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Show Weekly-Price 5 Cents Iwidvale, Utah, Thursday, October 16, 1930 Vol. 6. No. 26. ----------------------------------~------------- UNFAIR METHODS UTAH TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION REAl NEED IS MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL TO INVESTIGATE V/ATER PLAN ANALYZE WATER SITUATION STATEW~DE TAX SEEN IN STATUTE The mayor and members of the city council of Midvale have analyzed the situation in this community as regards the present water supply and the necessity for the passing of the bm.u issue at the October 28 election. It is the desire of those men, who have charge of the affairs of the city of Midvale, to acquaint the inhabitants of the city with their findings, and they have given the result of their analysis, listing various reasons for the calling of the bond election as follows: Present Supply and Source Midvale's present supply is one second foot, or 646,000 gallons of water per day, coming from springs in Little Cottonwood canyon. During the summer months this supply is less, by 200,000 gallons per day, than the city's requirements. In July, 1928, Salt Lake City, under meters, used 305 gallons per capita per day. The maximum amount which can be furnished the inhabitants of Midvale is 258 gallons per capita per day from the present supply. If Midvale is comparable with Salt Lake City, it is evident that the city has not a sufficient water supply. The present pipe lines do not cover the city with satisfactory service and a number of lines must be replaced because of Many their worn out condition. streets must be provided with extensions where there is no service at present and the residents have demanded such lines. Fire Protection "What would have been the result of a serious fire, had it occurred during the last summer?" is asked. It is a well known fact that there were times during the summer when the pressure in the mains was too low to give any adequate protection against the fire menace. A city cannot afford h t t to expose its inhabitan s 0 sue a fire risk. Sanitation and Health It is necessary from a standpoin,t of sanitation and health that the source of a city's water be located where it can be directly controlled at the lowest possible cost. Industries BEETDIGGERS LOSE TO DAVIS-WIN FROM WEST Coach Ted Foxley's Jordan Beetdiggers were debeated Thursday at Kaysville by Davis High by the score of 14 to o. The success of Davis in breaking up almost ever end run and every pass t he Beetdiggers attempted was directly responsible for Jordan's zero. Jensen and Larsen were, with the ex-:eption of the first quarter completely baffled in their attempts to make yards off the ends, and the Darts' deIense against passes was so complete that Jordan's gain by this method was small indeed. Lunnen, Jordan fullback, also bad only mediocre suecess in his attempt to smash the Davis line. The Darts' first score came in the second quarter, through • forward passes to the 10-yard line, and Briggs, bucking the center of the line, carried the ball over for a touchdown. Cowley kicked for the extra point. At the opening of the third quarter, the Darts continued with their passing attack, and were almost constantly knocking at Jordan's goal door. Through a series of forward passes Davis put the ball on the one-foot line, and Whitesides took it over f-or the second score. Cowley converted. Jordan came back in the fourth period with a remarkable display of spirit, and kept the ball in the Darts' territory much of the time. Jordan passes flew all over the place, but most of them were grounded. The closest the Beetdiggers took the ball was to the Davis 15-yard line once. In a downpour of rain and on a gridiron that resembled a sea of mud the Jordan Beetdiggers last Saturday proved to Coach Roy Mcintyre of West High that his Panthers were outclassed. At the end of the third quarter, when the score stood 20 to 0, Mcintyre conceded the victory and called his bedraggled crew inside the Spectators, too, dressing rooms. were relieved to g.et to the shelter of four walls and a fire. It was not a question of which team would win, after the first few minutes of the game but, rather, how . big would the score be? Jordan proved that the two-year schools could not hope to produce the polished Industrial plants, upon which Mid- playing of a school where part of the vale depends largely for employment players might he considered veterans. The Beetdiggers, however, showed of its inhabitants, and which form a large portion of the backbone of any up as real gridders. Lunnen, Jensen community, cannot successfully oper- and Larsen did fine work in carrying ate without an adequate water sup- the pigskin, and LaComb showed the ply. The locating of new industries Panthers a few things in the art of here depends largely upon the city's blocking. ability to supply water for the operation of the plants. Investigation During the past year investigation has convinced the officials of the city Starting with a parade through the of Midvale that purchase must be streets of Midvale, led by the Midmade now or perhaps never_ Salt vale Junior band, the three-day HarLake City now owns or controls all of vest Festival under the auspices of the water north of Big Cottonwood the Midvale Second ward will comcanyon; 72 per cent of the water in mence next Thursday. In the evening, at the ward amuseBig Cottonwood canyon; 20 per cent hall, a one-act playlet will be ment of the water in Little Cottonwood followed by a series of presented, canyon, and is now negotiating for Tickets for this enacts. vaudeville the purchase of all of the remaining tertainment may be procured for 25 rights in both Big and Little Cotton- cents for adults and 10 cents for chilwood canyons. This places future dren. purchases outside of Salt Lake On Friday, from 5:30 to 8 o'clock, county', which means, in addition to a dinner will be served, followed by a purchase costs, the expense of laying program suitable to the occasion. pipe lines to carry water to Midvale, Fifty cents per plate will be charged the cost of supervision, and, in addi- those attending. On Saturday evening a Hallowe'en tion there is the fact to consider that character and masked ball will conthe 'quality of the water available is clude the festival. Prizes will be unknown. awarded to the best characters. Expenditure of Money Booths will be conducted by the variSome of the streets of Midvale have ous ward organizations and it is exno pipe lines; other streets have pected a large crowd will be present wooden pipes or mains of insufficient to indulge in the festival spirit of the size to give satisfactory service, and Hallowe'en season. the following lines, at the cost indicated, are considered necessary to complete the water system: State street, $2250; Wasatch street, $4085; Pioneer street, $2250; Sixth avenue, $3640; Park and Grant The old West has passed; that streets, $1550; West Wasa'tch and West which called to those sturdy South Holden streets, $2000; avenues, pioneers and frontier~men with a six in all, $6000; Bennett property, call so strong that they left the $1000; Locust street throug~ cemeof civiliaztion and pressoutskirts tery, $1000; Sixth avenue, Mam street into the wilderness in forward ed to the egg candling plant, $725; East search of adventure; that West Lennox street, $1000; from tanks east which was built up by these adto triple divide, $4500; making a total venturers and made into a land of $30,000. of cattle ranges, ridden by hardTanks ened cowpunchers whose only law There is also needed additional was the six-shooter carried on the hip; that West in which each storage capacity at the head tank to • newcomer was a tenderfoot until meet the difference in demand betime as he proved himself as such tween night and day consumption, the country to which he had as big and to provide additional storage· for come. fire protection which the city now That West has passed. But the lacks. The cost of erecting tanks of lure of such a country still lingers 500,000 gallons capacity is put at in the hearts of thousands; lingers in .the minds of those who write for $10,000. entertainment of others, and the AvaUable Water the pen of one such writer from The city of Midvale now has an opthe story, "The Fighting come has tion which expires in 1930 to purTenderfoot." chase one and one-third second feet The first installment of "The of water from the Greenwood and Fighting Tenderfoot" appears in associated ditches for $60,000 per secthis issue of the Journal. An installment will appear each week ( Continued on last page) for twelve weeks. Don't fail to read this story of adventure, of ONE MORE DAY TO REGISTER of fighting. It is a story romance, There is still one more day for real entertainment for you give to elecfall the voters to register for tions to be held November 4. The an evening each week. Begin "The Fighting Tender' Journal was in error last week when we stated that October 15 was the foot" today. Get the Journal each week and follow the adventures of last day to register. V~ters may. regO'Hara. Garrett ister in their respectlve precmcts on Tuesday, October 28. Second Ward to Conduct 3-Day Harvest Festival New Serial of the Old West Begins in This IE-:Jue of the Journal WEST JORDAN DEDICATES GYM AND ART BUILDING By C. C. Crapo The proposed changes in Sections 2 what is done will have to be undone, 13 would allow the before there can be any real progress and 3 of Article liberty in providgreater legislature toward tax reform in Utah. Exercises to dedicate the gymnaWhat we must have for real tax re- ing for a tax which will shift part and arts building at the west sium form in Utah is a new state wide tax. of the burden from tangible property Junior High school were held Jordan business a of This tax has the form to income. evening beginning at 6 Monday non-corand corporate gross on tax As the state constitution now o'clock, under the supervision of porate dollar receipts. It .bas the substance of the sales tax in that the stands it provides that all property Principal W. W. Malstrom. Invitatax is lead upon the total dollars re- including both tangible and intangi- tions were sent to all residents of ceived from sales of tangible personal ble, must be assessed at uniform and South Jordan and West Jordan comproperty l;y corporate and non-cor- equal rates for taxation purposes. munities. The following program was preporate business. And it has the sub- While this may appear to be a fair ' stance of a uniform tax upon the in- basis it has been proved by long ex- sented: comes of all the people as their in- perience in this and all other states Orchestra selection, West Jordan comes are expended for commodities to result in the most unequitable dis- school; selections, Junior High chorus within the state. This includes both tribution of the tax burden. The con- under the direction of Mr. Dixon; inthe inhabitants of the state and the stitution exempts mortgage loans and vocation, President Joseph M. Holt; strangers within our gates. Out of stocks completely and as a result all selections, under the direction of Mr. every dollar spent within the state Intangible property is thus placed in Epperson; reading, Miss Gail Johnfor commodities either for consump- a class where it cannot be brought to son; remarks, President W. W. Wiltion or export, two cents are to be the tax rolls. son and Board Member David Dahl; collected f or the state from the busiMiss Halliday and Miss Abbott; duet, Consequently, while the present ness which receives the doHar. of building, E. M. Olson, appreciation constitution may appear to require a This plan means that there shall be uniform and equal rate of assessment president of P.-T. A. at West Jordan, no direct personal income tax. When for all property, it is limited to actual and Mrs. Soffe, president P.-T. ' A. at the state takes a tax of twelve mil- effect to tangible property such as South Jordan; dedicatory prayer and lions to cover the state and school farms, homes, livestock, etc. Less remarks, Anthony W. Ivins; quartet, budgets, out of gross corporate and than one and one-half per cent of the South Jordan school; remarks, Supt. non-corporate business income before state's valuation in 1929 was intangi- D. C. Jensen; instrumental selections, distribution, the state need have no ble property though it is well known under direction of Mr. Epperson; concern about the distribution of that that there are hundreds of millions benediction, Bishop W. J. Leak. part of the residue which is paid out of intangibles owned in Utah. Dancing concluded the evening's enas interest or dividends to intangible tertainment. We may say, therefore, that for all securities. Moreover, interest and purposes the intangible practical insuch from dividend income derived in Utah is not asproperty of class tangibles as and when it is expended is due to the fact This all. at sessed for commodities, will come under the of intangibles part greater the that new business tax._ Money saved will constitupresent our by exempt are be invested and thus contribute to the One of the greatest steps forwa rd what that fact the to product ion of more commodities, the tion; secondly, the in money principally is remains dollar sales returns of which will banks and this is not assessed be- that ~ould be taken b_Y local poultrylikewise come under the business tax. cause the tax rates are 80 high the m~n 1s the cons~rucbon of the canThis new scheme in its practical ap- property cannot pay them without dimg plant for Mtdvale egg~, declared 1 W. E. Denney, o11:e of the directors of plication means: being confiscated. the local associatlon of egg and poulfor mills twenty of tax 1. A land Oppo~ents of the amendments are try raisers. the counties. "To say that we are pleased," he attemptmg t~ tel! the pe?~le that our 2. A building tax of twenty mills prese?t cons~ttubo? reqwnng the full said, "is putting it mildly. The savfor the cities. ~axabon of _mt.angibles should be en- ing iri. the quality of our eggs is 3. A business tax of twenty mills forced.. Th1s 1s a false argument eliminating a ten or twelve mile is recogmzed as such not only by the a great advantage and one that will for the state and the schools. The adoption of the new business taxing authorities _of this stl;\te but. of aid in marketing. ' "But there is another thing which tax m eans the complete aboltion of every other state m the Umon which must get started," he continued, we the the tax upon personal property, upon ha~ attempted to operate under that is the advertising of our "and done. be cannot It consumables, upon usables, and upon umform rule. anno be poultry. This is a moveto and are eggs There intangibles. There is nothing so complicated nual taxes on tangible things and about the proposed amendment to jus- ment which will eventually become chattels of any kind; neither on auto- tify the thick smoke screen of con- nation wide, but we might as well be mobiles, nor on household furniture, fusion and doubt behind which the the ones to start it. A campaign of nor on industrial machinery, nor on opponents of tax reform have at- 'eat more eggs' should be under way. "The healthful and economical qualmercantile inventories, nor on coal in tempted to cover their activities. The ores metalliferous on the ground, nor changes proposed by the second ities of our product should be stressin place, nor on live stock, nor upon amendment upon which the people ed. But it should not be limited to buildings not within the corporate will vote are simply to continue to one week. We produce eggs 365 14 limits of cities and towns. tax tangible property as we are now days every year, and in order to keep You can't tax live stock sales and doing but repeal all the exemptions the hens busy the eggs should be keep cattle and sheep on the annual granted to intangible property and eaten every day of the year. "In 1925 the per capita consumpad valorem assessment rolls. give power to the legislature to classYou can't tax industrial and mer- ify and tax intangibles at low rates tio.n of eggs in the United States was cantile sales and keep machinery and either as property or to tax the in- 204, and a study shows that this h as In fact, inventories on the assessment rolls. come received from it. The selection not increased recently. You can't tax sales of coal and is left to the legislature to do one or t hrough campaigns advertising prockeep coal in the ground before it is the other but not both and if the in- essed breakfast foods and egg subsold on the assessment rolls. come is taxed then intangibles cannot stitutes, this consumption has decreased, and it is up to us to put an and freights You can't ta.x railroad again be taxed as property. tares and keep rails, rolling stock, There are 34 states doing what end to the downward trend. and transportation equipment upon Utah is proposing to do by this "Our candling plant should be for. opera!i?n .bY Novem_ber 15, thr. assessment rolls. ready portion a place namely, amendment, Tax amendment No. 2 is a mandate of the tax load on intangible property. and we wtll. all )Om m c_elebr!ltmg the to the legislature to keep all tangible If this amendment No. 2 is adopted all grand opemng. There IS gomg to be personal property on the annual ad stock of corporations, whether for- a lot of work for someone to d?, J;mt valorem assessment rolls. eign or domestic, all bonds, all notes, each ~emb~r of the. assoc1abon Tax amendment No. 3 is a mandate all securities all credits will be sub- should JUmp m and do h1s share, and to the legislature to keep the school jected to t~ation within such rate then the plant will surely be a suetaxes forever on tangible personal limitations as have been proved by cess." . property. experience to be economically sound Tax amendment No. 4 is a mandate in other states. This would replace ME'I'HODIST CHURCH NOTES to the legislature to keep unmined our present condition under which we A Sunday school orchestra is being and unsold coal on the annual ad are getting practically no revenue organized and all of those who will valorem assessment rolls. There ls from this class of property and its play are requested to report either about as much intelligence in the just share of the burden has been on Sunday morning or after the Epstate taxing coal by the year as in a shifted upon tangible holdings. worth League meeting on Wednesday man hiring the use of coal by the It is particularly significant that evening. The school begins promptly ' year. this amendment requires the money at 10 o'clock with Mrs. Quick as These amendments effectively in- raised from intangible or income superintendent. . . terdict the adoption of the new state taxes to be applied to reduce the tax The Sunday evemng church service wide business tax. They prevent for- load on tangible property. This would [ at 7:30 should be more largely atever the transfer of the tangible per- be a constitutional mandate and no 1 tended by the members and others sonal property tax from an assess- legislative or administrative author- are welcome and invited to come. ment to a sales dollar basis. These services last one hour and '!'ill ity could ignore it. Vote down all the tax amendments. The question involved in this be found. helpful. They are no good. They are a com- amendment may be briefly stated The hike for the scout troop has pound of cupidity, ignorance, and thus· been postponed until next week, but hypocrisy. Their proponents believe the regular meeting will be held on · 'Do the taxpayers of Ua~h want to Friday from 7 to 9 o'clock. The the people are gullible. If the people swallow this tax program, its pro- continue to collect all. the direct taxes handicraft period will be used for moters will know that they are gulli- from farms, homes, livestock, etc., or leather work.· The discussion topic for the Epdo they want the owners of . stocks, ble. bonds, notes, mortgages,', credits, etc., worth League on Wednesday evening at 7 :30 is, "Why Do Christians Difto help carry the load? STOCK JUDGING TEAM WINS LOUIS 'l'ENTH PLACE AT ST. If the taxpayer wants the tax to be fer?" the first of a series on the The collected from property alone, then theme "Right and Wrong." and arrived have badges memb~rsh!p wants he if but "No," vote should he Stock The Jordan High school registration. upon had be may and also, taxed property intangible place first won which team Judging The Ladies' Aid will hold their regat the Utah State Fair and earned a part of the untaxed income to be free hip to the National Dairy Show brought to the tax rolls, then he ular meeting in the chutch parlors at St. Louis, Mo., returned home should vote "Yes" to amendment on Thursday October 23. Plans are to be made for the annual Election Wednesday. The team was composed No. 2. Day dinner. of Archie H!mn, Russell Freeman and · The good things of life all demand Douglas Nielsen, and was accom- PEDESTRIANS FIGURE IN time and attention. You get out of FIFTY FIVE PER CENT panied by their coach, Paul Boyce. OF MOTOR DEATHS them, in the long run, about what The team won tenth place in the you put in. This is true of the ho~e, dairy judging, competing with 34 your business, of your recreatwn. of teams from all over the United SALT LAKE, October 16-Pedes- It is true also of going to church. Archie Haun won eighth trians figured in 55 per cent of the States. people have allowed their habit Many place and Douglas Nielson won thir- fatal motor vehicle accidents last divine worship to lapse. attending of teenth for individual judging. In the State Utah the to according year, too late to the realizaawake They the contest national poultry judging statement its bases precious has gone which something Ass'n that Auto tion Calithe score, high third won team They seek the lives. their of out fornia team winning first place, and on nation-wide records received from in their children, their in it of lack the A. A. A. The following simple Tennessee second. been has damage the but life family The boys have been gone ten days. rules for pedestrian safety are sugin chance a church your Giv~ done. They report a fine trip and had an gested by the motor club: regularly att~nding by life own your exceptionally good time. 1. Never cross the street at a con- its services of worship. trolled crossing except on the green The value of worship depends not WOMEN'S DEMOCRATIC CLUB officer. the of signal upon or light upon the quality of the music, alone TO MEET IN MURRAY 2. At uncontrolled crossings, look the prayers and the sermon, but also the worshiper. A meeting of the Salt Lake county first to the left before starting across upon the attitude of upon right the to and street, the Women's Democratic club will be held HARVEST BALL DATE SET · Friday, October 17, at 8 p. m., in the reaching the center. Harvest ball, an annual social The Murray First ward hall. 3. When the way is clear, proceed event sponsored by the East Jordan Th!s is ~ combination meeting and without hesitation. Never run. stake Mutual Improvement workers, rally and all the Democratic candi4. If caught in a traffic tangle, will be given October 24 in the Sandy dates will be present. There will be stand still and allow the cars to pro- amusement hall. A large attendance speaking, good music, dancing and refreshments. Everyone is invited to ceed. Do not attempt to dodge back is expected from all the wards of the stake. and forth. be present. By Surnud Rm~sell If the tux amendlnents are adopted W. E. Denney Urges Advertising of Eggs The proposed bond issue of $125,000 is to be carefully analyzed by the Utah Taxpayers association at the request of the local members of that association. It is to be determined by the research department of the taxpayers association what the exact situation is respecting our water supply and the means that should be employed to increase it if necessary. The taxpayers association has been instrumental in making big savings to taxpayers in other communities as a result of its investigations. Its research department is headed by technical men who analyze each feature of proposed expenditure and then g ive the taxpayers the benefit of the information. On October 28 the bond election is to be held for the proposed expenditure of $125,000, $80,000 of which is to be for water and $45,000 for repairs and extensions. Among other things which the Utah Taxpayers association will consider as an alternative will be the effect of metering and what use is made of the water supply under the present plan. The amount of wastage will be discovered. It will also be found out if any storage facilities are available and what savings can be effected from that source. Dr. M. H. Harris of Salt Lake City, statistician of the Utah Taxpayers association, and J. A. Alcorn, chairman of the local committee, met with the city council at a special meeting Thursday, October 16, and took up a number of question relating to the proposed water bonds issue and will report the result of their investigations in the next few days. BARLEY FEED FOR POULTRY PRAISED Approximately 75 poultrymen gathered in the Midvale First ward chapel Monday evening at a meeting of the Midvale Poultry association, under the supervision of Harry Grass, president of the organization. There were many points on poultry raising discussed, reports given, committees ap pointed and plans proposed for further educating the poultry raisers. Among the interesting features of the meeting was the reading of a bulletin prepared by the Michigan Agricultural college concerning the advantages of barley over corn as feed fo r chickens. President Grass read the st atistics and V. L. Martineau urged the farmers of the Midvale district to raise more barley, showing that there is a better market locally for that grain than for wheat which now must be shipped away for storage a n d frei g hted back here when the supply kept on hand in this vicinity becomes exha usted. It w as shown in the bulletin that, over a period of ten months of experimentat ion, poultry fed on the barley r ation wa s healthier, produced more in net r evenue and supplied a greater percentage of fertile eggs than did poultry f ed on a corn ration. Some of the st a t istics showed that: For each seven of the barley fed chickens tha t died during the period • there were eleven fatalities among the corn-fed fowls. The feed cost in the barley-fed pens was $1.94 per 100 pounds for scratch feed and $2.65 for mash, as against $2.30 for scratch feed and $2.50 for mash in the corn-fed pens. It was stated that in Midvale the cost per 100 pounds is from $1 .15 to $1.25 for scratch feed and $1.95 for mash, proving that poultrymen of this locality should derive a greater net revenue per ben than in other localities. The average cost of feed per bird ::>ver the period was $1.98 in the barley-fed section, as against $2.15 in the corn-fed pens. In the barley-fed pens the average number of eggs per ben was 138 as against 144 in the section where corn was fed, and the total egg receipts per hen were $4.49 and $4.55, respectively. The receipts from eggs, however ,after deducting the cost of feed, was $2.51 per bird in the barley-fed pens as against $2.40 in the corn-fed sections, and the cost per dozen eggs was 17.2 cents where barley feed was used, as compared with 18.1 cents for corn. Dr. Hugh Hurst, veterinarian for the Utah Poultry Producers Cooperative association, stressed the danger of poultrymen visiting flocks where diseases prevailed. He said it was possible for a man to carry disease g-erms from one flock to another, and suggested that whenever one poultryman visits another flock, he either change, or thoroughly fumigate hi9 shoes before entering his own pens He also advised against patronizing what he termed "quack" remedies "There are plenty of good reliable medicines which have been passed on by the state association," he said, "and there is no need of local men paying excessive prices for inferior products." A committee consisting of W . E. Denney, S. G. Covey and Robert Sherwood was appointed to investigate the desirability of inll.ugurating a course in poultry raising for Midvale poultrymen during the coming winter under the direction of George Turpin. Many at the meeting were in favor of the move, and the committee was requested to report at the next session on the cost of the course and the subjects best suited for study. It was reported that the basement excaavtion for the new candling plant (Continued on last page) 1 |