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May Salt e u TI L\ke L ke Lake ' \ City city , board boardof An investigation by the state teboard teboardof Inquiry Inquiryby reported reportedby of he\lth he lth health ' \ and a of thc the at at- at attorney . - combmed combined force forces , > by the officc office , the secre- secre secretary secretary - torney general s state soc1 social socialsecurity 1 1security the of state , and ' tary headlined the week's weeks week'scapitol " , eek s scapitol security board nemcapitol capitol acth actin actiuty actiutyCharges Ity ItyI ityCharges MarIe Mdirector ogde Ogden , that Mrs ; I Charges " Truth TruthrcUglous " of I Idirector director of the "Home Home of San Juan JuanI Juancounty Juancounty rcUglous religious organization ordercd ordered the .ecret ecret : . , .ecretcremation ecr t tcremation county , had theof of , the . . , body . , ofecr of Mrs MrsEdIth MrsEdith I cremation us - - uieinukiuii in- in inI investIgaUon in investigation - an occasioned I Edith vestigation vestIgaUon vestrgation Peshakth Peshak byhealth by th thsOf the sOf state & board board ofI ofhealth ofvestrgation of ofhealthMrs I health healthMrs Peshak's Peshaks ' body , reportedawaiting reportedawaiting reported Mrs - to - life HA * nAtfth which whichmembers whichmembers return awaiting a said saidwas saidwas religIous body members of the effected , had been beencremated beencremated to be was sure cremated within a few months monthsI monthsaftel monthsafter montnsaftei aftel after death dcath . , Thomas E Robinson Robinsonformer , [ said saidI saidState saidState saidState I former membel member of the group , State health officials were await- await awaiting awaiting await-Ling await Ling - from San Juancounty Juan I information mformation ing I county coumy officers uuiceia , concerning u " - < - " " o djsposi- djsposi disposi- disposi disposition djsposiI - _ - . _ - I tion of the body , while whlle Mrs Ogden Ogdenher Ogdenand Ogdenand EImer Elmer EImerPeshak ElmerPeshak ElmerPeshak ' and her followers including Peshak . , husband of the dead deadwoman deadwoman deadwoman woman . , maintained maintamed a tight lippedsilence lipped lipped'silence 'silence silence sllence ' . on the subject Mrs peshak peshakdIed Peshakdied Peshakdied dIed m 111 in 1935 , and a according cordmg toRobinson to to'Robinson 'Robinson Robinson ' . Robinson , , her ( body was cremated crematedm crematedin crematedin m in August of the same year . Rumors of ot a second investigation investigationfiltered investigationfiltered Investigationfiltered filtered out from the capitol with withreports withreports withreports reports that senate bill 129 , socIal socIalsecurIty socialsecurity socialsecurity securIty le legislation slation , as approved by bythe bythe bythe the legislature , and the bill which whichGovernor whichGovernor whichGovernor Governor Henry H Blood signed . , I were not the sameRumors sameRumors same \ Rumors were that a clause per- per permlttmg permitting per permitting - mitting mlttmg state control of city and andcounty andcounty andcounty county welfare boards , strIcken strIckenfrom strickenfrom strickenfrom from the bill by the legislature legislaturehad , had made a mysterious reappear reappear- reappearance reappearance reappearance - ance by the time the bill reached reachedGovernor reachedGovernor reachedGovernor Governor Blood"So Blood"So Blood Blood"So "So So " far as I know , the bill b111 WhICh whichI I have and the bill bUl as approved by bythe bythe bythe the legislature are the same , and andof , of course , I assume as5ume that they coin coin- coincIde coincide coincide - cide with the bill b1ll signed by the thegovernor thegovernor thegovernor governor , " " Secretary of State E E EMonson EMonson EMonson Monson said in denying deItying demiing ; reports reportsthat reportsthat reportsthat that a cenference at which he met metattorney metattorney metattorney attorney generals general s aides and securi securi- security security security - - ty board membel membels members s had resulted III in IIIa ina ina a decision to investigate the bIll bills billsstatus billsstatus billsstatusA s sstatus status statusA A proposed slash in Boulder Dam Dampower Dampower Dampower power rates " was "as as subject for two twocapitol twocapitol twocapitol capitol meetings meetmo-s meetmo s " , - during the week weekAt weekAt weekAt At the first , W W Ray Governor GovernorBlood GovernorBlood GovernorBloods Blood s repreentative ropreentaUve ropreentative at Washing Washing- Washington Washington Washington - ton hearings hearmgs on the rate cut , urged urgedthat urgedthat urgedthat that upper Colorado river basin basinstates basinstates basinstates states maintain mallltain permanent lobbIes lobbIesat lobbiesat lobbiesat . at the national capitolLower capitol capitolLower Lower Lo\\er Lo er \ basin basm states , maintammg maintaining maintammgII maintainingpermanent maintainingpermanent II permanent staffs which include includeengmeers includeengineers includeengineers engmeers engineers and technical techmcal experts at atWashington atWashington atWashington Washington , have a tremendous tremendousadvantage tremendousadvantage tremendousadvantage atI I advantage over uppci Uppel upper basin basm states statesin In influencing legislation , he saidAt saidAt said saidAt At the second meeting upper upperbasin saidI I basIn states " , were ere to send repre repre- representatIves representatives representatives - - sentatives to prepare bnefs agamst against the againstthe agamstthe po\ po pow powci poel , \ el ei rate cut proposal alleged alleged- - ly I , } sponsoied sponsOled sponsored by Cahfoima Oa11fOlllia Calrfoima interests mterests alleged-/ alleged / I j ) State dcpart departmentsRoad departments _ ' . I , IRoad ofthe Road commiSSlon-one commiSSlon one commission-One commission commission - - One fourth of the federal government's governments ' ' contem contem- contemplated contemplated contemplated - f ! plated plated road building buUding program for ; forUtah forI I 1 Utah this year vear has been prepared by 1 preparedby the state road commission and has ] andhas been submitt submitted d to the federal I 1 bureau ] federalbureau federalI of public pubHc roads , , it Vo was as an- an announced announced an announced - J nounced ' lay 'by by the commissionConstruction commissionConstructIOn commission commissionConstruction Construction of thp the projects wIll be I willbe hampered by a drastic hIghway highwaydepartment department ( retrenchment proglam program proglamI which \ progiamwhich programwhich hiCh will impede fice Ace fl ( e flow of I shareof money ofmoney to finance the state's states ' ' share of road cost , it was believed roadcommission Projects believedProjects drafted draftM by the road commISSion include mc1ude oiling ol1mg of U S hIgh\\ay hIgh ay highway Shighway ShIghay \ \ No 6 G between beh\een beh een \ Logan and Col11nston Colhnston andCollmston andCol11nston andColhnston , oiling of U S highway highwayNo , No 40 between bet\\een bet een \ Vernal and the : ofthe Colorado theColorado line Ime , most important of the projects ' ' . laying laymg of an oil mr mIX c SUI surface mixsuiface mIXSUI face between bet\\een bet een \ Indianola and andFan-view andFan view andFairvIe andFairview FairvIe\\ FairvIe Fairview FairvIeon - \ on U S highway high\\ay high ay \ No 2 2b 26 ( , ; gravel m-avel m avel . - and o ohighway oil 011 surfaces for U S lugh\\ lugh lughay highway Shighway Slugh Santaquinand Santaqumand \ ay No 26 bet\\ bet between beteen betweeir \ een Sant Santaqum qu n nand and Elberta , . and glave1in giaveling graveling of por- por por - tions portions of load goad between bet\\een bet een \ Moab and La andLa Sal JunctionOther JunctionOthel Junction JunctionOthel thecommission Othel Other newsworthy nc\\sworthy nc sworthy \ action of the undeiconsideiation undelconsidelatIOn underconsideration commissIOn Vo was as m taking takmg undel under considelatIOn consideration applications for dIrectorship fordirectorship of the new aeronauti aeronautI- aeronautical - cal legISlature bureau authorized by the legis legIS- - lature as a division of the mi mittee committee commi ttee com- com com - mitteeApplications tteeApplicatIOns Applications included mcluded those well \ ofwell ell h.no\\ h.no . known h.non \ n tansport of pilotsLiquor ' pilots 'PIlots pilotsLIquol ofI I LIquol LlqUOI Liquor commission . commlssion-Sb.ty commlssionSb.ty commlssion Sb.ty Sbty commission-Sixty commission Sixty - - Sixty si\ si sip \ . . - " - split : ; vvv vvvamong commISSIon emPloyes e1 toyes liquorcommission llquor liquor llquorcommission liquoramong old the th among them the.commission thecommission the.commissiontlons . ousted before by bYlegIsla ththe the theold the legislature legIslatune - commission theh ap- ap ap'pointmcnts - to reaffirm reaffirmtheir . refusal ture tune s theIr posi rclInquished theirrelmquis 'pointmcnts pointmcnts ' relmquis relmquistions , the theweek theweek disclosed . . late in tlons dons tions , it was uu .v v weekwith week overtime , withlegalitY withpayments with withlegality weekPayments Payments PaymentsVel \Vel Vel wei \ weie e f miovertime fmiovertime foi fOl authollze authoilzefl tzed tzedlegality l lby paymentby payment legality of the t " " of & the the attomey attorney attorneygcneral's attorneygeneral's by an opmion opinion WhICh justified pay- pay payI payments - ' olI1cc office justifiedo gcneral's gcnerals general's generals to topert "life life " or o p pro- pro propertY o- o oments - ments when dangcl dangei , extra hours hoursThe uvuisI I pert perty ' ' necessitated calling calUng for over- over overtime over overtime . - The emergency holiday demand demandfor demandfor demandfor the work was time December , , 1936MEmbers 1936Members 1936 1936L for liquor Hquor commissiontook commissiontook commission the new L Members : of - accompaniment accompanimentof - t na nJmp.nt nJmpnt . took offIce _ _ _ _ to the k- k kof - changes changeslin changesIn &rW rW & of immineni imminent ciiauecoIn of predlcitlons predicIUons predicitionsrof In employe personnel personnelTax _ lin Tax comm1ssion-Speclal comm1ssion Speclal commission-Slyecial commission Slyecial commission - - - Special taxesduring taxesI taxesdunng taxes taxesirmgLtheJOmonths elapsedin elapsedI elapsed dunng during irmgLtheJOmonths the 10 months so 50 far more morethan morethan are aro fiscal year I in the present the amount amountcollected mQunt mQuntco1tected ovcr over than $1,000,000 1000000 $ , , last lastyear lastyear same period perigd co1tected collected in the commission records MOW- MOW show- show MOWed showed - year , tax ed edThe The present total is $8837,14978 883714978 $8837,14978compared $8 8 $ 837,149 837149 , 78 78compared last lastyear lastyear for $7,61623766 761623766 compared with $ , Income and corporation corporationfranchise corporationfranchise year franchise taxes showed greatest in- in inI increase increase - with nearly $500,000 500000 $ , more-- more moreI morecollected more morecollected morethan crease Jn thesome theI thesome the than in - - - - > - - than I I collected this year some period penod last yearSupreme year yearSupreme I Supreme court-Major court Major courts-Major courts court - - - Major businessof business businessof of the week before the court were weretwo weretwo weretwo and andLIght andLight andLight two suits Iby the Utah ; Power LIght company seeking to prohibt prohibtOgden prohibtOgden prohibt--- prohibt prohibt"t " - - - ' " -"t "t t - " t governments governmentsfrom governmentsfrom nwemmBnts and ProvO , . Clty city \JQWli JQWli \ Ogden ciiiu AK * - ? ? - from erecting erectmg municipal mumcipal power powerplants powerplants powerplants powerplantsDecision plants plantsDecision Decision DeC1s10n on the cases was not ex- ex expected expected ex expected - pected for seveial sevelal several weeksPower weeksPower weeks weeksPower Power and light company at- at attorneys attorneys at attorneys - torneys attacked revenue budgets budgetsprepared budgetsprepared budgetsprepared prepared by the cities to show that thatthe thatthe that'the thatthe ' the plants would return suffIcIent suffIcIentincome sufficientincome sufficientincome income to ! pay for their construc construc- constructIon construction construction - tion Company attorneys said these thesebudgets thesebudgets thesebudgets budgets were Voere erroneous and that thatspecIal thatspecial thatspecial [ specIal taxes would Jiave have to be as- as as - sessed scssed to meet cost of constructionI constructionPlaintiff construction I - . plaintiff in 111 intervention , , the as- as associated as associated - sociated sociatcd general contractors , , at- at attacked attacked at attacked - I tacked practices of the cities ingranting In IngrantIng mgranting grantIng contracts for the plants plant plantwithout plantswithout , without first advertising bidsAbsenteesT'0 bids Absentees-T\\o Absentees T o Absentees-T'0 T'0 T0 - ' Absentees - Two \ state offices ofIlccs Caere Caerevacant ' werevacant , ; ere erevacant vacant last " week "eek eek or occupied by byundelstudies byunderstudies byundei undelstudies understudies studies as theii thel1 their regular oc- oc occupants oc occupants - cupants , Goveinor Govemor Governor Henry H Bloodand Blood Bloodand Bloodand and Industrial Commissioner Wil Wit William . liam Ham \ M 1\1 1 Kncrr Knerr travelledGovernor travelled Governor GovernorBlood . . -Blood Blood .Blood - \ was as in 111 Oregon Oregonon on a tour which mixed officialvisits official officialVIsits officialvisits VIsits and the relaxations rtlaxatlons ofa ofshort ofshort of a ashort short vacationCommissioner vacationComnussioner vacation Commissioner Comnussioner Knerr , head of the thebody thebody thebody body which administers admillisters Utah Utahs"Little UtahsLittle s s"Little s"Little "Little Little " Wagner Act " " was Voas in Wash Washington . I Iington ington conferring with the federallabor federal 'labor labor federal'labor ' labor relations boardKnerr's boardKnerr's board Knerr's Knerrs ' commission , operatingunder operating operatingundel operatingundei undel under the stat state law , and the labor laborrelations laborrelations laborrelations relations board have correspond corresponding _ . ing mg functions in interstate and andinterstate andinterstate andinterstate interstate commerce Knerr s con- con confelences conferences con-feiences con feiences - felences ferences were intended 111tended to produce producea produceI a decision regarding the divlCling dividing . I Hne line dividingline divlClingHne of powers of the two bodies bO.dles bOdles in inlabor inlabor inlabor labor disputesUnderstudying disputesUnderstudying disputes Understudying for Governor GovernorJHood GovernorBlood JHood Mood GovernorMood : was Secretary of State Monson Mon Mon- Monson Monson - son , , whose only official ofIicial gubernator gubernator- gubernatorial - ial acts \ were ere signing a COmmIssion commissionfor for state official offlclal and- and . , a andissuing - issuing a achild achild achild child health day proclamationA proclamation A silence sllence zone has been established estab estab- established established - lished at Dante s tomb in Ravenna RavennaItaly RavennaItaly ' , , Italy . I I |