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Show V X Page Two SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS, Kanab, Utah couTiiinn utah navs r' OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF KANE COUNTY. UTAH mrfV - DUGCED NOTICE TO WATER USERS The Utah Water and Power Board, 425 State Capitol, Salt Lake City 14, Utah hereby publishes notice to the water users of the State of Utah, that The Utah Water and Power Board holds title to Application No. 9094 to appropriate 300,000 t of water from the Paria River In Kane County, Utah to be stored whenever available during the entire year and diverted by a dam to be constructed at a point S. 45 05 E. 9250 feet from the NW Corner Section 18, T41S, R1W, SLB&M, for irrigation purposes, and that At the regular meeting of the Utah Water and Power Board held October 15, 1960 the Board unanimously rul?d that development of the water of the Paria River may be encouraged in Garfield and Kane Counties by withdrawal of said application in the Office of the State Engineer and that Prior to withdrawal of the ap- Published every Thursday at Kanab, Utah Errel 0. Brown, Publisher and Editor Subscriptions $3.50 per year, $2.00 for Six Months Entered as second-clas- matter October s 6, 1944 acre-fee- at the post office In Kana, Utah, under the Act of March 3, 1879. All communications and Items for publication must be signed by the writer, whose name taust appear In print. Write on one side of paper only. Use no abbreviations. All communications subject to acceptance as the Judgement of the publisher may determine. MEMBER UTAH STATE PRESS ASSOCIATION 1 may not agree with what you say, but I will 'defend to the deathly our right to say it." Voltaire plication, Ycur Right To Veto ... publication .of notice of Published November 3, 10, 1960. To others though, it has a deeper, almost mystical significance. freedom fighter shot down by a Soviet To the 15 year-ol- d tank in the streets of Budapest, the right of the right to vote was worth dying for . . . Not long ago this space was devoted to a discussion of producto the peasant Chinese, slaving in the bitter tion as measured by the Federal the right to Reserve Board index. The latest mune rice paddy, the right of the is a vision of an vote thought of figure at that time was that for treasure, August and it was a preliminary which creates mental anguish . . . estimate. We said that when the final data were in the estimates comfrom their to the two young East Germans escaping might be revised either up or munist masters across a heavily mined border, the right of down, but that revision would be was worth the price one of honest. The final data are now in the right to vote and the revision was downward both his legs. them paid several weeks ago one point, or from.. 109 to 108. Even more important is the fact agony of. a com- too precious to lose that the preliminary estimate for because one has something else to do on election day. September is 107. That is four per cent below the e high reached last January. What is going on? Is this the beginning of a recession or merely a rolling readjustment? Taxing To Defeat . . . Before answering these qustions there is one preliminary point that needs to be made. It is techThere seems to be a point beyond which people simply will nical but by analogy it can be not be taxed, and when a tax reaches that point it becomes made simple. readjusment and, as we - have stated many times before,- that we shall see a slow upward trend getting underway in the near future. To put the issue more boldly, we are convinced that business will be better at the end of the year than it is today not every establishment, of course, but that all general measures will be higher in December than in September. ). the right to vote all-tim- ." That statement comes from an article in a magazine published by the Sun Oil Company. It is substantiated by all manner of France a tax was placed historical examples. In so people stopped building fireplaces. In on fireplaces Holland a house tax was based on the number and sizes so windowless house became the vogue. England s of windows so fanners took to Parliament once imposed a tax on horses riding cows. 18th-centu- ry 17th-centu- ry The present outstanding example would seem to be the gasoline tax, which now totals about 50 per cent of the retail value a percentage which isnt borne by even such luxof the fuel uries as mink coats and diamonds, much less any other absolute to necessity. As the article puts the case, While it is too early warnif storm the wonder we reach any categorical conclusions, become fed up ings arent going up, whether motorists havent now paying $3 for $2 worth of gasoline and whether we arent mean could which revolt consumer of a facing the first signs that any furthur increases in gasoline taxes actually will bring even less revenues. The signs are certainly there. According to the New York Times if the trend to smallar cars continues at the present 'rate, gasoline tax revenues by 1964 will be $548 million below what they could ordinarily be expected to total. Here s a case of tax extremism in which everyone is the loser. 7 Senator Goldnater and Your Responsibility ' Senator Barry Goldwater has something to say about the Get Out and Vote campaigns which are in full flower now, with election day nearing. As he sees it, It seems to me the republic is in far greater danger from those who exercise the privilege of who merely igvoting in an offhand, causal manner from those nore the process altogether. The right of franchise is the greatest safeguard any nation has against tyranny and the destruction of the peoples liberties. But the citizens responsibility does not consist of merely making an X in a square on a ballot, or pulling the handle of a voting machine. It is also his responsibility, to quote Senator Goldwater once again, to seek to understand and evaluate the prevailing issues which separate the contenders and then to reach a sober value judgement based on the voters personal opinion of whicl candidate and which philosophy offers the best chance for pre serving the"' republic, maintaining freedom and providing a better tomorrow. That, it should be added, applies to voting for candidates at not just all political levels from the tekvn and country on up and the seekers of top office. Policy begins at the grass roots it is the thinking and feeling in the grass roots which is imple . If you are counting your money and want to round it out, that is not give it to the exact penney, you consider anything of fifty cents or more as a dollar. 'Conversely anything below fifty cents is ignored. Thus $4.43 is counted as $4, and $4.53 is counted as $5. The same practice can be followed regardless of the sums involved, or whether the amounts are money or just figures. Such rounding out is common in many government statistics. This is the reason so many govern ment stastical tables have a footnote saying that the totals may not check because of rounding. But most government indexes e not rounded. The Consumer Price index, for example, always is published in tenths of a percentage point, as 126.5 or 126.6, and so forth. But even though most government indexes follow this practice, the Federal Reserve Board does not. It deals only in whole numbers in so far as its indexes are concerned. Now if one is going to round out his money supply he obviously must first count it. If he is going to round out a column of figures it must first be added. And if an index is going to be rounded out it must first be calculated calu-late- d not just in whole numbers, but down to the tenths of a point and perhaps further. The Federal Reserve Board makes these exact calucations and alukys has. But until recently these exact calculations were not published. They were not secret or confidential and one always could telephone a friend at the Board and get the detailed figure, but that was not done except in special circumstances. Fortunately, a few months ago the Board started to publish the details in its press release, so they are now available to anyone who is interested. But in the Federal Reserve Bulletin, and the government publications which carry the index, only the round numbers are used. From these details we find that the August index was 108.4. That is just as high as it 'could be and still ba rounded out to 108. If it d las been 108.5 it would have to be carried as 109. The ndex for September is an even 07, and all the also re even with the exception of ondurables. This is most unusual, nd one can only guess what the nal data will show. We are now ready to express a opinion on the question asked .hove. In our judgement this is not u beginning of a recession. We link it quite possible that 107 .uay be the bottom of this rolling con-inue- sub-figur- es r.Iy,Heighbors EY SW14, Sec. 9, t On November 8 all good Americans of voting age should exercise their right to vote. The responsibility can- didates should guide us in our selection. Ivis Farr By RALPH ROBEY property: WSEV4,N voters. The qualification and experience of the end Current Events Production Drops Again Paul Jenkins and H. M. Bruce have not purchased or will b able to obtain title in the for seeable future to the following described to select the right man for the right job will face all Frdsnia llcvs Items NATIONAL OUTLOOK To Whom it May. Concern: the nisiiT r.iAri 1960. THE Public notice T. S. 40S., R4, S.L.M. containing 160 acres Also, to any person who gives information that leads to the arGym. rest and conviction of any person Visiting briefly recently with or persons trespassing or removhis sister, Mrs. Aure Henrie, her ing anything from the above desreward husband and family, were Mr. and cribed property, $100.00 will be paid. Mrs. James M. Levie of Pleasant Signed Alvira B. Hiller Grove, Utah. The Levies were visiting several points in Arizona Published November 3, 10, 17, - 24,' 1960. and Utah on a pleasure trip. al of Application No. 9094 shall be filed with the Utah Water and Power Board, stating the reasons therefore, before December 10, To some people who have the right to vote secured, this may be its meaning. meuted in Washington. Swapp, Virginia Johnson and Win-n- a Brown, who were second prize winners. Miss Karen Cluff and her brother. Merlin Guff, dressed as Robin Hood and Little John took third prize. The Girls Club, under the direction of Mrs. Barbara Brooksby, sponsor the dance as their annual money making prject The Mountain Dew Trio, of Kanab, Utah furnished the music for the dancing for the capacity crowd at the High School withdrawal to the water users of the State of Utah shall be made stating the intention of the Board. Any protest against the withdraw- What does the right to vote mean? ' A chance to cast a ballot for a friend in a local election? An hour or two, or even a day, away from the job on election day? A chore grudgingly performed that involves a trip to the polling place and, perhaps, a wait in line? Its a precious thing Thursday, November 3, I960 The recent Homecoming activi ties at the Fredonia Schools were highlighted by the selecion of Miss Winna Brown of the Junior Class as Homecoming Queen, the winning of the 6 man football game and the with Grand Canyon, 48-2warding of the first prize for the floats in the parade, preceding the game, to the Lettermens Club. Other winners, with all the entries being especially appropriate, were second place, Sophomores, and the Seniors, taking third spot. The theme for the day was Fredonia Schools. The twenty piece band, in their snappy uniforms, provid ed plenty of music and also marched during the half-tim- e show at the game. Miss Karen Cluff is the majorette, with Misses Carolyn Lewis and Crystal Swapp as twirl-erJ. Evan Bean is the band di- Our choice for Representative to the Legislature should take into account the necessity for enlightened health legislation. As in the national elections, the health problem will be a major issue in the 1961 sion of the Legislature. ses- Who is better qualified to make decisions concerning our health laws than a he who makes countless decisions physician? per- taining to our health day in and day out! For expert judgement in health legislation, coupled with proven experience in the last session of the Legislature, vote for Dr. George R. Aiken for State s. rector. Representative. He is Winning first prize' money at annual Masquerade Dance, held in the evening of the Homecoming Day, were Mrs. Evan Lewis, her daughter, Miss Carolyn and Chystal Swapp, who were attired as Old Mother Hubbard, the Cup-- ' board and the Dog. The Three' Blind Mice were Misses Kathleen THE RIGHT MANl the Paid political advertisment by Dr. M. Fredrick Hicken Are you smoking more now but enjoying it less ? GIANT AMONG GIANTS. Thats Dick Nolan, defensive backfield star of the N. Y. Giants. Nolan is a Camel smoker. He says hes borrowed other brands. But Camel is the cigarette hejbuys for complete smoking satisfaction. ENJOYS A CAMEL AFTER A GAME You'll enjoy a Camel anytime and every time. So. if youre smoking more these days, but enjoying it less . . . change to Camels. a. I. Bwiwldi The best tobacco TokMM Cokma,. Winiton-B.le- N. C. makes the best smoke I |