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Show Page Two THE But, this time of figuring, pleasant though it may be does not take into consideration several items, most of them concerned with education. Issued Every Thursday By the CARBON COUNTY PUBLISHING COMPANY For one thing, the 1953 special session "ONS KEVYRrAPER, ONE COVERACK, ONE COST' solved the problem of paying the states Entered at the post office at Price, Utah, as second share of the expanded school program by alclass matter under act of March 3, 1879. Subscripsome $13,000,000 from the sales tax tion rate $3.50 yearly in Utah; $4.00 yearly outside locating state. surplus. Hal G. MacKnigiit, Publisher Unless there are some cuts in expendiAlex Bene, Jr., News Editor tures somewhere, that such money will not CORRESPONDENTS be forthcoming from sales tax this year. The Verna Branson... .... Hiawatha state is already obligated to the extent that Josephine IIouchtqn Castle Gate this money must be raised for the schools. e ...Sunnysidk-SunnydalAgnes S. Jeffs Ila Jensen Spring Canyon Thus a problem. Ethel Hillabrant Wattis Another trouble lie3 in school buildings. Rains-Latud- a Fredia Orlandi The emergency state aid for school buildings Wanda Peterson. .Wellington is due to expire. But there is still an emerMary' Lee Tamllos. Kenilworth If Gayle Rowley Spring Glen gency. legislators decide the state must Ila L. Anderson Dragerton still dig up some money for school buildings NA TtO NAI I D 11 O R A i in districts which have reached their financial tether and still need funds, then the legislators have some more headaches. The whole state buildings program hinges on surplus in the sales tax. Most of that surMEMRtk. i plus has not gone for buildings these past UTAH SWEPitltf ASSOCIATION two years. Thus, the state is in a bad way for all types of building. Legislators in 1953 thought they had EDUCATION AND TAXES solved a situation calling for the state to Try as they might, Utah legislators just save some $3,000,000 per biennium. The legcant seem to rid themselves of the problem islators voted colto transfer three of educational needs versus the states fi- leges to the Church of Jesus Christjunior, of Latter-da- y nances. Every legislature in recent memory Saints and to discontinue Carbon College. has struggled, none too successfully, with The people of Utah made it very plain the problem. The 1953 legislators, in their last election day that they did not want to special session, came up with about as good lose the junior colleges. So, the legislators an answer as has yet been reached. of 1955 will have to find money to operate But, the legislators who will take their these schools which the 1953 legislators seats under the capitol dome come January thought they had disposed of. 10th will still have some real problems to To get money to operate the state during mull over along educational lines. All of the 1955-5- 7 period, legislators are either gothese problems, or most of them at any rate, ing to have to cut expenditures or raise taxes. have to do, naturally, with money. One of It is possible they may have to do both. the biggest headaches is going to be fitting And, when it pomes to cutting expendithe states anticipated revenue into the re- tures, it is plain that one of the most vulnerable fields is education. The institutions quested expenditures for the coming biennium. of higher learning and the board of education If the sales tax holds up, anticipated sales have asked for a combined total of nearly tax revenues will take care of welfare needs, $18,000,000. and still have enough left to make up deficits That is well over anticipated general fund in the general fund, giving to state agencies revenues without any other state agency the money they have requested for the 1955- - getting a dime. 57 biennium. M EtPii pi n rm Some students acquire knowledge, others develop ingenuity and resourcefulness. Young Johnson was definitely In the latter class. One. question in his examination paper read: "What steps would you take in determining the height of a building, using an aneroid ANTE Two automobile mechanics were preparing to play a few hands of poker when they discovered they didn't have any cash with them. Wel'll have to substitute something for money," said one of them. "I think the logical thing would be for us to play for tools. "O. K.," said the other, "but If we play for tools will It take jacks or better to open?" S-- S THE MAJORITY Taxpayerss Those who dont have to pass a civil smnee exam to oork tor the government. S-- S A pair of thugs, stealing through a bank, paused at the massive door of the vault. While one of them reached for his tools, the other took off his shoes and socks and began to turn the dials with his toes. "What the devil are you doing, Bill? his confederate demanded. "Come on! Lets make it snappv! "Relax, grinned Bill. Thisll only take a minute and itll drive the fingerprint experts nuts." barometer? To which the young man replied. "I would lower the barometer by a string and measure the string." S-- dam mid the ram as he S-- rather over-activ- S-- S campaigning senator is reported as confessing apologetically to his audiences J teas bom oi'cr a drug store. On account of the labor and lumber shortage the pear I teas bom, only a few wealthy Republicans could afford log cabins ." A NOW! For best returns on fertilizing do it in S-- the fall. Thats the advice of agriculture experts. S SAVE WORK AND MONEY Utah Poultry and Farmers offers you bulk delivery and spreading for what it would cost to haul the fertilizer in bags. Co-operati- ve Available Phosphoric Acid, pelleted Super Phosphate for $35 per ton in bags or $31 per ton in bulk. Wonderful for alfalfa, clover and similar 19 crops. Vevtw TWENTY YEARS AGO From tbt Pilot of Tbo Sun Results of tuberculosis tests made on Carbon dairy cattle were announced Tuesday by J. B. Jew-ke- s, district agriculture inspector, w'ho reported that herds of this county retained their accredited rating. All of the state and congrescandidates on the Democratic ticket received pluralities in Tuesdays election in Carbon county, with Congressman Abe Murdock leading the entire ticket, county nominees Included. sional tod Tbo Nrmt-Adoot- ng snow-cover- ed S-- tU the establishment of a grazing district, under the Taylor act, to comprise all Utah lands lying east of the Wasatch range. Carbon county high schools athletic teams will hereafter be known as the Dinosaurs instead of the Miners, Coach Preston Summerhays said Tuesday. As far as is known, Carbon is the only team in the nation either in high school or college play, using the nickname, and because it is so unusual the new name should readily attract attention and will be easily remembered. The teams were formerly called the Miners but this name conflicted with many other teams with the same nickname. A gg Telephone for 206,428 acres. Who can remember the "good when a man Grocery stores or garages In old days, Utah are permitted to sell wood paid eight per cent interest, dis- alcohol provided it is labeled counted in advance, on his loans? d, Do dee lists done it I Fair-fasfiiono-d. .. -- and alive ! with beauty J ' , ' A .VA. ! , S LAMENT The United Nations World recently reported this excerpt from a speech by a lady member of Britains Parliament deploring the statistics on maternal and childbirths infant mortality Mr. Speaker, sir, toe haxe treatment, and postnatal treatment, ond still toe have these appalling figutvs ! 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S A Southerner once dictated a letter in which he rejected an insurance policy because the applicant had a heart murmur. Transcribed by a Northern girl who lilt- et mama. S flat Dodge flashes olieoxl ixisS! "Please, God, she exclaimed in an injured voice as she got up and dusted herself. "I didnt say Address Fat men seem to get more out ceding year. Utah had 604 enrties of life than stout women. Detroit press conference: Two civil servants met at the water fountain. Are you a kennel-fed dog or a bird dog? asked the first. "Neither, replied the second. "Im a hushpuppy. fell Name in 1924 as 3,873,172 acres, compared with 5,524,159 in the pre- BUT KEEP" IT QUIET Overheard in the State Department after Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilsons now famous S-- Please send or call me with information on your fertilizer bulk delivery and spreading: hard-foug- That's pietty rough said the other. Its bad enough to haie them biting all summer, HARRIED A good little girl was hurrying to school in a state of extreme agitation. "Please, God, dont let me be late, she murmured as the school bell began to ring in the distance At that moment she tripped and CO-O- P ng ed. in loads For information write or call your Branch ever-dwindli- S We offer a complete line of fertilizer for any crop or any need in bag or bulk. of 6 A tons or more. poisonous, says Attorney General Harvey H. Cluff, in a letter to L. C. Montgomery, county attorney B. W. Dalton, district attorney of Wasatch at Heber, who asked for the Seventh judicial district, for an opinion on the matter. tendered his resignation to Governor Charles R. Mabey last week. Daltons explanation was that he in Celebration of Armistice Daya Price last Tuesday included wished to devote his entire attention to his law practice in jubilation because of the formal Price. He had held the position opening of the much talkedlim-of as district attorney for nearly two underpass at the west city to traffic the comyears, having been elected in 1922. its, openings concrete highway into pleted George J. Constantine of Price was named by Governor Mabey to Prices Alain street, connecting up fill the unexpired term of Dalton with the Price to Castle Gate which will expire December 31. highway which has been in use just two years. October production in Utah Federal highway funds totaling reached 441,789 tons compared were received by the $40,535.20 with 535,698 for October, 1923, acstate treasurer this week. The reto the cording monthly report leased by the joint office of the money will be applied on five fedstate industrial commission and eral aid projects. The Emery road the Bureau of Mines This was an from Castle Dale to Ferron was increase of some 20,000 tans over to receive $1,004.58. the figures for the same period Carbon county high schools of 1921 and 1922. football team defeated Provo high on the Price grounds last The number of by aFriday score of seven to six in a homeseekers moving westward to ht Edwin Potts, settle on public lands totaled only a substitute game. on the Price team, 133,886 in the past year 5,056 was the hero of the when he fewer than in 1923. Interior de- grabbed a twenty-yar- d daypass from partment figures gave the total Pessett and ran thirty area of public lands homesteaded Captainfor a touchdown yards THIRTY YEARS AGO IMPRESSED A Vermonter t ms describing his state to an old friend in the South . Up there the ski totes are busy all winter long, he boast- ing lingo of the land of Margaret Mitchell, the insurance was denied because policy seeker "had a hot Town iwWfc N increments, merit raises, etc., at salary time and there was some discussion that was quite foreign to one elderly member of the board who piped up: "Merit or single, whats the difference; pay em the same. hadnt learned to decipher the UTAH POULTRY & FARMERS Price, Utah to WHY ARGUE? The school board was discussing S-- Spreading charge only $1.50 per acre (Hit earn tUlMfrd S-- S e daughter was delighted one afternoon to find the little girl quietly absorbed In a book. "Did you enjoy the book, darling? she asked when the child was finished. Oh yes, Mummy. It was a wonderful story, hut awfully sad. "In what way? "Well, 'sighed the little girl, at the end the lady dies and the man has to go hack to his wife. FERTILIZE WERE THE DAYS- - me. S The mother of a THOSE - CUT-RAT- E listed My Glasses explaining, They keep the boys from fighting amI the girls from kissing fell oner the cliff, "J didn't see the ewe turn. i A smooth-workiCarbon high eleven recorded a decisive and brilliant 19-- 0 win over the Park City Miners on the Park City field in the first round of the state championship playoff, the result of the game advancing Coach Preston Summerhays agHarding took undisputed posgregation to the state quarter- session of first place in the Carbon junior high football race on finals. Thursday by scoring a decisive Carbon and Provo will clash on 20-- 6 victory over Notre Dame. the Kiwanis Athletic field Satur- Both teams were previously day at 2:00 p.m. in the quarter final round of the state chamSeven hundred goats will be pionship playoff purchased in Carbon county in Approximately five hundred connection with the governments livestock men from 10 counties in drouth relief program, according the eastern half of the state- voted to an announcement this week by Two broom vendors met in a at a hearing here Saturday for William Peterson, state director. London street. 'Ang it all, said one, "I dont see ow you can sell these ere bloomin' brooms for a shillin.' I steals the brush, and I steals the wire, and I steals the 'andles, and I cant sell em for a shillin and make money on em. "Why, I steals em ready made. In an essay on Things I am Thankful For, a little boy S DETOUR Ok , Thursday, November 18, 1954 SUN-ADVOCA- Dodie Dealers present: Denny Thames in Vske Room for Daddy, A8C-TBert Pe-k- s m "Break The Bank," ABC-T- Y . Roy Rogers, NBC Radio push." S-- S A young industrialist after a particularly brutal session in a sand trap, sought to relieve the uncomfortable silence by cheerily declaring to his caddy: "Golfs a funny game, Taint meant to be, the boy morosely replied. f BUNNELL GARAGE 154 East Main Telephone 908 V A |