taxes take such an i a enormous bite of their in in- in come The sad part is that the I people in the lower income- income i i brackets are the ones who get I hit the hardest I was floored the other day day- when I noticed a report of a amal aman aman man mal who earned a salary in excess excess excess ex ex- cess of the mark The actual taxes this person paid paia was less than those paid by many Sanpete Sanpete- residents who d do not 1 make a tenth of that much I received a letter from Congressman Congressman Congressman Con Con- gressman Laurence J. J Burton Burton- recently in which he says that j he is in complete agreement with me in opposition of ena enacting enact enact- t- t I ing some of the proposed new new- i taxes There must be a halt to to these spiralling taxes soon or citizens will have to endorse endorse- their entire funds over to the- the government i It will be interesting to see see- how the Idaho protestors make make- out v 1 Two modern modem little girls coinIng comIng coming com coin ing home from Sunday School were solemnly discussing the lesson I Do you believe there is a devil asked one No replied the other promptly of course not Its It's just like Santa Claus Hes He's your father Fellow publisher Wes Cherry of the Gunnison Valley News last week made his predictions in regards to the standings of the Sanpete Division of Reg Region n Seven This is the way he had them listed 1 North Sanpete 2 2 Gunnison 3 Manti 4 4 Juab 5 5 Wasatch Academy From our vantage point we we would have to agree pretty much with his observations except that our ma may may- C have a good chance to improve that third place prediction The teams in this region are all all pretty well balanced especially especially espe espe- daily the first three listed It should present a very interesting interest interest- big ing campaign this year The years are adding up when it takes us longer to get re rested ted than it did to get tired 1 |