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Show UTAH THE WEEKLY REFLEX. KAYSVILE. 1 quoted undoubtedly thought they ere saving valid contracts then in force, such a the Hotel Utah and the power hr company. This purpose is nullified INLAND PRINTING CO. by the action of the two commissioners who rendered the opinion and the w. r. xrrtRsoN. uiw decision of the supreme court. A. EPPERSON. IimcUu Eiitor Eljr IBccklii Srflrx - TIIE C. Kntar4 111. t I March u . MconZ-elM- Eillw U matter Krtnurj Utah. ntf tb art ti f . AJrcrtUms rataa aa appUranaa Subscription 12.00 per year in Advance W. p. Eppcraaa, Na. TI C, A. Eppccaaa, Na. Ill Na. II a, O.-flc- Cun 3 sSASSCCLVnff f STATE OTTTSS REPEAL THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION LAW A few weeks ago The Reflex pointed out the desirability of the repeal of the Utah Public Utilities Commission act, Several of the most influential county papers, the only papers in the state which seem to le free to champion the r ause of the people, have advocated the repeal of this law in full or in part. Since the publication of the article in The Reflex the case of the Utah Hotel company vs. the Utah disPower & Light company and commission both the of, by posed the decision confirmed by the supreme has-bee- n court of the state. .It is now apparent that relief can only come to the people through repeal, of the law. Both the utilities commission and the supreme court have decided that contracts between the people and the power company are worthless so far as the people are concerned. The legislature cannot do away with the supreme court, but it can do away With the commission law under whose JAZZ AND TIIE DANCING TEACHER What may be read as a new explanation of the well known 'jazz' music is told herewith in a letter to the Salt Lake Tribune by L. P. Christensen, one of the foremost dancing teachers of the west and leader for many years of the Salt Lake High school band. When such a man declares that this low form of music that we hear on every hand is destroying the very soul and backbone of our country," it is time for all good people to read and understand the meaning of his words. It concerns the United States as a nation, for young and old everywhere are almost hopelessly enmeshed in the slime of smeary music, characteristic of so many modern dance hails. Mr. Christensen, however, holds w ith the drowning man's clutch to the straw of' foresight by papers and magazines of the better sort who, it seems, have taken the initiative in trynation ing to restore to the jazz-ma- d a little semblance of decency, along with a kindred desire and love and longing for real music. It is well known that theatre patrons of this day and age will clap for a grand opera selection merely to hear for an encore the bang-ban- g of popular jazz. Should dance orchestras of today play the old time standard" waltzes? Chances are that they would be hooted out of the hall. But now to the article. Many people of Kaysville and vicinity are well with Mr. Christensen, acquainted knowing him especially well as a cornet aoloist and musician of no mean - provisions these decisions have been made. ability. Following is an editorial from the Communication which, in a Ogden Standard-ExaminMusic Editor, The Tribune: d way, suggests the propoThe jazz music and dancing that sition of repealing the public utilities created such havoc with the morals commission law: and manners of Americans the past Our supreme court, in declaring no few years are nothing but the transpower or light contract made with the planting tastes of the underworld. Utah Power &. light company is bindThe transplanting was brought about ing and the public utilities commiscomthe law through slumming parties vising the sion, under creating the mission, has power to abrogate any dives of our Urge cities. contract simply on its dictum, brings In the beginning a few bold spirits under serious consideration the queswent slumming; others heard of the tion as to whether the powers or the commission should be restricted by spicy" bouts and wanted to see for legislation or a new commission be themselves. Slumming parties soon named. became in fact, so popular popular I Contracts should hold sacred and made unalterable even by a public that the furnishing of transportation utilities board unless there is a pre- and guides to accomodate the crowds ponderance of evidence to prove the into a flourishing business. contracts sre destructive and against grew Tope says: the general welfare of society, or there has been fraud and collusion "Vice is a monster of such hideous between the contracting parties. mion, ba better lo have a limited That hated, needs but to be seen; element of favoritism operate asbe-- j We first then pity, then emendure,' tween a contracting party and pub- brace." lie utility, than to break down the' The slumming Ail just this very acredness of contract in an effort to set aside that favoritism. Private jax thing. gambling But, above all, there is too much became the parties popular form of power placed in the hands of three Entertainment. invariwith decisions men, majority Jazz phonographs and player ably on the side of monopoly, when they as a board arbitrarily can upset piano records, jazz sheet music and contracts and offer no more specific excuse or justification than the indef- jazz orchestras were heard everyinite and unsupported statement that where, and jazz dance teacher and it ia for the puUic good. jazz entertainers were almost univerThis decision is interesting for the demanded. further reason that the appeal was sally Mere beginners in instrumental prosecuted by the hotel company on the ground that the contract between music were good enough to play for it and the power company came with- dancing, providing they had a freak in the saving clause contained in the combination, made odd and crude public Utilities act which provides noises and made fools of themselves that nothing in the act shall prevent while plsying. the carrying out of contracts for public , utility ser.ire here it is hard to understand how such a tofore mode, founded upon adequate barbarkrform f dancing could get consideration and lawful when made. such hold a on nearly everystrong It was exprrsidT stipulated ii the record before the cmumkwion th at the body in a country where the people Hotel Utah contract was made before boast of superior schooling facilities the effective date of the ut. .ties act and that a good and valuable consid- and of cultural attainments except eration was given on each sid for that the schools have not done their the contract, and that the rates speci- full duty in maintaining high stanfied in the agreement were A part of dards; but on the contrary, they the consideration. There was no surrendered to the popular clamor, showing that this consideration was not adequate when made and there even against their will. was no claim that the contract- was These demoralizing conditions were unlawful when made. bad enough, but when children were AH this was seemingly brushed aside by a majority of the commis- permitted to see, bear and take part, sion and the supreme gourt likewise a serious crime was committed. By evidently passed lightly over the sav- w hom ? By parents, dance and school ing clause of the statute. teachers, also by music teachers and This is a plain case of judicial leg- dance-hall managers. islation. The state legislature in Later on, the dives in the slums act with the provision passing the er half-hearte- . toe -- . I - Kaysville Opera House Wednesday, February 8 Walters Co O In the Sparkling Comedy THE BRAINS OF THE FAMILY A Play of Our Own Times TICKETS 23c, 33c and 50c funny were closed by law; so, in order to get a kick" out of something, at home slumming parties" were substituted, and here is where the greatest ccim was committed, because these at home" became the breeding nests of carelessness and vice. Such degenerating influences could not go on indefinitely without destroying the very soul and backbone of our country. Men and women of foresight, the artistic teachers of dancing and the newspapers and (imagazinee of the better sort have opposed these retrogressive influences from the beginning and have at least created a public sentiment against them 6trong enough to insure a return to higher standards in our amusements and therefore in the community life of our country. Let u all welcome, help and hasten this" desirable return, and let us all believe that Americans are cultured and can have a good time" without stooping to. sordid taste unworthy of ladies and gentlemen. INCOME TAX RETURNS SIMPLIFIED The following statement is issued by Collector of Internal Revenue James H. Anderson for the District -- of Utah: Forms 1040A, revised and simplified, for filing individual returns of income for the calendar year 1921 of $5,000 and less will be available Wednesday, January 18, ,at the office of Collector of Internal Revenue at Salt Lake City, and the following branch offices: Ogden, Logan, Richfield, Price, and Milford, Utah. A copy will be mailed to taxpayers who last year filed a return, but failure to receive the form does not relieve a taxpayer $ his obligation to file on or before a return on time March 15, 1922. The form has been reduced from si; to four pages, two of which should be carefully read by the taxpayer before filling in the blanks. A study of these instructions will lessen difficulties heregreatly tofore encountered in correctly making out the returns. On Page 1, under the head of income" are spaces for reporting the following items: salaries, wages, commissions, etc.; income from partnership, fiduciaries, etc.; rents and royalties; profit (or loss) from business or profession; profit (or loss) from sale of real estate; profit (or loss) from sale of stocks, bonds, etc and other income. Beneath are spaces for entering deductions, such as interest and taxes paid during the year; losses by fire, storm, shipwreck, ot other casualty or by theft, contributions, bad dibts, eta.- On page 2, are spaces for entering explanations of the various items i. e., the total amount of income from business or profession, with description (grocery," retail clothing." doctor," drug store," "laundry," lawyer," fanner) from rents, and royalties, sale of property, etc. Returns are required of every single person and every married person not Irving with husband or wife, whose net income for 1921 was $1000 or more, and of every married person living with husband or wife whose net income was $2000 or more. If the combined net income of husband, wife and dependent minor children equalled or exceeded $2000, or if the combined gross Income of husband, wife and dependent minor children equalled or exceeded $5,000, all such income must be reported on a joint return or in separate returns of husband or wife. If single and the net income including that of dependent minors, if any, equalled or exceeded $1,000, or. if the gross income equalled or exceeded A $5,000, a return must be filed. minor, however, having a net income of $1,000 or $2,000, according to marital status, or a gross income of $5,000, must file a return. A head of a family a person who actually. supports in one household one or more persons closely related to him (or her) by blood, marriage or adoption, is granted the same exemptions allowed a married, person. The normal tax rates are unchanged, 4 per cent on the first $4,000 of net income above the exemptions and 8 per cent on the remaining net income. The tax this year, as last, may be paid in full at the time of filing the return, or in four equal installments, due on or before March 15, June 15, September 15, and December 15. Heavy penalties are provided by the new revenue act for failure to file a return and pay the tax on time. Announcement will be made through the press of the date of release of Forms 1040 for filing individual return of incase cf nope than $5,000, , in the thrills in the new style than s U ia this: old. The trouble, too, M. W. PHILLIPS and basketball players, both skilled national the so ignored unskilled, have unexcelled rules that a system of play, ba football, in roughness only by state in the floor prared on every the And is played. where the game to them allowed have various officials home quite do it. This was put champions bly when the the U. of U. was, a few years ago thrown from the contest for national this hapchampions in Georgia. Later Last coast. year pened again on the playteam, Colo., the speedy Greeley, to hold up ing by the rules, failed all-sta- Candies, Cigars, Groceries, etc. KAYSVILLE, UTAH te their end against the All elate champions of Logan, Utah. play-as-you-li- ke this set the high school coaches and lovers of the sport to thinking. The rules game must be played by national if Utah was to compete successfully against other state teams.. During the Christmas holidays the high school authorities of the state from got together and decided that in league hence forth the paricipants games must abide by the rules. And behold, such it is we sec at the present high school games. Officials are selected in advance and sent out to do justice st the various contests. With but a few weeks for the their men under coaches to the now drastic rules, it is easy to see it is no fault of the players if a If multitude of fouls is committed. basketball is to please, the players must learn to play a clean game as played by the rest of the United -- re-coa- 1) PoMtoy Feed States. Still there are many who argue that the rules are at fault A team that possesses an expert foul thrower is certain to win all their games even though his team mate are poor players. And a good team equipped with a poor foul thrower is at a great disadvantage. There is a chance, too, that the foul will not be thrown for a counter. Players might not take the chance of foujjng if points were given to their opponents. Football players are penalized when yards are deducted, and perhaps the awarding of points would make for a cleaner game of Make the liens lay while eggs are high priced. - We are head basketball. The game at Davis last Friday was a miserable exhibition as far as clean playing went Fouls were numerous on both sides. Coupled with this were the keen eyes of Umpire Cushman, who was very severe and caught the men on the most unseeming technicalities. At times the fouls made the game seem silly and ridiculous in the extreme. Yet it ifiust always be so until the players all of them learn the rules thoroughly and abide by them so that the most exacting official wxll allow play to continue .until the bail ' br caged. Heretofore Utah players ha played the man ard oftimes he was knocked out. Now there is a change and with the players playing the ball ami playing it clean, a different type of game is the result. MEETING OF COUNTY FARM BUREAU DIRECTORS HELD . At a meeting of the directors of the County Farm Bureau, held January 28, Secretary A. L. Wilson reported 483 members to date in the bureau. J. F. Odell, chairman of the marketing committee, gave in brief the work to be done by that project, urging the presidents to hold meetings in their locals before February 4 and have their growers state the produce they wish the market committee to find a market for. Marketing was unanimously selected as a project for the year. Bishop Arthur Hess made a report on recent developments of the tax committee of the Farm Bureau and urged its adoption as a project. It was unanimously adopted. A resolution was passed favoring the establishment of a U. S. Bureau of Markets representative at Salt lake to assist in marketing Davis county products. W . . W . Owens of the extension division, Utah Agricultural college, gave a report on project selection containing the following suggestions: Be sure you are right; have a definite goal; know who is going to do work and when they will do it; dont be d look into the future quarters for Poultry Supplies, grain of all hinds, charcoal, dry mash, grit, oyster shell; etc. Kaysville The House of Quality . short-sighte- for permanent results, then to the present problems, which bring immediate results. W. J. Thayne, county agent, urged local officers to keep things moving m the locals and not let people get " towards bureau work. He explained how local and county projects should be definitely outlined and carried to completion, stating he would visit local committeemen during the next week, outlining their proBASKETBALL FAILS TO PLEASE jects and giving a copy to the local a Basketball, as played by Ogden and president. Datis High last Friday evening, failed The floor committee of the Grand miserably in its effort to please the EaII to be given next Tuesday In few but very instances spectators. night the Business and Professional did the new game resemble the bid. by It seems that the new and correct Men's club respectfully request you interpretation, of the national rules tobe present at the opera house at meets with but little favor with fans 7:5J promptly in order that the grand in these parts f the country.- - It will march may commence at 8:00 p. m. take considerable time to educate us An early and enthusiastic start will to the point where we can see more insure the success of the affair. luke-warm- Co-o- p afi r y SAVE AND LEARN 7 Young man, if beyou want to come a leader in the worlds affairs, save a part of the salary you now earn, keep vour eyes on the future and study Men who make good bum the midnight oil at home with their books and plans. your business. Put Your Savings in Our Care that you may have funds on hand to grasp business opportunity when so ... comet your way. . BARNES BANKING CO. KAYSVILLE, UTAH r' |