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Show MiLLAfeD COUNTY CHRONICLE Delta, Utah, Thurs., March 19,1953 Illack Hoek Homer Englestead of Cedar City and Father J. H. Valine O. P., were showing the area to two Texas men who are planning to locate near Milford. They reported that one draught in Texas is e-nough e-nough for them, but that the dust that these Millard county chlnooks carry Is just a little bit on the rough side of things. C'e Nielson has returned to his sheep herd after attending the Old Timers celebration in Mt. Pleasant. Obe said that he had to get back in order to rest up a bit. Too mary parties and dances, he said, they just wouldn't give anyone a chance to take it easy a while. Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Miller went to Salt Lake City on business. Mrs. Hampton Burke and Mrs. Merrill Miller were in Delta to attend the meeting of the Delia Garden Club. One of the hardest things to get used to is the sight of lumber trucks on the desert, loaded with several pine trees, someof which are up to 4 and 5 feet-hick. The grazing service has issued lum ber permits for a large number of trees to be cut from the west side of Wan Wah valley, IT; MUX BY HARRY MARLOWE Utah's 30th Legislature was a session of compromise a strange combination of decreased taxes and increased spending. The spirit of compromise held right to the last hours of the session ses-sion when a joint conference committee com-mittee settled the problem of the fish and game license fees amid feverish preparations for adjournment. adjourn-ment. Compromise was apparent In nearly every major issue settled by the lawmakers even if Gov. J. Bracken Lee did have to help the trend out once In a while with some well-placed vetoes to keep the balance between tax re- 1W f t "A mine shutdown in Utah is eostlx to everyone. Miners lose jobs, suppliers of equipment equip-ment and services lose business, the public loses the benefits of payrolls, tax payments and supply sup-ply purchases. Such widespread effects call for combined action to solve the problem created by drPPing Pr'ces for some of Utah's metals and the high level of operation costs and taxes." ductions and spending. There was no doubt that the 1953 . session was a spending session. ses-sion. The appropriations bill, that finally hit a figure just under $61, 000,000 represents the greatest total outlay of revenue for state expenditures in the history of Utah. And upwards of $800,000 approved approv-ed by the legislature in special bills which were not covered by the appropriations bill shoved the spending nearly up to the $70, 000,000 mark. Yet, the most notable achievement achieve-ment of this quixotic session was reduction of state income taxes a reduction which will actually be felt in dollars and cents by practically prac-tically every person in the state. And another notable feature of the session is that big as it is, the budget, even with the outside special spending fund, still bal ances even though there might be precious little for unexpected monetary needs. There were several measures included in-cluded in the $800,000 special bill appropriations which probably will not get approval of Gov. Lee, which will bring the budget even more into balance. Included in these special funds not likely to get gubernatorial approval ap-proval are such proposals as $250, 000 for establishment of an educational edu-cational television station, $150,-000 $150,-000 to the state board on alcoholism alcohol-ism for a clinic for alcoholics, and $50,000 for establishment of Pony Express statues in Utah and Wash ington D. C Then there are such things as- it carried provision for a $7 fee $100,000 for establishment oi a for combination licenses and a $4 state tourist and publicity coun- charge tor individual hunting, fish-cil, fish-cil, $30,000 lor printing and distri- ing or game bird permits. uuuuu oi inionnauoii pampmeia at the state capitol, $44,000 for improvements at ""i'liis i 'Hie Place" monument park, $25,000 for rain-making research, $10,000 for cricket control, and a $30,000 revolving re-volving iund for purchase of surplus sur-plus property. There was no state-wide provisions pro-visions made for money for public pub-lic school use, unless you count the transfers made from sales tax revenue to the schools to make up for vrevenue yost to schools because be-cause of the income tax cuts and the property tax removal. And this very fact might bring about sufficient pressure to force the governor to call a special ses-sinn ses-sinn which could throw more burden bur-den on the state's coffers, tilt the balanced budget out of whack and necessitate a state-wide property tax levy. The governor has indicated indi-cated that he is in no way committed com-mitted to call such a session, but has declared he will give careful consideration to a legislative coun cil study of the recommendations of the 60-man public school sur-very sur-very commission. Right now, the consensus Is that the council recommendation, re-commendation, after making the study, will be for a special legislative leg-islative session to study the school fund problem. The schools did get a $2,157,000 The House passed the bill once, then got it back in the last moments mo-ments of the session to cut the combination fee to $6 leaving the other rates at the present $3 figure. fig-ure. Neither body would budge from their version oi' the bill, so a compromise committee went to work. Final form of the bill was $6 for the combination fee, and $3.50 for the others. , One thing this session accomplished accom-plished that no other legislature since 1931 has been able to touch was the disposal for the time being at least of the reapportionment reappor-tionment issue. This again was a compromise. The Senate compromised first, setting up a bill halfway between the aims of the rural and urban factions. This measure died in the rurally-dominated House Then the House passed their own version of the bill. In the last days of the session the Senate capitulated and passed the House proposal. Briefly, the House measure calls for a constitutional amendment which would give each county in the state one senator, and set House membership at 75 persons. This proposal will go to the voters of the state in the 1954 general election ballot, and if approved, were even tested. On the subject of pay hikes, practically every elected official in the state and all the top appointive ap-pointive officers .got pay hikes. All the bills in this category were passed into law without the signature sig-nature of the governor, but the pay question was settled. s' jtt-ftwfltfc mw rj y& I. M SUGAR VALUES ARE'STILL MOVING UPWARD! fund for emergency state aid to Wjn have to be implemented by districts which have exhausted all local methods of raising 'funds. But even this is not going to solve all the problems the school survey commission raised. And educators say this extra aid will not even scratch the surface of needs in the districts involved. One of the events of the final days of the session which showed most clearly the compromise spirit which pervaded most of the session ses-sion was the final action on the bulky fish and game code. This measure; which achieved the dubious distinction of being the most amendea proposal of the whole session, was kicked around in the Senate for three weeks. When it came over to the House, Nature's unhurried goodness 4 Schenley's unmatched skill the best-tasting whiskey in agesl O Taste todays SCHENLEY ...you'll know legislation by the 1955 legislature. Under terms of this bill, if ap proved by the electorate, control of the Senate wold pass completely complet-ely into the hands of the less- populous counties, but control of the House would be overwhelmingly overwhelm-ingly in the four county Salt Lake, Weber, Utah and Davis area. Davis county would benefit the most, getting three representatives Instead of the one they now have. Salt Lake would go up to 27 representatives. re-presentatives. But at the same time, the outlying out-lying counties which now get a senator by agreement every so many years, would be represented in the upper chamber each time. In all, the 1953 session accomplished accom-plished a creditable record. Even Gov. Lee, whose vetoes and his threats of vetoes managed to keep most of the spending to with in the realm of state income, had a kind word for the legislators In his closing message. The chief executive, who had been preatly displeased with the legislators up until the final week, mellowed in the end helped no doubt by the fact that every one of his seven vetoes was upheld. Only two Sunday closing and pay hikes to court reporters According to various food brokers and many men of the sugar industry who are closely associated with marketing, mar-keting, sugar price outlook is still favorable for 1953. One brokerage firm recently reported that for 1953 the U. S. raw sugar market shows no signs of depression. "Values ... are still moving upward." Another broker advised that there should be no ear of political interference with the Sugar Act and sugar prices just because of a change in government administration. adminis-tration. These brokers recommended that any person having such fears re-read the record of the June and July 1951 hearings before the Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives, on the extension of the Sugar Act of 1948. The Sugar Act of 1948 has been extended until December 31, 1956 and sugar control in the United States is a program favored by both political parties. You can plant sugar beets with full confidence in the market because they are contract crop . . . and from all indications the sugar price is strengthening even more. Plant greater acreage of sugar beets in 1953! UTAH-IDAHO SUGAR CO. V AH J: Ik m . i its the Jf - f1 best-tasting whiskey 1 in ages I v X, BLENDED WHISKEY 86 PROOF. 65 GRAIN, NEUTRAL SPIRITS. SCHENLEY DISTRIBUTORS, INC., NEW YORK. N. 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