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Show OREM-GENEVA TIMES THUnSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1930 m s HAD IT . . . Rep. Bcwey gi-ort (K., M- performed v.iih an imitation of "Johnny h-uke," World War I character, for the Viiieiicau Heart asiuciuii ,u- brordtast rer.-nily. He was one f v.'as'!S' nl:lK,y notable in tlie broadcast. ' GRAND VIEW DUP I Mrs. Sarah Strausburg was the ,oe for a meeting of the Camp Grand View Daughters of ;utah pioneers. She was assist-!cd'by assist-!cd'by Mary Bernardi, Mimi :Snow and Melissa Brown, j The lesson on "Clubs and Societies vvuj j Clvde. Mae Davis and Theo Har dwood sang a duet. Mary f. uav-is uav-is presented three new members, t Virginia Sandstrom, Mildred "Dean and Luella Washburn. Mi-Smi Mi-Smi Snow read the history of her grandfather and a report cf the I county board meeting' was giv-!en giv-!en by Verena Tayor. Refresh-' Refresh-' merits were served to the 27 ladies present. HILL CREST Vaneese Woffinden 0553 Rl The youth lenders of the ward nut Tuesday evening at, the i.i.nie of Be hop and Mrs- G. Mil-;.-n j.-mcson. Alter a business ..:';;,' 11k7 all joined in a soc- '.Mr. ant! Mrs. Howard Gordon : 1 ' 1. 1 iained the members of the 'adult Aaronic priesthood and . their partners at a cottage meeting- They listened to the record, "Fullness of Time." The group ienjeyed a pleasant evening and refreshments. , Mrs. Clarissa Moiling related j.-.omo of her experiences as a j Ciah pioneer at Sunday School r Sunday. SIo is 80 years old u nci has been featured in sev-.cral sev-.cral newspaper items recently, has been, visiting at the home of her son. John Moiling-Sunday Moiling-Sunday evening at sacrament meting recommends were read 1 r Mr. and Mrs- Ilyrum Grant Butler and children, Jeniel, Juy Barbara June and Bonnie June: and for Mr. and Mrs- Harold Har-old Steed and children, Baieen and David-Other David-Other new members of the ward are Francis Lowe Hoag-.'and Hoag-.'and and son, Calvin; Meriam E'aine Batley and children, Jerry, Jer-ry, Keith and Carol Ann; Ada Fern Nielsen and Odessa Snow. us. closely together, which forced forc-ed us to Vcept the ills of poorly poor-ly planned and poorly administered admin-istered cities. We are now seeking seek-ing home sites in locations where we can live in the country Mr. and Mrs. Oliver M-j M-j Hansen and son Pat spent Sun-I Sun-I day afternoon in Salt Lake City. Mr- and Mrs. Eli Gourdin ! of Salt Lake City were weekend visitors at the home of Mr. and jMrs. Wilford Gillespie. A shower honoring Mrs. Ruth Mecham was given by Mrs. Zina Mecham, Mrs. Delenna Mecham, Mrs. Glenna Jewkes, Mrs Almira Johnson and Mrs. Sam Bradshaw. i ft noway f; 7iiey irrft'ify Me weave The pure, unadulterated enjoyment you get from a pair of Florsheim Shoes dates back to the careful, painstaking workmanship Florsheim put into them. They look better, fit better, and last longer, simply because the men who made them sought perfection in appearance, comfort, and wear; $15.95 up arui ill cm the advantages DECENTRALIZATION UPS COST OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SURVEY SHOWS The impact of a decenlraliz-; ly been constructed are being ed population upon Ihe costs of j left unimproved in preference to local aovernmeni has been felt : a build'-ua she further out. In Viv fitiae nlUn 4i-?t rT.i anA ,-ah,,i- ir,-ir,-k U', hriVO hOOn rO Los Angeles arch-examples o 1 loase-d Hum foiees which bound decentral-.tahon. The trend is in that direction in nearly' eve-y city in America, and is having in effect upon ooverr.mnt financ ing. Printed blow is a cursorv studv rf thi ny the ut?h County Planning ot tlie city- commission, while it was r-air- .... . . , manned by William H- Crllahan: I . Vl e lwvt W,n vw (fcm f , Before tho advent of the auto- 'e " mobile, it was necess.rv for 'anther In attempting to escape ,,,.. i I,, - ' . from the undesirable concutsons Likewise, these Cf us who live in smaller eommt;nHa s aie no lon;:er forced to live in a compact com-pact unit in order to enjoy the social advantages -cf communi.y life, Here again the automobile has made it possible to liv- in a dispersed manner and still eiv joy substantially all of the advantages ad-vantages of a close-knit community. commun-ity. It is now becoming apparent, however, thai the decentralizing decentraliz-ing or scattering of our popula ting distance from their work. This gave rise to a considerable amount of undesirable congestion congest-ion and areas of c'e.u-e population populat-ion especially in the larger industrial in-dustrial centers. During the past 40 years, however, there has been a change in direction. The auto-m auto-m ibile now makes it possible for us to live a considerable- distance dis-tance from our place of employment- As a result, we are spreading out into trio surrounding surround-ing country-side, leaving large amounts of land unused in he-1 tion has been the cause of a tween. M;mv VMfnl l,mrt I Inrnrt t-ini-f H-,,-, innvr.ncn in thf which all utilities have previous-' cost of local government. It has been fumd that as the use of hind chanties from an acricult- ;ural use to a residential use the cost of local government increases in-creases much more rapidly than j docs the taxable value. More j services are needed than the jland w ill support- Until the area is almO:,t completely filled i:t j with suh-tantiai homes, it geiv era 1 ly is not self-support im;' but jinust he en ried along er subsidized sub-sidized itt the expense of other areas in the city. j Io cur cfl,rt to escape from jthe ills of our cities, we aru de-jvolvmg de-jvolvmg upon ourselves unbearably unbear-ably high costs for tho services we demand. This is clearly true jwith respect to .the extension of streets, sewers, water lines, ad- miiiisirative costs, etc. I As our population spreads or 'scatters out over larger geo-Jgrap'iic geo-Jgrap'iic areas, ihe cost of ex-j ex-j tending and maintaining serv-kes serv-kes per dwelling unit becomes greater and greater, much more in fact than acorresponding increase in-crease in taxable values- This becomes apparent when we fully realize that an increase in commuting com-muting distance from two and one-half miles to 15 miles may result in the living area of 3,300 percent. To construct and maintain main-tain city services over that vastly vast-ly expanded area with only a small increase in the value of taxable property is obv'ousiy impossible. A manufacturer who adds a! great deal of floor space to h;s I plant while leaving a large a-j mount of existing space unused adds to the cost of oa rla-ad Likewise, city officials who eii- Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Aiken held open house on Sunday af-ternoon af-ternoon in honor of their daught- ; er, Norene in her 12th birthday. The play room was beautifully decorated with spring colors and the favors and refreshments were in keeping with the Spring theme. Seventy-one guests called to bring best wishes and gifts to the young lady. IRE 13 NO JUSTIFICATION FOR A TELEPHONE STRIKE The union leaders of the Communications Workers of America, Division Divi-sion 17, have threatened a telephone strike for February 24. They have presented no evidence on which the Company could justify submitting to their demands for another round of wage increases, a shorter work week and expensive changes in working practices. THE COMPANY'S WAGE POLICY The Company knows that present telephone wages are good. Telephone employees have had nine general wage increases since 1939. These wage increases have increased the Company's current pay roll by $24,500,000. Telephone rate increases have increased revenue less than half this amount. The Compny's earnings today are so low that the cost of any general wage increase would have to be paid by telephone customers through that much higher telephone rates. The Company wants telephone employees to. have good wages but it does not think that it should be a party to saddling onto its customers the cost of unwarranted high wages for telephone employees. ARE THESE GOOD WAGES? Telephone employees are paid while learning. They receive regular progression, increases at three, six and twelve months until they reach the top rate for the job assignment. Here are some weekly rates on progression schedules in this community: OPERATORS Start $30.00 After 1 year . . $33.00 After 5 Years . $39.00 After 7i2 years $41.00 PLANT CRAFTSMEN AT PROVO Start $34.00 After 1 year .. $41.00 After 5 years . $62.00 After 8 years . $72.50 These rates are for a regular day time 40-hour week. Extra compensation com-pensation is paid for overtime work and for evening, nighi, Sunday and holiday assignments- The number of employees in the Company now is much greater than at the end of the war (11,730 on V-J Day and 18,300 on February 1, 1950). Thus, many employees have not had sufficient service and training to be on the top rates. Some are on the. beginners' rate some on top rates and some on rates in between. At present,, teephone operators and service assistants represented rep-resented by the union in arge towns and small earn an average of $1.13 per hour. Exchange installers, repairmen and combina-tionmen combina-tionmen earn, an average of $1.74 per hour. ARE THESE GOOD WORKING CONDITIONS? Telephone employees have a complete benefit and pension plan with all costs paid by the Company. This plan not only provides for pensions, but also includes liberal payments for sickness, accident disability and death. Telephone employees also, receive up to three weeks vacation and eight holidays without loss of pay. There is no justification for a strike and if called by union leaders (hey will be violating a valid contract now in full force and effect. If a strike occurs we will make every effort to provide pro-vide as much service as possible. All employees are being urged to carry out the public responsib'lity they assumed when they accepted employment in the Company. THE MOUNTAIN STATES TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO. ; ceuraee !!!.. ado:! lea ot sir jwa'er lines, etc. to satisfy 'demand.-: of people who ', to llivo in sparsely scidci area-. '!! I burdi a their eeotrnin'.'.v v;;h in-! croa- -d taxes i It is not. the intention, nor' jdoes ih I'lali County Plaoning j .Comni'ss-ion advocate ceniral.z-' 'ation to the po'nt of congestion I because congestion makes the city all the More undent-able, (thereby aggravating the trend-iYet trend-iYet reasoTaldy close proximity consistent with good light, good a r. adequate recreation facilities facilit-ies and pi ivacy is essenl-al to the successful functioning of an un-,ban un-,ban community. A sprawling, chaotic urban development partially par-tially covering great areas and I leaving tremendous amounts of land and vacant lots unused in-between will not only make our 'cities less efficient but also less livable. In recognition of he foregoing forego-ing experience, cities would do well to discourage unwarranted scattering of their population, sot by arbitrary dictation but by adopting tested policies and pro cedures which will result in more efficient development. Fol lowing are means which a number num-ber of cities are using to discourage dis-courage scattering: 1- Enacting subdivision regul ations requiring land developers develop-ers to bear the initial cost of utilities such as streets, water lines, etc- Such expense is then passed to the purchaser of the lot. This prevents shoe-strinc speculation from subdividing excessive amounts of land but does not discourage desirable subdivision. Land not suited for residential development would then either be made livable at the subdivid-er's subdivid-er's expense or would not be de veloped at all; at least the public pub-lic woul.d not be saddled with the expense of making the area livable. The experience of pre mature and unwarranted sub division has been so bad that most states have passed enabling acts granting cities and counties rather rigid control in this res pect. 2. Requiring home builders or those who are benefited to ex. tend utilities such as water, sew ers, etc., at their expense- Thus an oherwise inexpensive lot lo, cated a distance away from ex isting utilities may become . u A TAXING tO n . . . That heavy package toted by a white house clerk, Herbert h. Miller, is tlie President' long awaited tax message as it arrived at the Capitol. Mrs. Romania Gordon was a weekend guest at tlie home of her sister, Mrs. Pearl Newell. Mrs- Newell and Mrs. Gordon visited another sister, Mrs- Mary J- Cliristensen on her birthday anniversary. 9 Mrs. Ida Ercanbrack celebrated cele-brated her birthday anniversary during the past week. 9 Mrs- Carlos Miller is reported re-ported lo be recovering slowly from her recent illness. more expensive than a lot closer in after the difference in costs of extensions has been figured in- Raids on the city treasury have been permitted and sometimes some-times encouraged under the mis apprehension that all residential development within cities regardless re-gardless of location is an econ omical advantage to the city. The fact of the matter is that homes built in a scattered man ner result in a net burden in stead of a net asset- Moreover, to extend services at the expense ex-pense of general city funds for the benefit of a favored few is often very Unequitable. 3- Adopting provisions in their zoning ordinances requiring large lots or small acreages as a bulding site in outlying areas. Experience has shown that individuals in-dividuals desiring only a small lot will invariably purchase a vacant lot closer in to fit their needs rather than to buy the larger tract farther out 4. Refusing to extend utilit-ing utilit-ing in Edgemont. ies and services beyond the city limits or charging an addition al amount suffcient to offset the unwarranted decentralization. difference in taxes between the city and the county- 5. Correcting the undesuabie conditions existing within the cities so far as possible through better planning and better ad ministration. Editor's Note: Orem City has an ordinance which covers all but one of these recommendations-Adoption of the above-mentioned policies will tend to cause the growth of our cities to follow fol-low a middle of the road path, neither too much congestion nor too much scattering- On the other hand, if decentralization continues, cities will face financial finan-cial ruin. At this time, when cities are searching for new sources of revenue to finance the demands for added services, the opportunity oppor-tunity for directing their growth along more economical lines should not be overlooked- It has been estimated that from 20 to 50 percent in the cost of local govrnment can be saved in the course of time provided ade quate steps are taken to prevent BEAUTIFUL FLO LIS are GUARAWTD for the life of - - -. s 's- : T "w , ".;'.-o j -' . e your home FOR AS LITTLE AS $o)(o)00 INSTALLED FOR A 10' x 12' ROOM Design Your Own Beautiful KENTILE Floor ,. ,.., j, - ; i S-1 Select the Kentile colors you like best . . . design them, tile by tile to suit your own taste . . . your Kentile floor will be laid just the way you want it in your home! And beautiful Kentile floors are so easy to keep clean! That super-tough tile surface sur-face resists soil and stains. It washes clean with mild soap and water ... an occasional no-rub waxing keeps it gleaming. gleam-ing. 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