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Show • • Volume 7. Midvale, Utah, Friday, January 8, 1932 • 'STATE INCOME TAX BLANKS MAILED OUT HIGHLIGHTS OF THE ·WEEK'S NEWS Penalties Provided For Postoffice In Fine Condition, Failure to Make The People Pay, Writer Says Inspector Return. Proclaims in PrizeAfter an inspection of the MidIn accordance with legislation enWinning Essay. vale postoffice, made Monday, C. Both Parties in congress were rush- to speed President Hoover's reconstruction finance proposal to iniQg fuse new life to the extent of $2,000,000,000 worth of credit into the nation's industrial and commercial channels. In a contest for the best editorial on the subject of The Government in Business, in which upward of 100 con- tributions were entered, the following offering by Charles N. Stow, editor of the Courier, Deposit, New York, was awarded first prize: Senator Borah of Idaho has offered a bill to congress calling for the coin- age of silver on an ounce basis, backed by currency. The currency~ under the proposal, would be issued in five, ten, twenty, fifty, 100, 500 and 1000-ounce notes and would bear the likenesses of prominent men in the LIVE AND LET LIVID "In the present economic cns1s, just as before Lhe crisis (and as pos~ s.ibly will happen after the criiis is nation's history. The Senate Finance Committee is investigating reports that "impoverished Europe" is buying up its depre- ciated industrial securities in the United States and effecting a huge saving thereby on its own indebted- ness. International Leaders became per~ turbed over the Manchurian situation to such extent that discussions were held to formulate a further warning to Japan. T\_io Brothers, Jennings and Harry YouiJg, §hot each other to death when surroun.Cted by officers seeking them for the slaying of six policemen after a hunt extending through two states. The men took each other's lives rather than face trial. 1 • SPnRTSMEN LAY PLANS FOR YEAR Relations between the federal government and various states in regard to wild fowl will be one of the main topics to be discussed Fri.day and Saturday when sportsmen from many sections of the intermountain region will convene at the Chamber of Commerce in Salt Lake. Tuesday night members of the Salt Lake County Fish and Game association met at the Elks club and discussed problems" of fishing and hunting. It is specially urged that members of duck clubs, and particularly officera of those organizations, attend the Cha~ber of Commerce meetings. The gatherhJ.g will hear suggestiona respecting the period of shooting, ~;~.s to whether the open season ot 1931 was too early or too late, or too short. It is pointed out that Utah sportsmen's wishes in these and other matters, as between federal and local regulations, can better be presented lf those wishes are made clear. Therefore, it is hoped duck club representatives will make it a point to attend. At Tuesday's meeting a resolution was pn.ssed by the county association to give unanimous support to any stand which Dave Madsen, president of the American game conference, and his committee of four take on the mjgratory wild fowl problem. Mr. Madsen will meet with his committee in New York January 12, where a fifth member wiU- be selected. Madsen opened the meeting at the Elks club Tuesday. He said that the wild fowl problem in this country is as serious as it has ever been. The hatch of 1930, he said, was only 40 per cent normal, and that of 1931 only 20 per cent. State Fish and Game Commissioner Newell B. Cook spoke on the pros~ pects for the 1932 season. He said that if. the supply of water permits, more fish will be planted than ever before in the state. Approximately 20,000,000 eggs "Will be produced. The 1932 program of the state fish and game department will include in(Continued on Q.nother page) Midvale A. C. Cage Quintet Wants Games The Midvale Atheltlc club basketball team is desirous of meeting any opponents, according to Louis Goff, to whom applications for contests should be made. The team was known last year as the Midvale Home Fin~ a.nce Corporation five. ..The Midvale Second ward "M'' men won from East Midvale Tuesday ngiht by the one-sided score ot 27-9. The game was played on the Second ward floor. . -r Saturday night Union won a. closely contested and rough game from Granite by the count of 18-16. At no time did either team have more than a 2 point lead. The first quarter ended 4-4; the ba.lf 8-8 and at the end of the third quarter Union led 16-14. This victory broke up the tie for third place in the stake league, placIng Union In third place and putting Granite ill fifth. Number36. Council Allots Basketball Play Appointive Begins in High Schools Jobs At a meeting of the members of the city council and Mayor L. A. Porter Monday at noon in the city hall nine appointive positions in Midvale were filled, one was filled Monday night and two yet remain open. It is expected that the posts of city attorney and that of an additional night marshal will be appointed in the near future. Martin Thomas was named justice of the peace Monday night. The nine appointments made Monday were: Electrician, H. J. Grant; water master and street supervisor, A. A. Larsen; marshal, LeRoy Steadman; night marshal, Alexander Beckstead; sexton, Thomas Forman; building inspector, R. J. Patience; plumbing inspector, William Mutch; city physician, A. V. Lindsay, and dog tax collector, Darold Dumas. Gas Company Official Receives Promotion Leroy D. Simmons, formerly advertising manager in charge of public relations for the Utah Gas & Coke company, Ogden Gas and Wasatch Gas companies, has been made manager of the domestic sales for the gas com panies. This announcement was made by L. l:'itzpatrick, general manager 1... the companies. Mr. Simmons is a member of the national safety committee of the American Gas association, publicity committee of the Salt Lake council, Boy Scouts of America ,executive association, board of directors of the Business Men's alliance, vice president of the Salt Lake Advertising club and active on the smokeless city committee of the chamber of commerce. Motorists Urged to Get License Plates I Milton H. Welling, secretary of state, has issued a call to motorists to procure their 1932 license plates early and avoid the last minute rush which annually occurs at deadline. Plates for 1931 become invalid March 1. Sales of the new plates showed a silght pickup Monday, the second day · of. the sale, but the real rush is not expected until February. Branch offlees will probably be opened about February 5 in the city and county building at Provo, Ogden. Logan, Brigham City, Price, Richfield and Cedar City. -------- SCOUT COUNCIL PLANS BIG JAMBOREE FRIDAY Jordan district of Boy Scouts of American will be well represented at Salt Lake Friday night when approximately 60 scoutmasters, troop com.~ mitteemen and vanguard leaders meet with the Salt Lake council in the South Junior high school. The occa~ sion will be the gathering of scout leaders from all of Utah and southern Idaho, according to C. I. Goff, local committeeman. The meeting will start at 6 p. m. with a banquet, and will continue with reports and addresses. Each district will represent some tribe of Indians and will wear some sort of costume to depict their tribe. Mr. Goff states that Utah, with her relatively small population, has enrolled more new scouts and vanguard men than in the San Francisco district, comprising all of northern California and Nevada. By \hLLIE ROBIS With .....4e raising of curtains for the 1932 prep ba.s.kelOall campaign Friday night, we find the champion Murray high aggregation prepared to defend her laurels against a number ot fast-stepping Jordan district teams. Murray's possibilities of repeating her "31" achievement seem remote, as a result of the loss of three regular players from their championship team. Her chief obstructions lie in Jordan, Bingham, and Tooele-not to mention the fine quints of Grantsville and Cyprus. Howevtr• no matter the outcome of the race, there are three zizzling games booked for the opening night. Murray travels to Tooele in the feature game of the eve, with Tooele favored over the champs. Bingham plays at Cyprus in a game that speaks well for the Miners. Grantsville plays Jordan on the Beetdigger floor and promises a close game, with the Beetmen holding the edge. Five other districts begin competition on the same evening. Outlook for the game are given below: West to defeat East, 35-26. South to defeat Davis, 32~23. Tooele to defeat Murray.. 28-19. Bi11gham to defeat Cyprus, 36-20. Jordan to defeat Grantsville, 31-22. Morgan to defeat rark City, 30~18. North Summit to defeat South Summit, 28-24. Lehi to defeat Lincoln, 27 ~23. Pleasant Grove to defeat American Fork, 38-21. Provo to defeat B. Y. High, 30-20. Nephi to defeat Eureka, 35-23. Spanish .ll"'ork to defeat Payson, 29~ 18. Pair Bound Over For Murder Trial C. J. Smith of Midvale and Eimer Moore of Sandy, were held for first degree murder trial Tuesday by H. T. Matthews, Murray justice of the peace. The defendants are charged with slaying Marko Devich of Murray December 22. Testimony at the hearing indicated that Devich's death resulted from a bullet wound inflicted by Moore. However, the state contends Smith also was armed and fired a shot at the victim before Moore clischarged his own weapon. Leonard Palmer testified he beard one shot, muffled, and saw Devich with his right hand in his pocket. Immediately he saw Moore fire from a crouching position, be said, and Devich fell. Both weapons alleged used in the slaying were found on the Jordan river bridge at Forty-eighth South street, where Smith, Moore, Palmer and.his father drove after the shooting. Skidding Trailer Injures Draper Man C. C. Brimhall, 42, of Draper, was seriously injured New Year's eve when a truck and trailer, operated by Douglas Fr~eman of Salt Lake, skidded on a hill near the Jordan high school, the trailer crashing into Mr. Brtrnhall's car. The injured man suffered a skull injury, broken hip and nose, loss of most of his teeth and internal injuries. He was taken to the county hospital. Mark Cozzens Now at C. J. Ridd Motor Co. Mark Cozzens, formerly one of the owners of the Midvale Garage, is now connected with the C. J. Ridd Motor company on East Center s~reet, and will be pleased to have his friends call on blm at that location, passed) big men and little men here and there; politicians, grafters, reformers and self-seeking gentlemen with a cure-all for all ails and a panacea for all ills, are advocating the expenditure of public money as the proper remedy for unemployment, hard times, business depression and whatnot. Those who have been ad~ vacating something for years foz· all reasons imaginable are now advocating the same identical this as a cureall for the depression. The ideas, the aims are the same; the arguments only have changed. Legislators are planning raids on the already staggering treasury; politicians are advocating the buying up of surplus grain, opening the doors of the treasury to war veterans, government operation of Muscle Shoals, repeal of prohibition; the railroads would raise their rates; the labor unions would raise warge.e; and so on, ad infinitum, ad naseaum. 4 'There is a hue and cry for the dole; public relief. There is a concerted effort to force Uncle Sam into business in competition with private enterprise. There is much running up and down the country by be-spectacled chipmunks, who know just what is wrong and just bow to cure it. There is a bunch of wild mavericks in con~ gress straining themselves to throw money right and left like a party of drunken sailors. There is a possiblli~ ty (perhaps more than a possibility) that taxes will be raised. The government is "broke" and the experts are looking around for more ways to dig money ,out of the pockets of their victims. The thing is becoming complicated. Good citizens everywhere are staunch in their support of government, but government on a safe and sane foundation is one thing, while government running amuck is another. vv e have come a long ways from the good old days of "Government by the People and for the People," and that we, the people, are ourselves to blame, is entirely beside the point. "The lavish expenditure of public money, the government dole, the government in business, or opening the flood gates of the treasury, can cure nothing; the mere circulation of money can cure nothing. Government today Is by politicians and for politicians, and the vision of the politician is obscured by political patronage. Our government has been placed in the hands of those who propose to curry favor-and votes-by the promiscusous waste of public funds. "Unemployment and depression are effects, not causes. The roots of tbe batter lie deep and we must get at the roots. Employment at pubilc expense will not effect a cure. Dipping further and deeper into the pockets of long-suffering and now well-nigh exhausted taxpayers to replenish an empty treasury or extend public works will only add to future difficulties and potspone the misery of liquidation. England's experience with ( Contined on another page) Jordan Valley Bank Calls Annual Meet Announcement of the regular annual meeting of the stockholders of the Jordan Valley bank of Riverton has been made by H. R. Hurren, cashier. The meeting will be held in the banking rooms Monday, January 11, at 3 p. m., for the purpose of electing a board of directors to serve .for the ensuing year and for the transaction of such other business as may come up. ----- Milk Association Announces Meeting The annual meeting of the West Jordan Milk Producers association will be held In the West J orda.n ward house, Monday, January 11, at 2 p. m., to elect three directors, to bear annual reports and to transact sucb other business as may arise. Mem· bers only may participate, but E' ' producers are welcome to attend, accordlng to the announcement which has been issued by Niels Lind, secretary. F. Dutton, inspector from the Salt Lake postoffice, gave high praise to the manner in which the local branch of the United States postal department was conducted. He gave minute attention to the workings inside and outside of the of~ fice, going into the delivery systems, both city and rural, the box rental and routine work of the office. From some 200 matters on which he checked Mr. Dutton made only two suggestions as to improved methods, Postmaster C. I. Goff stated. SCHOOL HEADS JOIN ON RELIEF Stat e Superintenden t Proposes Plan in Letter. C. N. Jensen, state superintendent of public instruction, has sent a number of letters to school superintendents Wlroughout the state outling plans for increased efficiency in educational centers. Among them is the following: ';Hecently I received a letter from Sylvester "t· ..... annan, state chairman of the Governor's Committee on Unemployment and Relief, inviting me as tlle staLe superintendent of public instruction, in connection with the Women's Advisory Council on Unemployment and Relief, to effect a plan for formulating and carrying out a statewide program of educational relief. I immediately called into consultation the beads of the state institutions of higher learning, a number of near-by superintendents of schools, members of the state school office staff, representatives of the Women's Advisory Council on Unemployment and Relief, representatives of the State Congress of Parents and Teachers and of the Salt Lake Civic Center association. "Preliminary discussions led to the formation of a State Committee on Educational Relief and to the appointment of a ~tate Executive Committee, the names and addresses of whom are inclosed with this letter. "The State Committee and also· the State Executive Committee will invite the city and district superintendents of schools with their high school principals, and with such other citizens as these local school officials may desire to select, to act in their respective districts as the district commit( Continued on another page} Skidding Automobile Hurts Midvale Man Earl Sabey, of West Jordan, was painfully, though not critically injured New Year's aay when his automobile skidded on the icy pavement on State street just north of Wasatch street. The car ran into a telephone pole and the driver was severely cut about the head. He was treated at a local hospital where 22 stitches were required, according to City Marshal Roy Steadman. LOCAL LEGION POST TO STAGE RABBIT HUNT Jordan Post No. 35, The American Legion, will stage a rabbit hunt to Rush Valley on Sunday, January 17, it was decided at the Wednesday night meeting of the post. Anyone who wishes to go is eligible whether a member of the Legion or not. ~he hunters will meet at 7 a. m. on the day of the hunt at W. L. Godfrey's service station at the intersection of the state hig-hway and the Draper-Riverton road. The bunt will be in the nature of a contest between two teams of which Lorenzo Howard and P. R. Sorenson will be captains. The rabbits killed will be turned over to unemployment committees. The Legion also has a ntembersbip contest in view. Members living east of the Jordan river have challenged members living west of the river, one of the requirements of the contest being that the east side must secure two members for every member secured by the west side. The closing date of the contest is scheduled for April 1, and the losers will have to prepare a regular old style army mulligan stew for the winners. acted at the last session of the Utah lawmakers blanks for the filing of personal income tax returns to the state have been mailed out to indi~ viduals, corporations, partnerships and other business concerns. Two forms of individual income tax returns were mailed, from which the person making the return should select the one applicable. They are known as forms 40 and 40~ A. Form 40 is for use of those whose income is derived in whole or in part from a busi..o.ess, profession or from farming, rents or the sale of property, and for those whose net income exceeded $50vv during the year 1931. Others are asked to file returns on form 40-A. It is specified that returns must be filed with the state tax commission, at the state capitol, tm or before March 15. For willful failure to make and file a return on time a fine not to exceed $100 plus 25 per cent of the amount of the tax is the penalty. The penalty for those willfully refus~ ing to make a return or willfully making a false or fraudulent return is set at not more than $1000 and, in addition, upon conviction, $500 or imprisonment for not more than six months, or both. Interest on deficiency of tax at 6 per cent per annum to the date the deficiency is assessed is provided, and, in adclition, 5 per cent of the amount of the deficiency if due to negligence of intentional disregard of rules and regulations without in~ tent to defraud, or 50 per cent of the amount of the dificiency, if due to fraud. Every resident, except those under 21 years of age and single, or married and not living with husband or wife, hiving a net income of less than $1000, or married and living with husband or wife and having a net income of less than $2000, is required to file a return. Persons insane, idiotic, infirm or indigent, or wards of the state confined against their wills, or students regularly enrolled and in good standing in a school or institution of learning of the state of Utah are not required to pay a filing fee, and no such person having a net income of less than $1000 if single, or married and not living With husband or wife, is required to file a return. A married woman living with her husband on December 31, 1931, hav· ing no ip.dependent income is not required to file a return. Every person having any income which is included in a joint return filed by husband or wife must also file a separate return. accompanied by a filing fee. All returns, except as otherwise specified, must be accompanied by a filing fee of $1, and a return unaccompanied by such filing fee, except as otherwise specified, will not be accepted. Amounts received from life insurance policies, gifts, interest on government bonds, war risk insura.nce, veterans' pensions, patent, copyrights and some other specified sources are exempt from tax. It is required that every individual, partnership, corporation, joint stock company, association or marketing association, being a resident of or having a place of business in Vtah in whatever capacity acting, including officers and employes of the state or of any political subd.J:vision of the state, making payments of interest, rents, salaries, wages, commissions, dividends, or other fixed or determinable income of $400 or more to any person 21 years of age or over residing or domiciled in Utah, is reqUired to make a return on separate forms showing the amount of such payments and the name and address of each recipient. These forms will be furnished by the tax commission upon request. They are known as forms 96 and 99. Such returns covering the calendar year 1931 must be forwarded to the state tax com.mis· sion, sorting section, 118 State Capitol, in time to be received not later than February 15, 1932. Arnold Troester Buys Out Garage Partner Arnold Troester has bought the interest of his partner, Mark Cozzens, in the Midvale Garage on West Center, and is operating under the same name, but as sole owner. The change went into effect January 1. Mr. Troester states that he took over the entire affairs of the garage, includ~ ing assets and liabilities, and that outstanding bills should be paid at the garage. |