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Show .IPaiysoini' diPOiMcIke TEni(B VOL. XXXVII., No. PAYSON. UTAH COUNTY UTAH. JANUARY 2 U.E. ASSOCIATION BIG RABBIT HUNT DISCUSS TAXES LIONS vs. ODD FELLOWS The Utah Education Association says it is concerned wholly with bettering the educational conditions of our state and to that end is anxious that justice be done to atate officals and others desirous of advancing the interests of the b oys and girls of Utah. With this thought in view it makes the following observations per taining to appropriations which have been made by our state legislatures. In 1897 the state legilature of with Utah appropriated $950,000 v.hich to carry on the governmental activities of the state during the following two years. In 1925 the amount appropriated for like purThese figures pose was $4,229,666. indicate that the cost of state vernment in Utah during the twen-eigintervening years had multiastounding plied about 4 Vi times-aincrease according to the Utah Taxpayers Association, composed principally of a few big taxpayers in Utah whose objective seems to be to keep their own taxes as low as possible with no apparent regard for the educational or civic welfare of the people of our state. These figures have been used by this organization in such a way as to suggest that our legislators have been careless, reckless, extravagant, or incompetent and have acted without concern to the best interests of the state But for some reason or another, this organization which claims to speak without fear or favor, preseems to hesijudice or partiality tate in presenting figures which give the - true significance of the appropriation figures here mentioned. Seldom. if ever, is reference made to the fact that the assessed valuation of the state in 1897 was $102,362,519 and that during the twenty-eigyears under question that it increased almost seven fold to $700,000,000. And nothing is said to show that in 1897 the purchasing power of the dolar, computed on the 1913 basis, was 149 cents, while that of 1925 was 63 cents-decrease in purchasing power of more than 100 percent years. And during the twenty-eigh- t one fails to hear much from this organization to the effect that the popu lation of Utah in 1900, three years after 1897, was 276,749 and that in 1925 it was 492,478, or that during the period under consideration it intimes. creased more than 1 Thus, during the period, 1897-192- A MEMBERS OF LOCAL The Payson Lions Club and the Payson Odd Fellows are staging a rabbit hunt on Saturday January 12th They will leave the Whetman Motor corner at 9:00 ocuock. All Lions and Odd Fellows are urged to take part in this big event. The losers will entertain the winners. It is desired that about eight boy scouts from each ward join the hunt to carry the rabbits, which will be in and given to all those who desire them. If you have a car bring it, if not come anyway. ht n ht a 5, Utahs legislative appropriations increased about 4 times, but during the same period the population increased about 1 times and th? assessed valuation about 7 times, and the purchasing power of the dollar decreased about 100 percent. In of these ..figures, what justification can the few big taxpayers to whom reference is here made offer for decrying the efforts of past legislatures and the appropriations " they made? Mrs. Emma Selman, Mrs. Jane Cloward and Mrs. S. J. Johnson of Provo spent Sunday here with their sister, Mrs. Jck Dixon. fOq Monday 'Hbey spent the day with Mrs. Lillie Dean. I t; e. , s PAYSON RESIDENT DIES which time the following program Musical numbers will be rendered: will be given by boys qf the Junior High School, under the direction of Mrs. Dorothy Feland, a real treat. A large attendance of parents is desired. Come Mrs. Join hq J. T. A James Knowles, Mrs. Dorothy Feland and Mr. Laurence Knowles were business visitors in Salt Lake Tuesday. -- 1 To Serve, to Build, to Think, to Dream, P. T. A. chooses for its aim Junior High- - To Serve, to Build, to Think, to Dream, P. T. A. chooses for its aim ' Junior High. ATTRACTING V. c Mrs Lillie Dean of Payson has received word from .Raymond, Alberta, Canada, telling of the death of her father. Charles Selman a former well known resident o f Payson. Mr. Selman left here tyepty-seve- n years ago with a largu, 'group of Utah colonists. He and his family located in Raymond when there was but s,x houses. He did much pioneer work there particularly in the sugar industry. Mr. Selman was born near Cardiff, South Wales, 81 years ago. At the age of 21 he came to Utah and the family located Payson where they were active In building up the He was a contractor community. for ties and went into the timber to get them out for the first railroad in Utah and Joe also helped in the construction of the linefrom Ogden to Salt Lake. Last year Mr. Selman came to Payson for an extended visit with his daughter and other relatives and friends at that time he traveled over 3000 miles visiting in several states. He is survived by his widow Mary Ann Francom Selman and the following 'children: Will Selman, Delsell Selman, Drexel Selman, Leonidas Selman, and Mrs. Clara Roflson of Canada, Mrs. Mary Willis and Mrs. Sylvia Collins of California and Mrs Lillie Dean of Payson, also 33 grandchildren and 2 He was a brother of Mormon Selman well knqwn resident of Provo. Impresflve fqMTal services were held on Thursday January 4, in Canada. DAUGHTERS) OF UTAH PiONEEhS HOLD MEETING Payson Camp No. 3 daughters of Utah Pioneers held a very interesting meeting on Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Ethel T. Page. The affair was arranged in honor of ( Payson Pioneers residing in the second ward. The program included an address of elcome by the president, rs Louise Cox; address, Develop- ment the West, Albert II. Powell, Presl(Jent of Sons and' daughters of Utah Pioneers camp of Payson; re- I, niiniseence by the pioneers; reading Miss Elizabeth Simons, vocal duet, Cast thy bread upon the Water, Mr. and Mrs A. H. Powell; piano selections. Miss Mae Taylor. The honored guests Included Mr. and Mrs. William Harrison, Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Clayson, Mn and Mrs, E. E. Stevens, Mrs. Jennie Kinder; Mr. and Mrs. Jesse S. Taylor, Mr. and Mrs J. S. Bills Sr., Mr. and Mrs. Peter Mrs. Hannah Biglow and MeiHng, George Mattinson. ATMiTON duws near, tht question o taxation is attracting more attention tt ew. appears teat thfct quest'on will ,h (u o t. the rnoi-iifijfo riant which s, i1! r. eerie the consideration of the t law maker.-. The UUh Taxpayers iu- if makhig exliau.-iL- e 1 1 n : f of nor ,t.u laws aid moth od of tax cwllect'on; the State Farm bureau it, alpo maki g invest ' a ion i the Utah Educt a. v Assoc alion. Tlics.nmr wid orgiitTzations ;. icuk I'-.'Maintain strong lobbie, unr-i.:the o. j.un of the 'Inu. there is pioss inequality in the matter of, taxation in Utah, no- .one i an duty, but as in other states, the or partuil taxwealthy payer, is opposed to a change in the system. from a Following are extract pc.eh I y Fail L. Filler, tax commissioner of the state of Oregon, deliver ed the Utah Education association which sat forth some of the things complained 'of in the workings of our tax laws. For , many ' years we have been talking abhut tax reduction. We haye been told again and again that the way to reduce taxes 'is to spend less money, anj the logic of that arg ument cannot be denied but all the lime the cost of gpvcrriment has con tlnued its upward trend. It would teem that those who have been hoping to gain any material relief by curtailing the cost" of government, nave iccn c tyjtain'.ng a forlorn hope, t is human - nature to progress, not etivneh. it is my pred etion, unpopular as itmay be, that your taxon will continue their upward tendency. -- ", . f - , HMENi ; of nrnet ng of the Utah J.-c- legi-luvur- e g - 1 Theoretically, there arc but two general 'method; of determining tax apportionment :ly benefits received :nd by abil.ty to pay. There are special taxes which can bo properly collected accord. ng to the benefits, jut, ohviousy, general taxes cannot be so measar'.d. Lnnt do.es not us ually reqhire fne or police protection yet no one .contends that it. should he ht a lower rate than buildings vhich do. We. cannot say that a laborer .with e:ght children should nav e.ght tines as much.vfehool tax is the banker with only' one child. If genera! taxes were measured by ' enefits received, the blind, the orphans, the inmates of the poor houses would be the heaviest taxpayers Taxes by necessity, must be largely in inyost upon jbility to pay and 'hat ablity Is commonly measured Most states by property or income. have relied almost entirely upon prop BASKETBALL BOOST YOUR WARD TEAM ,Nebo Stake M Men basketball teams representing the four wards of 'Payson, Benjamin ward, and ward, swung into action Wednesday evening, January 9th, in the Payson High School gymnasium. All , six of the. wards were d . .with . real, snappy teams, S.nl f put .forth some good 'exhibitions oi. basketball which resulted in . close interesting ' games. Never beJjore has excitement, been i unning afsuch a hjgi pitch and from opeping night appearances, all ast records forM Men pompetition in this stake, will be broken. About one hundred young men are engaged in this'- years competition. Mr. C, P.' Olson, the leagues newly appointed arbkrater made an interesting talk before the games got und;e way! He stated that the objective this, year would be to build character and. sportsmanship in the yuung - men of this stake. Results of Wednesdays games were San-taqu- in . repre-seqte- , - , 1 as follows: ' Payson 1st 24, ..C, Payson 3rd 15 Pay sen 2nd, 35 Sintaquin 21 Payson 4th 15, Benjamin 14 . CULT0S CLUB HOLDS MEETING t A .. IV I- - - , -. The regular meeting of the Cul- tus Club was held , Wednesday after- - , noon at the hom Mrs., Enos Sim- - ; ons with with President Edna Street in charge. Miss Maurine Hincklep, iramatic. Aft Instructor at the Pay- - , son High School read the . four act ' f play Tomorrow,' by Percy McKaye. t A piano solo - was rendered by Misa Christa Olson and a violinsolo by , Miss Mina Hoffer accompanied on j the piano by Miss Phyllis Douglass. The next meeting of the club will be held on January 23, at the home of Mrs. Grace Oleson, as the program wil be lenghty it will etart at 2:30. A party offriendjf fVom Payso4 mptored to Wednesday where they were delightfully .pnter--j tamed by Mr iwj Mrs Lgvees0 Jr. They made the trip in thi, early as-es- Blnhj;' P.4r afternoon and a- plea6aftt'-iteaturetheir stay was & eight 'seeing irip through" the famous camp.; Dinner was then served; at ;he Lioeiess. home after whiphFjProgreaVe Rpok, wax played, prizes were awarded to Mrs. Golden - Taylor add Dsve Those making the trip were Mr. and Mrs. Golden Taylor, M. anf Mfs. Dave Bigler, Mr. ahd Mrs. Geo-- " rge Barnett, 'Mr. and. Mrs. Darrell' of - rtv The principle underlying the general property tax is that ownership of moparty is th.: proper index of ability and that thn value of the property own 1 by each taxpayer is a reasonable measure of the contribution he should make. It wy? idea To Serve, to Build, to Think, to founded upon the common-sensDream, P. T. A. chooses for its aim. that all proierty, rea and personal houlsl bo assessed alike upon its marJunior High- ket value and that a taxpayer cauld convert his hold, ng. from oue form to another without aUeeting h,s taxable status as long as the maiket value was nJt changed. g Brown, Mr. and Mrs. ( Galde , Cowan,'. and Mrs. LqGrande Gu.tfuntmUJftf and Mr. and Mrs Abe Gudmundsqni. of American ' Fork. ' ( ( , Mr. t 5 STARK-LEBARO- N e Miss Liza Stark, daughter of Mrs. S.irah Stark and Raymond Le Baron sm of Bishop amf Mrs. George Le Baron of Santaquin, were married on Monday January 7, in the Salt Lake Temple.1, Botfi "the bride gioom have recently returned home afterfnijqg missions for the L. D. Here is about th5 way the p'C-en- t S Church. Miss Stark worked in the property tax v.orl s. Jones rijUtral States and Mr. Le-- Baron in has owned and pa.d taxes on a $10, .a Sou' hem plates. , The marriage; 00Q farm for years, $10,00 is preo ; lacs'" on trie t'hird" annivesary hi-- , sumed to .t . ti aid of the, dote which Miss Stark left axpaying ability. Iu prefc--s to sell fo m.ribn. ,, She lias beep .emrnd h Is fortunate ,o gh to find a ploy u1., in tin State .Bank of Payson be buyer who gi.e- 5m $10,-00- since her return. Thye will resjide cash er 1 goed security for the in . . Sartoquin. balance. lie moves to tht city where he enjoys added advantages and conCOOMBS-HON- p He find veniences of government. the income from the secur.tits exMr. and Mrs.. Frank Coombs ceeds that from the fain. He retire the marriage of their. daughas a farmer and he retires as a taxto Mr. LeRoy Hone, of ter, Rhea, On the other hand, the buyer g payer. The ceremony was' er- Benjamin. in who has only a $10,000 equ.ty the formed at the home of the. bride property, assumes tax responsibility .ri ' on $40,000. I cant see any justice' in m EnuiuiBinuumaiuHiuniimmiaiiHaa? - Compound 14b Association The Barents-Teacher- s .will meet Monday evening in the Junior High School Auditorium, at QUESTION OF TAXATION IN CANADA Mrs. Braxton Barnett left SaturMrs Frank McClellan and Mrs. day for California for a month visit Flint McClellan entertained at a New with her children Mrs- - Fern Daniels Years party Monday evening at the .and Mr. Lenard Barnett and families. home of Mrs. Fpqnk McClellan 500" was played and a midnight supper P. T. A. MEETING TO BE was served to fourteen guests. MONDAY JANUARY $2.00 PER YEAR FORMER FARM BUREAU MEET Members of the board of the local Farm Bureau met on Monday afternoon at the City Council Chambers for the purpose of electing a Board of Directors for the coming Those elected were: E. E. year. Robinson, Glenn Cowan, James Taylor, Jesse Hall and Charles H. White On Wednesday afternoon the board met and named officers as follows: C. H. White, President; Jesse Hall, G. Fred Ott, Secretary-Treasurer. At the meeting on Monday, I L. Bunnell of Provo spoke on the need of Farm Bureau work and the need for cooperation in the meeting of the legislature in order CLASS IN EXTENSION that helpful legislation be passed. SPRING-LAKE WORK GIVEN AT W. A. Thayne, county agent, and Anson Call assistant county agent, both talked on project work in the Mrs. Cynthia Taylor of Spring-lakwho recently returned from Lo- Farm Bureau. C. H. White reported gan where she was a representa- on seed planting in this vicinity and G. Fred tive from Utah County for a special onion planting in particular. work. Ott on dairy course in extension work, was in reported charge of a very succesful class at Springlake School House on Tuesday. Miss Odell, clothing expert at the PAYSON LIONS HOLD Utah Agricultural College, conductREGULAR DINNER ed the school and gave some wonderful demonstration work. Present at the classes were Mrs. Bertha Lewis, The regular dinner session of the Mrs. len Campbell, Mrs. Muriejl Payson Lions Club was held Friday Okellberry, nad Mrs. Helen Nelson evening at the Strawberry Hotel of Goshen; Mrs. GenevaHolladay of with President T. F. Tolhurst in the Sanataquin, Mrs. Margret Butler, chair. The speakers for the eveMrs. Hortonse Butler and Miss Ma-d- a ning were Mr. L. W. Nims and Mr. Butler of Springlake; Mrs. S. A. Hugh Synes of the Utah Power and Harris and Mrs. Ethel Page of Pay-so- n Light Company. They discussed the and Mrs. Evaline Reid of Provo, electric power situation in this vicinUtah County Nurse. These ladies ity and explained the capacity of will hold meetings in their various their company, also the new rates wards at which time they will dem- effective since the New Year and the onstrate what they received in the new labor saving devices made posclass. Another class will be held on sible for use in the average home the first Friday in February at with the ,new rate. which all will be welcome. A committee consisting of Wendell Erlandson, B. F. Ott, O. C. Nielson, and Ray Monsen was named to SPRINGLAKE FARM BUREAU arrange for a series of club dances to be given in the Payson Pavilion, Last Monday the Springlake lo- the first to be on January 18, cal Farm Bureau held its annual meeting and organized for the year CARD OF THANKS 1929. Archer Butler gave the presidents report at which time he showWe dseire to express our sincere ed that some very good work had thanks and gratitude to all those been done in Springlake. Secretary who were so kind to assist us In any Don Taylor reported the financial i.ay during our recent bereavement condition. in the death of our beloved husband Eira Taylor reported dates and and father. arrangements and dates for the Also for the many beautiful floral County wide tuberculosis drive.-Claudofferings. Perry reported work done Mrs. James Knowles and Family, on killing weeds, Clarence Moore reported results NOTICE of spraying and pruning work, Raymond Huish reported good work A very Important public meeting done on roads. Ada Cropper and will be held in the Payson City CounFay Cowan reported good work done cil Chamber next Tuesday evening on girls club work, while Don Tay15th, at 7:30 P, M. January lor reported successful work done Taxation is the subject and it by the boys clubs. will be graphically discussed by W. County Agents W. J. Thayne and M. McKendrlck, Manager of research Anson Call gave a report on what department of the Utah Taxpayers had been done by the different local All taxpeyers are re Association, Farm Bureaus also the County exto be there, both men and quested tensive service and County Farm women. Bureau Cooperating. The new, Farm Bureau board for 1929 consists of Archie Butler. Beatrice Moore, Don Taylor, Walter Menlove, Fay Cowan and Bert Perrp. 11. 1929 PETEETNEET NOTES Interest school Mrs. Ellsworths fifth grade has elected a new president and a new to be at the head of their class. The fourth and fifth grades under Miss Hull are working hard to have a one hundred per cent class in spelling. Miss Iluishs fourth grade is abqut to begin Indian art work to correlate with history. They have lost two an 1 two ntw ones have come in to take their places. In the third grade, Miss Claysons boys and girls are studying Yngs, and are making pictures. Miss Gard ners room has made an attractive border of winter sports. The second grade has made pipt ures of snowmen with which to decorate their room, and Miss Huish is teaching them a poem about 0 . nt The (SHIFT That w: GROWS other gifts are used up and forgotten, SAVINGS ACCOUNT wit the STATE BANK OF PAYSON will he towing more valuable day by dy. Start an account with us for that ypqqp person whom you want to see epeeqraged in habits pf thrift State Bank of Payson s 3U,-- h taxation. NOTICE Ri N . Is it any wende- - that fhe hr 1 owner complains as ho watehe; the taX base whittled away in the face of modern business expansion and 01 Fi creased ILs property is Tts value is a inat-te- r ef puMic recr-d- . of common knowledge. It has H no chan- - to escape its full tax e, ahould-e- r furlherm-rmust it li charge, the tax vhich should h- - paid by JJJ the intangible wealth it must make Continued on page eight uiauBiBma3uauBuiuuHiBiiBiEiiuaHUBsisEaiissBn annual Stockholders metting Payson Building and Loan' Society, will be held .Thursday, Jan sit? The" . urp 31, 1929, at'.7:30 P. M., Sate Bank of Payson.. The purpose of the meeting isTor" the election of one Director and such o .drier business that may properly'-r' 1 ofore the ne meeting. RAY MONSEN, Tiie of Th- - Secietary. |