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Show M BEAKY 4,V Ur 0r TS V9 The Utah Statesman Is Endeavoring To Give a Correct Record of Public Affairs Without gar Regard to Party Lines t VOL. NO. 8. NO. Governor Has Knotty Problem in Deciding Utilities Appointment Note on Land Claims Near South Pole? Planned Declare Incumbent Holds Over Because of Senate Refusal to Act Muy A diplomatic not to Great Britain setting forth the claims of tho United States In tha Antarctlo is under consideration by tt.a department of statg, according to Information obtained April (, at the department The note will be In reply to a communication received from Great Britain some tlma ago, whi.ch expressed an Interest in the flight of Commander Bichard E. Byrd, hut called attention to tho declaration of tha British Imperial conference of 1929 to the effect that most of the South Polar Cap waa British. The British government said it would he glad to British officials to givs Commander Byrd every assistance in the Antarctic. A technical and political problem retarding the right of tho governor and tha dealre of the governor to make a receaa appointment to the publlo utllitlea commlaaion la aoon to become the center of Intereet in Utah political circle. The matter hinge on the aenate'a refuaal to confirm the apjpolntment of J. M. Croft to replace Thomaa E. McKay on the public utllitlea commlaaion. Mr. McKay's dcalgnated term ended thla eprlng. Sentiment acema to be divided on whether or not Governor George H. Dern haa the tight to make a receaa appointment. Governor Dern hlmaelf haa held hia thoughta on the matter to hlmaelf qpd up to Wednesday had not naked tha attorney general for an opinion on ct Educator Says the matter. Opjnlona Differ. One group declarea tha law pr even la a receaa appointment except In caae of a vacancy declare and there la no vacancy on the utllitiea commlaaion because the law opacifies that a commissioner holda office until his successor la appointed and qualified. The question then la: "Haa a man qualified unleaa he has been conSPOKANE, Wash. A warning firmed by the senate. that they were mixing too much Another group declares that cus- chaff In their educational wheat.'r tom In Utah and throughout the was given nearly 4000 educators United States haa been that an and visitors attending the thirty-fir- st executive had the power to make annual convention of tha Inreceaa appointments. land Empire Education association. Denies Own Action. Tho warning was sounded by Dr. Going alightly Into hlatory we El Iwood P. Cubberly of Stanford find the following caaea on record university, who delivered one of the In Utah. Two years ago Uovernur final addressee before tha convex Dern named several to the state lion last night. Vast masses of facts, many of Three of these men .. fair board. Too ly Mud Waste In Instruction ere-refused confirmation by the iiiwwranisos.,wrtmug The governor made receaa names, dates, places and statistics, appointments and the appoint- making up much of tha teachers' Dr. Cubberly ments were recognised by all con- efforts, declared, con are forgotten by tha student, cerned. During the winter another slight- and are of email value to him If he ly different cate came up. The doea remember them.1 district attorney of the Sixth JudiConcepts, ha added, not farts, cial district was not a candidate should ba taught. He illustrated his for The man who was point with tha Invention of tha cotelected died before qualifying. At- ton gin. 'Tha data when this maand the name larker looked chine wits Invented, torney General inventor are not Important, through the records and was ready of the to render an opinion, in case he and are difficult to remember. he was asked, that tha old district at- eald. 'The thing that should he re In this connection Is the torney held over. 1 hla matter seem- memhered the gin permitted increased definitely settled In a couple fact that of supreme court decisions render- ed production of cotton, made slave ed by the Utah supreme court. labor profitable and became one of These decision were given In tha tho important factors leading to civil war." case of Lloyd vs. Elliott US Utah theMany of the old atand-by- s of 11) and People of Utah vs. education, Including arithmetic end Hardy (g Utah if). penmanship, are being overempha Hut in that particular case Gov- el xed. he adding that ernor George H. Dern appointed knowledga declared, of tha operations of Olaf K. Mlchelson as district atmultiplying, subtracting, torney, replacing Henry E. Beat add'ng fractions and percentage who had expected to hold over. The 1dividing, in every day transfer was made somewhat as life.all that la required folJowa: Settled Out of Court. Mr. Mlchelson presented hla credentials to Mr. Beal. Mr. Beal wait-ttwo then asked ?y orwhen Mlchelson ho was going to start ouster proceedings Mlchelson replied he wasn't going to atari any, that the name O. R. Mlchelson waa on the state payroll and that April !4. 1701, la a date which is Mr. Beal wan welcome to do the given much prominence in our work If he chose but Mr. Mlchel-ao- n not yet It Is an 225 would get tha money. Logie school historiesIt was Just rather than legality seemed to rule years agodate.that For there appeared In and Mr. Beal stepped out. Mass little a Boston. printed eheri Tho question la "Will Governor which had the distinction of beconi Dern follow the same tactics with Ing America's first successful newsutilities commission, appoint paper, end from which grew the Mr. Croft or some one else, or will great Institution of Journalism in he permit Mr. McKay to on this country. until next aeaelon of the carry If you would know who waa the legislature??" editor of this paper, what hia Wlat the law Kaye. to keep It going were and The law on the matter reada as struggles what sort of newspaper It was, be follows: aura to read the illustrated festure (111?) 4771. Appointment of article "America's Flret NewspaOrcommissioners. Terms. utility per, by Elmo Bcott Wateon in ganisation. There la hereby created thla Issue of tha Progress. a public utllitlea commission of Utah, and by that name tha commission mey sue and bs sued. Tho public utilities commission shall consist of three who members, shall be appointed by the governor, by and with tha advice and consent SHERMAN. Texae Joseph Welof the senate. Each com ml sloner appointed shall hold office don Bailey, former United States until hla successor Is appointed senator from Texas, and one of the e last of the etnte's and qualified. Tho commissioners shall qualify and enter upon llielr orators and flsry political duties within thirty days after campaigners, died In district court their appointment, and shall elert her Saturday In the midst of ona of their number president of lawsuit. the commission. The echo of the concluding word CONSTITUTION OF UTAH. Mr. Bailey had addressed to the Article VII. court In a plea for the transfer to Section 10. (Governor's federal Jurisdiction of a rase In power. Vacancies.) The volvlng tolla on a bridge over the Governor ehall nominate, and by Red river had scarcely died away and with the consent of the sen- when hla head was seen to fall to ate. appoint all stiga and district hla chest as he seated himself in officers whose offices sre estab- a chair. lished by this or Constitution, which may be ere.it ed by law, and NEW FORESTER. whoi appointment or election It D. T. Phlnney. former ranger on not otherwise provided for. If, dur- the Caribou national forest near ing the recess of tha Senate, a va- Montpel'er. Idaho, will lake over In disoccur cancy of the any Stale or new duties aa trict office, the Uovernor shell ap- Oranddaddy Uk-- ssupervisor district of the some to fit pearon point discharge Wasatch national forest. the duties thereof until next meeting of the Senate, when he shall he vacated by death, realgnatlon or nominate eome person to fill such rtherwlse. It ehall ho the duty of office. If the office of Justice of the Governor to flit the same by the supreme or district court, secappointee ppolntment. and tho retary of elate, state auditor, state shall hold hla office until hie sue or su- ressor shall be elected and quail' treasurer, attorney-genera- l, perintendent of publlo instruction fled, aa may ba by law provided. aenate. First American ?, On Tax Commission Employment Commissioner Declared Vital Need In Utah; Program Is Outlined ' Tho asssesid valuation of state of Utah In 1121 was Research work Is being planned to ascertain whether or net Java sugar cana could be adapted to tho 1700. -- old-tim- silver-tongu- Two Commissions 1Readjustment to Avoid Peak and Slump PerNamed; 1 More iods Necessary Here. Yet to Appear The Colorado river com-Io- n Progressive Leader Has and the commission to Louisiana, the department ef eg ette select th of homa tha Ideas on How State rl culture announces. There are cerfor the feoblemlnded have tain disease resisting apeclas in been named. Th Could Help Citizens. building commlwlon he not yet been Java which might ba a big ImGovernor Dern selected, but provement on tha can now grown eapeete to have the personnel Ona of th best way by which in Louisiana and the department selected In a day or two. Utah especially any state can of agriculture wishes to InvestiThe commission for th promota ths welfare of Its cltlsem feeble minded home follows: gate them. le by th establishment of a . A. Bkeen, attorney, Balt Five specialists of the departcommissioner of employment, acLake City; Mrs. Amy Brown to Frank L, cording East. ment have left for the Far Jensen, promLyman, social worker. Balt inent Progressive in Utah. Mr. Dr. Oswald It whs explained. Lake City; John E. Booth, Jensen declares that the present mayor. Spanish Fork; Roy Hchrelner, chief of the division of of system haphazard development Thatcher, attorney. Ogden. works a hardship upon labor sell fertility, bureau of chemistry Tha Colorado river comand both. capital to and Mils, will act aa delegate mission follows: "The commissioner of employWilliam R- - Wallace, Colothe Fourth raclflc Science Conferment would have to be a man of Left, W. W. Armstrong, Salt ence, to be held at Batavia and rado river commissioner; W. force and vision, Jensen ald reW. Ray, Balt Lake attorney; Hie duties would not be ske financier, chairman of the Bandoeng. Java, May If and June cently. Richard 11. Lyman, Utah enmerely to get the Job hunter and pew tax com mission: right. Judge 4, and the Third Congress of Intha employer together but would gineerSamuel K. Thurman, member of ternational Bugar-Can- e be to foresee and forestall those Technoloperiods ef unemployment which the commission. gists at Borabaya! Java, Juno work hardships upon labor and business. Black times mean slow BpedallsU at Work. pay or ne pay at all for dealers Dr. F. V. Cotjllle. principal In commodities. work botanist, and H. E. Edwards, senHieady inwould msan steady pay In fiber plant and ior technologist business to the conditions are delegatee vestigations. steady throughout tha state. Fourth Pan Pacific Science Con'There are several ways la gress, while Dr. R. D. Rands and which a commissioner of employArceneaux, specialists In Georg ment would function. He would sugarcane diseases, will attend the have to be a man who by hia acta, Third Congress of International would prove to Industry that he Bugar-Can- a Technologist. Tha full had the employment situation at text ef the statement follows: his finger tips. Ha would have to Dr. Schreiner will sIm attend as ba a man who advice would ba The seven state supDENVER. W. W. Armstrong Named Chairman of Group With delegate of tha department the Mught and listened to. International ported higher educational InstituThird ef Ae condition! . ere now, Congress the Roscoe Hammond Secretary; Judge Thur- Sugar-Can- e Technologists. lia will tions may be mad the object ef a periods of peak and slump are inIn evitable, Too many peraona postpresent papers and participate man Third Memtier of Board. comprehensive, legislative Investith discussions at both of th pone work until spring which International congresses where gation, looking toward possible could be done In th winter. In chemist. Mil Mtentists economies In their operation and a many Jobe this condition le true The Utah state tax commission, yet ready to announce. Definite and sugar-can- e are to determination of their actual but In other It la not A commiswhich will work In conjunction kqnouneement of program will be gather from nil technologists sioner of employment could dig parts of th world needs. with a commutes named by the made at a later date. up a lot of improvements which , Brattle on 19, from Belling April en attack the of Resumption could ha dona during alack times, Mr. Armstrong and Judge Thur-hulegislature In the study of Utah Dr. Schreiner will visit Japan, the the th of ''axtnveganee alleged are Democrats, whlls Mr. Arm' China coast, Singapore and tho Institutions marked passage In thereby giving employment to tag problems, has been named and time. The rehas began to function. Tho during String t.ae been prominent In Malay Peninsula en route to Java. th house of representative today many sult ..would j thpe of the earn mission iMskite.tsr "eXhatl 'ah' 'ifie' pf birT'propdklng man would soon have steady will travel to several Islands of the Armstrong, formerly president of yearn and has been looked upon state's govsurvey of th and the grocer and the Utah Copper bunk: Judge a friend of the farmer and email Dutch East Indira, Formosa, tha tlv motion structure. On a ernmental clothier would not have m many Samuel R. Thurman, formerly chief business man. Until recently he Philippine Islands and tho Hawal by Rep. Rumbaugh. Democrat, long tlma accounts. Justice of the Utah supreme court: was president of tha National Cop lan Island. Foresee By layoffs. Pagoea Springs, th chamber inRoscoe Hammonod, formerly sec- per bank of which he was the Made. "Another big thing which the cluded th stale university and Study Special retary of tho state beard of equal- heaviest stockholder. Tha sals of commissioner Schrel-njIn tho of proef employment the on While Dr. acops this colleges Journey ization. Mr. Armstrong was nam- those intereet recently, however, would do for th state would b will make a special study of posed investigation. ed chairman of the board and Mr. has left him free to devote hie time block-thto demoralisation which Rumbaugh, who opposed atagricultural conditions and fertilo the work of the commission Hammond, secretary. brought upon by wholesale layliser practices in the growing of tempts by Rep. Bteecker, Bould- la offs. The duties of the board will be Governor Derc said. few a ego a certain years th crops such aa rubber, tea er, Republican chairmen of havlo make a complete and compreJudge Thurman has been before tropical with special attention houaa finance, ways and means company In Salt Lake county, manand coffee, methods it of hensive study of the Utah tax sys- the publlo of Utah for close to half lo augar-can- o Improved growing with a view committee, to put through a to- ing ufacture found tem and draft a plan of better- a century. considerably, bill providing to applying this Information to th bacco building It could dispense with the laborthat of ment. For eight yean Mr-- Hainmond Bureau's declarof sugar- funae for th Institution investigation of the elate cane Mils In tha Southern Btatea ed on th floor today that "there 110 man. General conditions were The board will work for the best ha been secretary fair but out tha of work throwing Interests of the state at large, keep- board of equalisation and assess-- , and insular possessions of tho Unit- should be no necessity for an edu- of that many men at ona time had in' ed Btatea ing In mind the economic phaaee ment. Before that time he was two cational lobby In thla legislature a demoralising effect labor upon The object vestlgator for the board for of the tax problem. Ae chief of th division of soil to obtain needed funds. and business. Men who had Jobs of tha board Is not to find ways years and previously was superln fertility In tha bureau of chemisthat saw peRumbaugh represented Immediately got panicky, and mrana of raising and lowering tendsnt of schools In Millard coun- try and Mils, Dr. Schreiner has students from outside th riods of unemployment coming to taxes but to work out a plan ty. Mrw Hammond Is considered on supervision of extensive field teats state were being educated by the them, and to cancel proceeded whereby the atnle can get Its rev- of the outstanding authorities os with fertilisers on tho principal slate at an average cost per certain buying orders they had enue without placing special bur- taxation in Utah. ernpa In a wide variety of Mil re ttudent per year of $399.42. The mad, decided to make the old There are eleven member of the glone in tho United States, and total for all th out of state den on any individual class or insuit do another eeaeon, etcetera, ts and business suffered along with he placed at $299,979.(9. dustry. and with out showing any legislative tax committee, and at makes his present Journey in the Benator George interest of extending this work in F the meeting Monday Ve charged that President Nor-U- n labor. tha graxlng land however, la worth privilege. and was e "Now. had there been a comchosen H. augar-renfertill: chairman, Ona of the hardest problems the Ryan of the University of Colorado growing and about $1.50 per acre. of employment this board will have to solve la how to Representative Austin P. Miller lion with a view to more efficient received total benefits annually missioner tax certain Industries their proper secretary. Other members of the production within tha United States from tha stats of $11,194.40 company would without question These he divided aa follows: have notified him in advance Jut share without forcing these com- committee are Senators Wilson and its possessions. and In addition to his duties as an Salary. $9,000; reiidenca valued at what waa to taka Place and would McCarthy. W. D. Candland panies out of business or having Knox Patterson and Representa- official delegate of the department, $31,120, at 1 per cent a month, have given him a chance to have tha companies circumvent tho law Critchlnw, James Dr. Schreiner will repremnt th $2,174.40; water, lights and heat, urged other work under way to by lnoorpo rating in some other tives GeorgeA. A. absorb this number of Idle. Labor l, R. Creer. David American Society of Agronomy at $200; B. Wilson, state. private nr, depreciation, not have felt the shock and L. J- - Holther and B. M- - Jor- tha Pacific Selenca Congress. Just how to attack on the prob$500; private chauffeur, $1,120; en- would not have been Studies Planned in Japan. W. P. Thomas of the U. A. C, lem will be made the board ie not gensen. tertainment fund, $1,100; general the shock would En routs from San Francisco, expense, $5,000. passed along to general business. Is now In Washington county conto Utah Covllle will Factories. Dr. visit Help Japan ducting an agricultural survey. Mr. that Rumbaugh represented "The commiaaloner of employmake him studies of acid Mil savings Thomas recently made a survey of in maintaining tha educa- ment could without doubt do a lot plants, both fruit and ornamental tional Institutions farms In the Moapa valley and could be effectMrta This is a line of work to ed through elimination of course toward influencing the Utah merfinds conditions here to a grrtt to chants stand by Utah made which ho has given considerable extent very similar. The survey ' goods. A short Urns ago a survey attention in thle country and which duplication la being made preliminary to the showed seventy-fiv- e In that has resulted notabls per cent Improve' taking over by Frank Evans, na of working clothee came Into Utah ments in the culture of such fruits tionally known farm expert, of the from outside. The commiaaloner tho blueberry and such orn' Snow Costs sales and business end of the could probably bring about a readmentals aa rhododendrons and Washington County Cooperative asof thla. If m it would asaleae. sociation. 1830 justment mean steady work for many hunMr. Edwards will visit the PhilTwo meetings were held In Salt dreds more Utahns. ippines where he has spent many Lake last week with Frank Evans "On of the things which th Eighteen hundred and thirty doltears In the study of abnea, m A 20 per cent Increase In four and negotiations were entered Into Agriculture enters the spring sea- guay, and other long-fibplants. lars were expended during Janu- commissioner would have to conson with a farm labor supply whereby Mr. Evana will supervise years gl rifle marximanehlp sider would ba prison labor. We Dr. Rands and Mr. Arceneaux ary aiuJ February to clear the of Infantry the ealee of Dixie fruit and vage regiments In slightly in excess of the demand In Interested In the thoroughfares of Logan from the all agree that It U a crime against table for the members of the local pita of a 51 per cent reduction In all parts of tha country, reports are particularly n the sugar-cala in snpwe in which and against the atat prisoner the breeding highest amount to association. The full significance ammunition allowance Is reported the bureau of agricultural econ- progress keep prisoners in Idleness. On certain of the varieties bred pent for years. of thla leadership movement cad by the department of war, a cord- omics, United Htawe department of Java, tha other hand it dose not seam Thla report was made by The Mo- ing to an announcement April $ agriculture. Farm wages also are there having recently been introhardly he overestimated. James Sorensen at a meet- fair to have the prisoners engaged Into the Louisiana sugar reported at1 a fraction higher than duced apa valley farmers have a Ilk which20follows In full text: In of th bowl where they are succeeding ing city commission Tues- In work which Is knocking four on April A for three yean past. per cent increase organisation end last week a car' citizens out of employ- day evening. In addition to th The bureau's Index shows the very well. Although Java haa load of vegetables from tha valley years of the rifle markmanship certain clearing away of enow the street climate, was shipped to Omaha, Neb. The proficiency of Infantry regiments supply of farm 4labor on April 1 at strictly g tropical varieties (Continued On Page Four.) haa maintained developed department 51 per rent larger there are farmers received a fanry price and in spite of a 50 per cent reduc- approximately Is sufficiently early malur Mock of city streets doing work Is than tha demand. The excess In addition greatly enlarged the tion In ammunition allowance with the Louisiana conditions Ing to fit graders and other equipBoard field for the sale of their pro- reported by the office of the chief somewhat smaller than on April 1 where the growing season ie about ment. Bevenly-flv- e yards of gravel of Infantry. In 1924, 4 per cent of a year ago, the difference being! ducts. n nae been re auger-caof shortest on the any East placed ol Third Tha Washington county commit all infantrymen In Infantry regi- attributed lo the higher volume Member During the North street and maintenance Industrial employent this spring gion In the world. tec which confered with Mr, Evans ments armed with the rifle were work Louisiana on lust done the acreage the la In year river Logan enm farm The last. whereas with pared was composed of Jo qualified marksmen, In Balt Mrto Sorensen reported. last year lias been very largely replantedmo- bank, IXiA.V William R. Ballard, a K. Nicholes. Morris Wilson. Leo A. 1921, 14 per cent, were entitled to her supply on April resistant to Inspector Bqjrett told tha com- former member of the Utah pcs rent more than tha varieties that are still stats Know. Eugene Cripps. Ovendo Cub wear a badge denoting eklll in was 7 seven missioners varle but saic better that dlseaar. demand. building water storage commission and the rifle. Irr. County Agent Waller F. Smith hooting permits were Issued during the The marked program le rohsld-ere- d The index of the genera! level ties are desirable. member state of the legislature and County Agent John Wittwer first quarter, six heating permits, from Cache county, died at 9:5 to have been due primarily of farm wages on April 1 Is placed of Clark county. Nevada. plumbing ana ten electrical p.m. Saturday of heart trouble. He use of the small- st 197 per cent of the pre-wboard, from 91.39 In th south cm nine Mr. Thomaa and Air. Evans ar- to the universal rifle In teaching men how level en that date, compared with tral to $3.43 In th far western permits were granted. The slack- bad been ill about nine days. He rived In the eounty Wednesday and boreshoot ness of 1 building activity waa ex- wee 57 yeara old. end to stringent regula- 1(9 on April for the part three and wages per day, without board tp with tha county agent and plained by Mr- - Barrett aa due to Mr. Ballard had spent about two requiring every available man years. The April 1 male of farm trum $1.(5 in the Muth central to the of the local marketing tions to unusually bad weather during yeara tha markmanship course. wages per month, with board, for on th Hyrum Irriin th far western-TheseorlsUon. are holding meetings Thefire thp first, threa months of th year. gation working usa of the calibre .23 rifle In the United States as a whole Is reconsiderwhich has been acare rates wage project, and the county, getting throughout testing the throughnem of precepted by the federal reclamation ported t $19.(9; wages per month, ably below those In Industrial ac a line on ueneral farm conditions. liminary InInstruction bee been bureau aa Its next Utah project. He without board $19; wages per day. but It Is pointed out that HEALTH WEEK. Wednesday night a meeting we strumental In pointing out the with hoard. $1.79 and wages per tivlile. was a member of the Logan Is D. farm hands receive many parqul held In Hurricane and Thursday faults BOISE of th riflemen end ha al- day. without board. S. Industrial elaka high council at the time Governor BalH. C. sites not enjoyed by was spent In the eastern end of the lowed corrective measure to he - Th board, hia death. with announces of labor of farm workersmonth, dridge per the supply Wages Inauguration be will a county; tonight meeting Rorn In Logan, November prior to their using the range from $34. 2k In the South At- It largest in areas where farm May 1 of a health ween that will 2i, held In St. George, and Friday applied full power aervlr cartridge. The lantic state to $52.94 In th far wages ara highest, and smallest affect In Mm degree every school 1572. Mr. Ballard lived there all will be spent In conducting the regulations requiring eon man of was hie life. He western state; wages per month, wags are lowest- The supply th student in the state. ef Bishop every survey Jn thla vicinity. The proclamation followed one Henry and Mrs. Emil McNeil Balto fire, unless excused for cause, with out board, from $3$. 10 In th labor as measured In per cent of In the far normal la slightly smaller than on by President Already arrangements Lav been has decreased the number not fir- south Atlantic to $79-9Herbert Hoover, lard. He waa a graduate ef the made to market local produce ing the course from 9.000 in 1934 western: wages per day with April 1 last year, and the demand which In turn we authorised by old Brigham Toung college. ae measured In per cent ef normal congressional resolution. Tha presthrough flmiih ft Hancock Commit' to 4.300 in 1939 or. has Increased Surviving are hie widow. Bessie slon house of Salt Lake, who also the percentage of those firing from per rent ef th Infantrymen who Is slightly larger. The two combin- ident's proclamation Invited the Griffin Ballard, and tha following handle the Moapa produce. This 71 per rent in 1924 to 10 per cent fired four years aco qualified In ed put the supply .it 1.7 per cent people of tha nation to participate sons end daughters: Carmen Malhas been arranged on a 5 pet in lilt. marksmanship, while In 1929, 91-- greater than the .emand as com- In this endeavor to advance th lard of Logan, Mrs. Afton Carlyle A comparison of ths records of prr cent obtained qualifying 4 rent commleelon basis. W, C. pared with 7.5 per cent greater health and welfare of American of Beaver, Maurine. William and Russell Ballard, all of Logan. News, and 1131 shows that $9.5 ca. than tho demand on April 1, 12$. children,- 701.000. Indications are that tha valuation for tho next year will ba or greater by soma twenty-fiv- e thirty million dollars. Of tha 1121 aaeewnent waa charged to real estate, town and country. Ona seventh of the total area of the state la on tho tax rolls as agri cultural lands, according to figures of compiled by the state board equalisation. These figures show that Improved and unimproved farm lands, fruit land and gras Ing lands total 7,555,000 acres Mors than four and a half million scree of this is grazing lands. TOwn Ixits Worth 011,000,000. Town and city lots, although la tha relatively email in area, assessed claaa of individual highest real estate In the state. City and town lots are worth $11,000,000 for taxation purposes. Of the agricultural lands ths Improved farm lande lead tha field These lands, a million and a half acres are worth $75,000,000 to ths state for taxation. Almost aa large an area of unimproved farm land are assessed at nine million dollar. Eight thousand acres of fruit lande are worth a million dollars. Four and a half million acres of graslng land haa a valuation of $10,500,000. Tho real estat value of mining claims is threa quarters of a million dollar. Boxrlder County Leads. Boxelder county haa the largest area of Improved farm land In the late 307.000 scree. Cache county haa 103,000 acres In improved farm lande and Utah county has 120,000. Millard county haa 110.000 and Salt Lake county ranks next with 00,000 acrca For total valuation of farm lands Salt Lake county lead with 19., 215,000; Cache county comes next with $9,102,000; Boxelder eounty la third with $7,712,000. Davla county has the highest value per acre, tha lands of that county averaging $125.00 per acre. Weber land la worth 115 per acre, while Salt Lake land is valued at $112.00. Tooel county Improved land la rated as the lowest In ths counties state $15.00. Several show land valued at from $25 to $20 per acre. Davis In Van. Davis county also leads In unimproved farm values with an average of $14 per acre. Tooel unimproved land le $1.41 per acre. Several counties value their unimproved farm land at about ten dollars an acre. Balt Lake county has the highest per acre. graslng land $12.00 countlea are Emery and Wayne worth more than ten dollars an acre for grazing land. The bulk of $199,-000,0- 1. Investigation Tax Commissibn Begins Study of Utah System Of Raising Revenue Of Colorado State ' Schools Sought A ' m (i. stu-d-ti- County Farm Newspaper Appeared Survey Made 225 Years Ago Former Texas Senator Dies ... r . Opposition Claims Custom Has Established Derns Recess Rights. . 81.00 A YEAR SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, APRIL 18, 1929. Hlr-sch- Federal Survey Declares Farm U. S. Infantry Rifle Ability Labor Normal Getting Better Logan $ er pro-fien- Sup-ervto- or hard-worki- ng disease-resistin- Water Dies lt repre-tentativ- $1-2- -- ; I icor-112- 1 e |