Show S STILL TILL PROHIBITION MINDED l Regardless of the mandates of the people expressed in the last general election our legislators still seem to be unable to get the idea of prohibition out of their minds The house has passed the state store bill amended so as to prohibit sale by r drinks Such sale will viII never never never nev nev- er be prohibited in fact a and d as as' as long as we ve continue to p pass ass laws vs prohibiting it just so long will vill we ve deprive our Olle laws of the respect they should have Our citizens citizens citizens citi citi- zens voted against prohibition J prohibition and its accompanying I the evils bootlegger and his dive the disrespect for law lav the desire to do something prohibited prohibited pro pro- and get away avay with it instilled in the younger r generation The state store plan as amended and passed by the house will viII not el eliminate these evils Mention of the profit motive has continually crept into the argument The house action has eliminated i ithe the profit motive from legal liquor but not from il illegal illegal il- il legal liquor Was that their desire Why Wouldn't the opposite be more apt to bring the desired results WISE VISE COUNSEL SEL His Excellency Governor Henry H. H Blood after viewing effects of two years of strict budgetary control control control con con- of state expenditures has concluded th that t Utah governmental functions cannot properly be maintained main main- tamed without additional revenues In his budget message to the twenty first legislature legislature legisla legisla- ture e he stood solidly against increased taxes and atthe at atthe atthe the same time pointed the way vay for ordinary governmental governmental governmental govern govern- mental demands to be met by the addition of certain refinancing without further increasing the states state's bonded debt Permanent recovery he said must Blust await Tait the themore themore themore more stable returns from products of the mine the factory the flocks and herds and the farm orchards and fields In the light of these statements by His Excellency sur surely ly our legislators will vill not att attempt pt to levy f further fur lr- lr ther then t taxes be they of the Irp property o TJ income franchise sales or excise excise variety except for the purpose of permitting Utah to fully participate in whatever w program of social legislation the national govern gover government govern govern- 11 merit ment may dev devise se ALL IS NOT GOLD THAT GLITTERS GLITTER Garland a thriving incorporated town to T in Bo Boxelder elder County was vas one community in the state quick nick to realize that all all is not g gold old that glitters and to take action on it Like the legislators their their- snap judgment opinion of the so-called so 2000 homestead exemption l resolution tion was vas Heres a chance to soak the other fellow v. S Sober ber thought second-thought however vever set the boys to scratching their heads They began to wonder Some Someone Someone on one pointed out that Garland waterworks vater bonds are outstanding bJ and that they must be liquidated thru thin money raised from local taxation The minded civic-minded Lions Lion's Club of the town to discover discovered ed that after exempting 2000 on ever every y home e and homestead within the city limits emits then there e would be littie little lit lit- tle tie left to tax except a few v homes the business ness property property pro pro- perty unimproved real estate J personal property and the utilities In fact there would be so little left to tax that to raise raise enough mono to I money y pay payoff off the bond ed debt would mean virtual confiscation I of the reI remaining remaining re re- re- re taxable property Garland Lions by strong resolution urgently requested requested re re- re- re quested Boxelder Count County Y legislators to reconsider their hasty asty action on homestead exemption in order that the financial integrity of their then be preserved r community Y may Y |