Show NOW K-NOW UTAH By ALBERT L F. F PHILIPS Utah has a a. great many things that no other state IlLS has las and i is unique in many things Southeastern Garfield county has ilas th the distinction of ot having within Its ts borders a. a i. i town located on neither railroad nor hi highway hway th only town in continental United States so 60 situated This town is Boulder with a a. population tion ion of ot ab abOut ut people The valley in which the town own is located is a dairy valley alley and the range which shelters shelters' it from the outside world is a a. fine grazing section Milk and cream which the inhabitants ship out is carried by pack animals a a. distance of ot thirty miles mUes to Escalante where thero is a So creamery While he tile pe peculiar conditions exist the surprising fact is that hat the tIe per capita wealth ia Is as great as any ny In Sn inthe the he country and the people are a a. happy and contented con- con contented tented lot Att Attempts have be ten been n made to construct ct a hIghway into the little valley vaHey but 8 a a. snag is struck strack on the trail in the way way of ot slick rock so that c con con- n- n of ot road has bas apparently been impossible Impossible- Trails lead into the valley and the forestry forestry- service e will endeavor to build a a. highway ay into tho valley III C C C At the end of ot the trail in Wayne Vayne county is the town o ot located near the junction of ot th the Fremont remont or Dirty Devil river and Circle creek It might night be said that in the tile long long- distance travers traversed d dby dby by y the tile Gr Green en and Colorado rivers ers there ita has been only only one bridge other than the railroad bridge at Green r and hd bd that a a. rude suspension bridge near ear Green which constructed in order to o move their flocks This Tills bridge Is sixty feet above he the river and it is declared that there ther has been bUtone but t ono one no sheep shee-p that fell off oft the tho bridge C C Is the frontier of ot the United sta States cs A letter mailed in New York and addressed to o any an postoffice In continental United States would reach each that office before it would reach Mail rail service from Richfield to in iii Rabbit valley alley is daily dally but from front Rabbit valley to It t is During During- th the winter whiter this servIce is often orten help up by snow and in the tile e early summer ummer by floods C C C I Wayne county enjoys the distinction of ot having th tile lie only woman superintendent of ot schools in the state tats In the person of ot Anne Snow who is a a. most efficient officer r. r Wayne Vayne county has a total population lon tion of ot 1946 and a school population of ot In h her r annual report rt to the state stat school office Miss Snow says ays S S C According to lo tin financial nc condition the distrIct district is classed as one of the tile poor pOOl counties s standing third from rom the tile foot of ot the list in amount of ot revenue received received re- re elved pet per capita from local t taxes Jn In n 1927 1921 the assessed valuation of the co county nty was as The levy evy for school purposes was mills 38 mills beIng beIng beng be- be Ing ng for debt service the theother other for maintenance From the maximum levy of ot 12 pills mills It Was possible to raise only only 1894 1894 for each chil chii child of school age in the dis- dis Local and state stat funds fund together t made a total ot of f to expend for or edu education aU 1 Of this tills amount 53 per c cent t was vas was was' used for tor teachers' teachers salaries alarI percent per percent percent cent for supplies Repairs fIlO lon per cent for debt service 36 per cent for buildings and equipment and per r c cent nt for administrative administrative ad ad- purposes S C Concluding her report Miss Snow Snow says The board oard of ot e education cation is in accord with the pay pay- you pay yOU s-yOU- go ro o policy advocated by the st state te superintendent during th the past two years expenditures ha have been I kept within the budget I |