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Show Midvale, Utah, Frida,y, January 27, 1933 Volume 8. I Number39 REASONS TOLD HIGHLIGHTS FOR NEED OF OF THE BANK ACCORD~ WEEK'S NEWS Free SUver lost in the Uolted States. senate Tuesday when the Wheeler blll to remonetize the white metal on a 16-1 basis, was defeated. Senator Smoot, Utah, was one of the 56 voting to table the measure. Beer Jn Utah, but not for Utahns! That is the provision of bills in.. the state senate and house, which would legalize the manufacture of the amber fluid in the state for export only, in case, of course, the Volstead act is modified. Utah's Tax Burden is over the average for other urban states, shows a national survey. The burden of state and local taxes ts $3.06 on every $100 of estimated wealth in Utah, while the average was struck at $3. Soviet Justice results in the banishing of the entire populations of three southern Russia villages to the frozen north for failure to cooperate- in the government's agricultural program. About 45,000 men, women and children must leave their homes. The Famous Gun that killed Bllly the Kid. notorious southwest outlaw, In 1881, Is sought by the widow of Pat Garret, sheriff who slew Bllly, in a court action a.t El Paso. Mrs. Garret claims the gun was loaned to a collection at Coney Island and was never returned. Young Riverton Farmer Awarded U .P. Scholarship The Uolon Pacific RaUway 4-H scholarship award of $100 goes to RUBSell Freeman ot Riverton. accord~ ing to announcement of Vere L. Martineau, county agricultural agent. This decision was reached by a committee consisting of W. W. Owens, assistant director of the extension service of the Utah State Agricultural college; Superintendent D. C. Jensen of the Jordan school district, and Dr. Calvin S. Smith, superintendent of the Granite school district. The 4-H project carried on by Russell Freeman coll91sted of a purebred Rambouillet sheep enterprise which hegan five years ago with the purchase of one purebred ewe at a cost of $49.50. Since that time tbrough industrious effort and good management this young man bas built up a flock of 85 head of registered RambouUlet sheep. This ha.s been done through the purchase of some additional high class breeding ewes and the rearing of the lambs. During the- past five years activity in this project this club member has won a. total of $550 ln awards at IocaJ fairs, the state fair and the Ogden Livestock show. Through his efforts in sheep club work, Russell Freeman ha.s mastered many or the problems of the sheep breeder dealing with feeding, fitting a.nd showing, grazing problems, marketing of rams, and production and marketing of wool. The Uolon Pacific scholarship Is an award of $100 plus railway transportation from the home of the recipient to the Utah Stste Agricultural college and return. The award is pa.id to the student upon bls entrance and enrollment at the Utah State Agricultural college. Miss Melba Dansie of Riverton wa.s selected a.s aJ ternate in the contest which means that she will receive the award in case Russell Freeman does not qualify by attending. Miss Dansie's project was 4th year clothIng. ANNUAL BALL PLANNED The annual gold and green ball of the West Jordan M. I. A. sta.ke will be held Friday evening, February 3, in the West Jordan high school auditorium. Music will be furnished by the moonlight Racketeers orchestra and there will be demonstrations of contest dancing. New Snowfall Brings Trouble For Motorists After experiencing much difficulty in snows over the week-end and subsequent drifting on the highways, motorists of Midvale and the vicinity were due for more trouble 1n negotiating streets and roads as another snow storm opened up Wednesday night. Many minor roads. in the local· tty and side streets In the city were closed with drifts and were expected to be made worse with the fresh downfall. Some timely advice on how to avoid getting staJied in the snow has been given out by W. E. Ware, a Salt Lake architect, who advises th.at motorists carry a gallon can full of ashes in their machines to sprinkle under the wheels and give traction. ···········== ·==·······~ waivers Necessary For Return Of 100 p C er ent Depositors who have not signed waivers in the plan to reopen the Midvale State bank were again urged to do so following a meeting of the depositors' committee with about 25 business men at the bank building Wednesday night. It was pointed out that unless an depositors join in the plan, it cannot be carried out and the bank then will be forced into liquidation. In that event, a full return of claims cannot be expected, it was pointed out. Some depositors who have not signed apparently believe they will be able, somehow, to get a 100 per cent return. Wbtle such a return ca.n.not be realized the minute the bank re- lseco~d Pair Of Twins Born To Mrs. Loulias Legislation having the backing or the Utah State Farm Bureau apl f Chris Loulia.s, genial cook at the U. S. cafe, gives you a genpeared in the state legislature this erous helping next time you're in week to accomplish the following there, there's a reason- he's the things, which were demanded by the father of a second set of twins. bureau at its 1932 convention: Boy and girl twins were born to Mrs. Loulias Tuesday night 1. Reduction of the interest on deat the Cottonwood maternity linquent property taxes from 12 per home. They weighed approxcent annually to 8 per cent, and 2 per imately 6 pounds each. cent for each year therea.:tter. Mother and children are doing well, it is reported. And the 2. Repe&l of the $1 fUing fee In father is indeed proud for tamthe individual income tax act. Hies are few and f~ b~tween 3. Repeal of the property offset with two sets of twins. feature of the individual income tax. 4. Lowering of exemptions in the act and raising of the rates. The interest reduction bill was introduced Tuesday by Representative Gilhert Thatcher of Weber county. It does not ask for reduction or elimination of the 3 per cent penalty. added by the county treasurer to delinquent taxes. Elimination of the offset feature would take awa.y a means ot lower} ing the income ta.x paid, since thia now allows the taxpayer to deduct a g persona.J. property tax up to one-third of the income tax. For example if a JORDAN DISTRICT Midvale parents of school children taxpayer paid $6 on an autom'oblle Standing- of the Teams will be glad to learn that constant The Utah State Farm Bureau, con- and his income tax ca.me to $18, the W. L. Pet. fire drills at the junior high school venlng last week in Salt Lake, closed latter payment would be reduced to Bingham .............................. 2 1 .667 and two grade schools since last fall its convention Saturday with demands $12. Jordan .................................. 2 1 .667 have resulted in pupils of all three for stabilization of silver, supported The lowering of exemptions would Cyprus .................................. 2 1 .667 buildings being trained to vacate them passage of a selective sales tax and sweep away the entire present exempTooele .................................. 2 1 .667 in just 45 aecon6.s. urged support of growers• groups in tion setup and in its place provide a Grantsville ............................ 1 2 .333 Under the direction of Principal E. refusing to sell products at less than deduction in the payment of $6 for Murray ................................ 0 3 .000 E. Greenwood and the teachers, theSe the cost of production. the taxpayer and each dependent. drills have been held regularly every At one time during the convention a Rates would be increased to 2 per cent Thu.rsday Night's Schedule week. La.st Friday Fire Chief L. C. farmers' ta.'"t strike to force reductions for the first $1000 of net income, 3 1 Grantsville at Jordan. Canning sounded the alarm at the in assessed valuations on farm prop- per cent for the next $1000, 4 per cent Murray a.t CyprUs. school and Mr. Greenwood and the erty was threatened, when a group led for the next, 5 per cent on the next Bingham at Tooele. teachers put the long practicing into by Ephrafm Bergeson of Cornish, for- and 6 per cent on all over $5000. Prelfgood use by getting every child out mer bureau president, declared a tax ent rates are 1 per cent to 4 per cent Those battllng Jordan Beetdlggers of the building in that time. strike would become a reality unless on all over $8000. upset the Jordan district basketball This means, it was pointed out, that the legislature answered their plea. To show how exemptions are cut, a league last Friday night when they parents need have no worry about the In an important speech, Dr. Frank- married ma.n with only his wife to walloped the Bingham Miners on the ability of the pupils to take care of lin S. Harris, president of the Brigham support now has $2000 exemption. Miners' own floor, 26 to 20, in a sen- themselves in the event of a fire and Young university, attacked the entire However, under the proposed amend· saUonal game that helped throw the that the system of quick exit is down Utah farm tax system and told tbe ment, he would have a reduction of loop into a. four-way tie. to where it works about perfectly. delega.tes farm taxes were 10 times $12, or 2 per cent of $600, meaolng The game was somewhat of an up.. After last Friday's drill. Chief Can- as high as they sbould be. his total exemption would be reduced set, 88 the stron&' Bingham five looked ning treated the grade children to a Letters were sent to Utah's con· from $2000 to $600, in effect. mighty good, but Coach 0. D. Bal- peanut bust, a.t which several big bags gressional delegation urging that supamendments to the income lard's boys got a lead tn the first of peanuts. were co~umed with great port be given to stabilization of silver taxThese law were introduced Monday tn few minutes and held it. They led at :ehsh. Chief Canmng reported he en- • and that an international silver con- the senate by Senator Ward C. Holthe end of each period. JOyed the treat as much as the young- ference be asked brook of Davis county and RepresenThe Beetdlggers faced Grantsville sters, who. voiced their thanks to him · with youthful enthusiasm. Reduction of the interest rate on tative Will L. Hoyt of Juab county. last nlght in a game they were favthe money loaned to the farmers by Their bill also would raise the rate ored to win, as Grantsville had won the government was also sought by in the corporation franchise ta.x act only one of its three contests. the farm bureau. The burden of stag- from 3 per cent of the net Lncome to 4 The Miners• defense didn't work any gering interest rates is bearing down per cent. too well last Friday and Jordan got upon agriculture to the point where tt The state house of represent.atl ves under the basket for easy tries. Their cannot be borne longer, it was pointed Tuesday got behind the candidacy of victory stamped the Beetdlgge):s as out. The legislature was urged to former Governor Geoi"ge H. Dern tor & team to watch in the local race. At the Riverton Second ward sacra- memorialize congress to render immeThe score: ment mee~g which w~ held Su~day, diate aid to agriculture that it may secretary of the interior, when it JORDAN Lance~ot Bills was sustamed .as bishop have an equal chance at reduced bor- passed unanimously a resolution urgG. T. E'~ P. wi th Ed~a~ ~ec~r~ as flrst cound rowing rates equal to those granted ing President-elect Roosevelt to appoint the Utahn. The senate now bas Black, rf ............................ _ .. 1 4 3._ 5 se1or ~ r:;_ n B'il ~s s~co~ 1 to other large organizations now the measure for action. Stephen, lt .......................... 3 3 2 6 ctounsd or. rl. 'ds fan thr. Wee t- using government money. • a 91 sea were reease rom e es I t . th . Jordan stake Sunday school superinmprovemen m Peterson, c .......................... a u e state bankmg Rasmussen. lg .................... 1 1 ~ 8 tendency laws to cut down the high cost of Hansen. lg .......................... 0 5 1J 1 Bishop. Wilford J. Myers, Heber S. liq':lida.ting clos~d banks was urged Voyce, If .............................. 0 0 0 0 Crane first counselor and Roy Gla- whtle the orgamzation also went on - - zier, ~econd counselor, were released. record as favoring the continuation Totale ········-···················· 8 18 10 26 Bishop Myers and Mr. Crane had of the fe~eral farm board as a body BINGHAM served on the bishopric for the past to ~dminister the _provistons of the G. T. F. P. five years· they were set apart Sep lagncultural marketmg act. · • Officers of the farm bureau elect d Harker, rf ···························· 0 0 0 0 tember 18, 192T. Mr. Glazier bad t . e Bianchi.. It .......................... 3 2 1 7 served for the past three and a half las F!'Id.ay include Joseph A~derson Crellin, c .............................. 0 0 o 0 years and W"" chosen as pres"tdent of 1 of Lebi, president; Horace L. Rtchards At a meeting at Riverton of stock'. a.o 1of Fielding, vice president, and George Garrigan, rg ··•···················· a 1 O 6 1 the high priest quorum of the West Holt, Clearfield; J. M. Macfarlane, holders In the Utah Lake Distributing Caulfield, lg ........................ 0 4 2 24. Jordan st-o..n. '·e · Salt L a k e; J. R . B eus, E den; E. E. company early this week, it was con· • Whitten, rf .......................... 1 4 2 The ~take pr.esidency, Almon T. Hendrick, Lewiston; C. H. Crittenden, templated that a pumping plant will Bolle .. .-................................. 0 1 1 1 Butterfteld, Davtd T. Dahl and Hyrum Hoytsvllle, and Mrs. lola T. Jensen of be installed at Jordan. Narrows to - - - St?Ckings, were in attendance. One- Ogden, members of tbe executive Salt Lake county stockholders. Totals .............................. 7 12 6 20 thlTd of the ward population was pres- board The water is now pumped from a Other games in the district last ent at the meeting. · plant located south of Saratoga week found Cyprus nosing out Springs. Following a discussion of ·Grantsville SO to 26, on the Gra.ntsthe matter, a committee was appointville court, and Tooele staging a sened to make a prompt and full report. satlonal fourth period rally to Vljn The meeting was attended by Hardell against Murray, 35 to 34. Bennion, state commissioner of agriculture. 4 . * Joseph Nell, 23, of Riverton, who A meeting of the Parent-Teach- In addition to the directors of the MIDVALE INDUSTRIAL recently was found guilty of involun- ers' association will be held at the LEAGUE tary manslaughter, was sentenced to Midvale Junior high school auditor- Hunter and Riverton districts, the members include Mr. Ben· one year in the county jail by Judge ium Monday evening, January 30, at committee nlon, William M. Howells of the FedStanding of the Teams Allan G. Thurman in Third district o'clock. All patrons of the school eral Land bank, Elias A. Smith of the W. L. Pet. court Monday. are invited to attend. The following state land board, Mark Austin, Bert Poultry, ................................ 1 0 1.000 f The charg~s grew out of the death program ~ll be presented: Jones and Zachariah Butterfield. Vincent s .............................. 1 0 1.000 1o Mrs. Alice Curtis and her 10Invoca.t10n, Henry Beckstead; ad· In addition to a discussion of the J. c. Penney ........................ 1 0 1.000 month-old daughter, who were killed dress of welcome, President Ada Merchants ............................ o 1 .&00 • In a traffic accident August 10, 19a2, Clayton; piano solo, Mrs. Marguerite power plant, it was decided at the 'on the county highway between South Johnson; vocal solo, Raymond Clay- meeting to secure title to all water 11 (Continued on Another Page) Jordan and Sandy. ton: The Home Room Mother Plan,'' rights by mutual agreement Instead of Mrs. Melissa Glover; mixed chorus, litigation, This is to be done by friendly contact with board of canal under the direction of Cladius Doty; presidents and officials of SaJt Lake "VIsiting My Students In Their City. Homes," C. W. Barton; string trio, E. G. Epperson, E. L. Christiansen, Lucille Kuhre; vocal solo, J. Clement Crapo; introducing the guest speaker, John A. Aylett; address, Dr. Paul S. Richards; girls' chorus, under the direction of J. Vernon Lee Master; beneFarmers of Utah and five oUer 1Burnham's records indicate, showing diction, Horace T. Godfrey. western states will share to an extmt 'that only $2,208,657 was loaned. Utah Three Midvale patients a.t the of a.bout $5,000,000 in the $90,000,100 farmers borrowed $267,411 last year. St. Mark's hospital In Salt Lake, R. F. C. crop production appropriat.on Of the total appropriation $64,204,50a where they recently underwent virtually agreed qpon in congress :or was borrowed in the United States as appendicitis operations, were re· this year, I~ has been estimated by a whole. ported doing well Wednesday be· Perry E. Burnham, regional oftce Mr. Burnham's information shows A. \V. Draney was elected president fore The Journal went to press. manager for the farmers' seed and that the $90,000,000 figure has been teed loans. agreed upon by conferees of both sen- of the Salt Lake County Fish and They are Mrs. Ivan Glover, If the appropriation is appro~d, a.te and house after the senate passed Game association. succeeding C. Oren formerly Miss Verla. Jacobson, about $5,000,000 will be handled by a measure appropriating $103,000,000 Wilson. at a meeting last week. Jesse an employe of the J. C. Penney the Salt Lake office, Mr. Burnhtm and the house passed a similar meas- B. Sharp was elected vice president, company for several years; Miss sald, and distributed to f&rmers In ure authorizing only $75,000,000. The succeeding L. P. Hickman, who was Muriel Cropper, daughter of Mr. Utah, Idaho, Nevada., Colorado, Wso- acceptance of the concurrence report named secretary-treasurer to sucf.!eed and Mrs. E. L. Cropper, and Miss ming and California to buy seed aJ.d in both branches of congress is all J. W. Warburton. Florence Gray, daughter of Mr. The association voted to oppose teed for 1933 crops and livestock. F.is that remains between the bill and the and Mrs. Vernon Gray. estimate is based on the appropriatiln president's final signature. The funds woves in the legJslature to open the Arthur Hobbs, who was seror $75,000,000 in 1932, of which abcut would be taken from the Reconstruc- fishing season two weeks earlier, deiously injured about three weeks $3,000,000 was. made available in these tion Finance Corporation a.ppropria.- claring it favored the present dates ago at the smelter, is also at St. st&tes. tton and distributed through the sec- of June 15 to October 15. Mr. WarMark's 8lld was reported ns be· All the money available to farmE"rs retary of agriculture for the produc .. burton reported a $1400 deficit two ing slightly Improved. &nd stockmen in this district ltst tlon and harvesting of 1933 crops and years old had been removed tn the association's books. year, however, was not borrowed, Nr. feeding of livestock tn certain areas. J d w• F • ~I:::·;; ~:J~~:c':'t':o!;"'":'~1h·w1:~. or an 1n s, I 1r e improved conditions, 100 per cent will be returned before the expiration of the four years during which time 75 per cent o! the deposits is certain to be returned tn regular payments. It was pointed out that the trust fund of 25 per cent of depostts. or the amount depositors are asked to waive, will h&ve $2 In securities for every $1 of deposits. It also was made clear at the meeting that signing a waiver does not bind the depositor in the event the bank should not reopen because an depositors are not signed. These agreements hold only in the event of reopening and will not be val~ if liquidation is resorted to. Also. it was pointed out, if depos~ itors understand that the bank can reopen without their agreement, they are wrong, as every depositor must be signed up. Enough personB have indicated they will subscribe to stock in the reopen~ ing jf the plan goes through to insure needed subscription of money and all that is needed Is for the few remaining depositors who have not agreed to do so. It was announced tha.t only about 1 per cent ot the money on deposit when the bank closed is not now rep--resented in waivers signed, and th&t only about 8 per cent of in.dividual depositors have not agreed. Another meeting of the committee will be held next Wednesday night at the ban\t buildiag. Machines Wanted For Red Cross Work A call is made tor sewing machlnes to be used in Red Cross work, which Is scheduled to begin soon. Anyone who has a ma.chine and is willing to tender the use of it in this worthy cause, is asked to please leave word at the office of the city recorder. UTAH'S DEBT SET AT $40,904,000 The enUre bonded debt of the state ot Ut&h, includinv the state, coun--., ties, cities &nd school districts totals $ rdl t th J i 40 •904 '000 • ~c~ ng. o !,wa~!try ssue o f thed dturl Te.xthpayer c Thlsll re ease ng e week. 1 be publication gives In t&bulated form e entl re b ond e d d e bt of the counti es, th cities and school districts in Utah. It shows that this bonded debt alone places a bonded obligation of $5. aT on every $100 o f assessa bl• property and that If the bonded debt were equally distribute~ every in· dividual would be required to bear a burden or $60.85, or $aOO for the average family. The Salt Lake City and Ogden bonded debt equals one-third of the entire bond obligation. Provo and Logan come next. The following counties have no bond obligations: Box Elder, Davis, Morgan, Rich, Summit, Tooele, Wasatch, Wayne and :~:e~c::~ ~o~~o~:~!n~~~~ 1 rent revenues: Da.vls. SOuth Summit and Wayne. Out of the 142 cities and towt'ts, 37 have resisted the tempts.tlon to bond, according to the publicatton. Besides a very effective cartoon. the publication contalns an· article &ppealing to the ta.xpayers to aselst the legislators to resist the attempts of public officials, departments and J..n. stltutlons to continue the high level of expenditurea. 11The powers for economy must be more alert, more perslatent and must outnumber the forces for extravagance tt the present legislature Is to accompUsh ito avowed purpose," Is the editorial comment on the subject. Midvale Aims To Buy 200,000 Baby Chicks More than 200,000 baby chicks will be purcbased by local poultrymen this season. according to estimate ot Man· ager Golden Tempest of the local poultry plant. This number Is &n Increase of 50,000 over last spring's orders. The present trend among local pro~ ducers is to order their chicks. individually wherever prices are lowest. In spite of this trend, orders for some 30,000 chicks &!ready have been placed with one l>atchcl')'. Bill Would Lower Rate From 12 to 8 Per Cent p uts Loop I nto T•1e 1 ::ARM BURE AU D ill• r 1ng MAKES DEMANDS At SCh001S Success Convention Moves For Lower i n 0 f Assessment s I I R' Ivert on Second W ard Bishopric Reorganized 1 e; I Riverton Man Gets Jail Term I * --------------- Water Group Plans Building Of New Plant PARENTS, TEACHERS TO PRESENT PROGRAM l 18 I Ft"ve Mill1"ons For Seed' Feed Loans Expected Three Midvale Patients Are At St. Mark's Fish, Game Men Chose President ··············- ...... _,. |