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Show Helper Is the Hub of One of the Largest and Best Coal Mining Districts in the: Entire West WHEN YOU BUY IN HELPER You Encourage Business Men Who Pay Taxes Here, Subscribe to Our Charities, and Make It a Better Place in Which to Live HELPER, CARBON COUNTY, UTAH, THURSDAY, Formerly The Times Utah Industries Suffer Thru Lack of Loyalty of Its People 59 PER CEST OF CANDY USED IN STATE IS IMPORTED 127 CARLOADS SHIPPED IN LAST YEAR 750 MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES NEED MORE HOME SUPPORT WITH THE BEST CONDENSED MILK IN THE WORLD MADE IN UTAH 33 3 PER CENT OF THAT USED IN THE STATE IS SHIPPED IN . Candy Industry Gives Employment to 2,000 People, and Uses Half a Million Dollars Worth of Daiiy and Poultry Products Sugar Industry Gave Six Million Dollars to Farmers of State By C. WATT BRANDON The time is at hand when tue people or Utah must give more industries. At present, serious thought to the protection of home-stat- e our people are suffering more than should really be their share because of a carelessness that is unjustifiable. The output of Utah's sugar plants last year mounted up to around $250,000,000, and out of this 75,000 bags of sugar were used by the candy industry alone, according to Marion Greenwood in an address delivered to he editors of Utah in their annual meeting held in Salt Lake City last Saturday. This amount could have been more than doubled had the people of Utah stood loyally for a home product in candy. In addition to this more than half a million dollars worth of were used in the dairy and poultry products butter, cream and eggs manufacture of Utah candy, which gave employment to 2000 people. But, in spite of this, 127 carloads of candy were shipped in, being 59 per cent of the candy , sold within the boundaries of the t h d . th ti state. Had that canay Deen man- the people of Utah to begin taking ufactured here it would have giv- stock of what they have at home, en employment to at least one-thi- and, so far as possible, patronize more people, twice the those industries which are helping amount of sugar would have been to pay local taxes and give emused, and twice as much dairy ployment to home people. and poultry products. o He pointed, out that the sugar JOHN VIETA RECEIVES beet industry alone had brought HONORS FOR SCHOLASTIC over six million dollars to the the that and RECORDS AT UNIVERSITY farmers of the state, Sweet Candy Co. In Ogden had been compelled to reduce its payJohn Vieta, son of Mr. and Mrs. roll from 500 to 200 people, be- A. J. Vieta of Helper, is carrying cause of the shortage in demand, on his studies at the state univerfor which the foreign candies were sity with highest honors. John is to a great extent responsible. Mr. Greenwood stated that over enrolled in the school of medicine, articles were being manufac- - and (luring the past week his parn f n pt lir- - ents received notice he is among trnl, v.,, TKft . m oti . the highest honor students? He also was given congratulations VYCiO " UieBe 1U1U3 owiv"0 of the contact from outside and from the scholastic committee for the carelessness of the people in his high records. Last year, his failing to buy home products. He first in college, John ranked stated that the cigar industry was among the highest honor students not getting the support it was en- during all three quarters. The local young man was an honor gradtitled to in the home market. The condensed milk factories of uate from Carbon county high the state last year spread a quar- school in 1929. o ter of a million dollars among the farmers and, one and a half mil- BARB0GLIO RETURNED TO lions to the payrolls. Yet, 33 3 PRICE BANK PRESIDENCY per cent of the condensed milk used in the state was imported. Joseph Barboglio of Helper was No condensed milk made anypresident of the First where compares with that made in National bank of Price at an elecUtah. Many of Utah's manufacturing tion held, last week. The directors returned each of the former offiplants are working at half capa- cers to their official capacity. broke have while gone many city thru lack of loyalty of the people The personnel follows: Oscar Hanto their home state and he pointed son, vice president; A. W. Hors-ley- , chairman of the board of diespecially to the fact that the Fred Paternoster and been had rectors; at Provo mills woolen forced out of business by outside Honore Dusserre, directors; Glen Nelson, cashier, and Eugene Hon- competition. some of assistant cashier. these from .jon, It appears ... . rd . & 1-- State Pardon Board Will Be Asked to Free Martin Murder Case Which Natipn-Wid- Will Once Drew Attention Again e Why You Should Gioe the Railroads Your Cooperation iHimimiummHiliiHHmiiiililiimmitiiiiMiuiiiuMiiiiHimmimmiHmiHmtmHmiNmmHiHHmmHHHm With taxes and frozen assets occupying equal prominence with disarmament and a silver standard, the following interview with J. R. Loftis, trainmaster of the Helper division of the Denver & Rio Grande Western railroad, sheds some interesting light on the part railroads are playing in the conduct of county and state government thru payment of taxes. It does not seem to be generally understood that the railroads and mines pay approximately 60 per cent of the taxes of Carbon coun- ncers through Carbon county and and have been the direct ty, while the D. & R. G. W. repre- Helper, sents the largest individual tax- means of building up the rich which communities now exist payer, furnishing approximately of this county. within borders the 14 per cent of the county taxes. "In addition to the large In speaking of his company, Mr. amount of taxes paid within the Loftis believes Carbon county state of Utah, which totals 2 really needs the railroad, and that for the year 1931, the the railroad needs Carbon counalso have had the largest ty's support. Mr. Loftis says: pay rolls of any individual com"Without railroad facilities, pany. The management and the farbon county would have been employes of the railroads feel they unable to develop its natural re- are deserving of the support of all The coal in Carbon the citizens of Carbon county for sources. nat- - the great is one of the greatest they have done in county . ...... ,1 ...... . 11 mm resources uuuiu building up this county, a work any maie mat have and, although it has not been which they are continuing to do dfv-ifeas it will be In the fu- thru the large amount of money ture, and the coal industry has not that is being spent by individual been given credit for the develop- employes and the taxes paid by ment of the state that it is some- the railroads. "The Denver k Rio Grande times felt is its just dues, it would not have been possible to have Western railroad company has this progress without the paid in taxes in the state of Utah filds. The railroads were pio- - luring the last three years: i' poses 1929 1931 1930 .. 57,509.47 8.48 8.34 $ 58,381.05 State . 57,662.01 . 10S,r15.23 16.02 II 0.G9G.27 16.01 111,493.85 1?24 County . Rotid , . 81,933.53 11.85 84,459.48 12.46 94,571.31 12.92 School 360.366.62 53.17 374,328.73 54.14 399,023.64 54. 5!) 66,748.55 9.66 68,288.07 9.33 City and town 66,903.07 9. 87 $731,-557.9- rail-ruu- 1 , . Total .$677,753.87 $691,369.09 $731,757.92 Former Head of Coal FirmAFiles Stock Sale Suit 'i SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 20. (Special to The Jour- - Be Reviewed County Get Large Share of Attention Approximately who has served two years, was convicted on testimony of witnesses who previously gave the same evidence against Philion. Mr. Rawlings said; state senator Knox Patterson had promised to appear before the board. Senator Pattereon knew "Blackie" Gibson, who is said to have quarreled with Pappacostas at the Helper pool. room on November 25, 1924, quarrel resulting in the the fatal shooting. o MOUNTAIN SHEEP FEED NEAR MAIN HIGHWAY NORWOOD, Jan. 20. Continuous snow and cold weather has driven a band of 15 or 20 mountain sheep low down on the river bluff below Vanadium, where they may be observed feeding near the highway. one-tent- money expended by h of the Revaluation of Property Is Designed to Eliminate All Discrimination in Taxation the state road commission during December was ALL TYPES OF BUILDINGS BEING CLASSIFIED AND WILL BE spent ou roads and highways of ASSESSED ACCORDING TO SQUARE FOOT OF FLOOR SPACE Carbon county, according to a reMINES AND RAILROADS REPRESENT OF port just made public by the depCARBON COUNTY'S TAXABLE WEALTH uty state auditor. Out of $478,544.84 spent in The work or revaluing the taxable wealth of Carbon county is highway maintenance, equipment, etc., $41,360.60 was drawing to a close, according to County Assessor Silas Rowley, and salaries, Utah two or three weeks more should see it completed in the Helper disspent in Carbon county. trict. county exceeded this sum, receiving an expenditure of $112,790.60. Original plaus called for completion of the Helper district durWeber county received the small- ing the present week, but Assessor est sum $614.82. Rowley advises the recent heavy o falls of snow will be a handicap valuation of any city block in its to the field workers. entirety, it will lower the value MAINTAINS BANK HELPER of property of some and raise that of others The revaluation HIGH FINANCIAL RATING thruout the state of Utah has Discrepancies now appear wherein AMONG DISTRICT BANKS brought forth unfavorable com- lots iu the center of a block are ment at various times during re- assessed at a higher rate than the All The Helper State bank main- cent months, cases having ap- preferred corner locations. tains a higher figure for total re- peared wherein certain property this unfairness will be done away sources than any other bank iu owners have claimed unfair dis- with under the new system. the county, is the interesting fact crimination. BOARD MEETS IN JUNE gained from a survey of the finan- NO FAVORITISM County Surveyor E. O. Andercial reports from the four county taxa- son now is busy completing plats of new Under the system banks which have Just been pubtion, the state tax commission is of the various properties for the lished. working out a new scale of valua- assessor's office which will be conserof Through many years tion in which all buildings are used for checking purposes in the vative operation the local bank assessment and revaluation work a definite classification achas steadily forged ahead until its given to of their con- and assessment noticts will b nature the cording of any resources are in excess struction. The lowest valuation, mailed from the assessor's office bank of eastern Utah, while it is Assessor Rowley, prob- on May 28. explains one the of leading considered The board of county commisably would tome on a simple banking institutions of the state. frame structure without founda- sioners, sitting as a county tax o tion; a slightly higher valuation commission, will meet during the would be placed on a similar month of June, allowing all ample LOCAL BOURBONS ELECT TO building with cement or rock time to present their claims for PRECINCT OFFICERS and thus on up the hearing. Assessor Rowley, how foundation; TERM YEAR HOLD TWO line to the finest type of structure. ever, believes the fairness of the The assessment schedules this present new system of taxation Democrats of the Helper precarry a photograph of each will cause a minimum number of year cinct met Thursday night to elect to be in t".;i; county, together claims for readjustment building officers for the ensuing two years. wi'li n cuiuoiete (inscription of the made. Walter C. Gease was the party Under CORPORATIONS BEAR LOAD uuilding, pluiuMn,;, etc. choice for precinct chairman, to this which approximates Records available In the office was who succeed Brser Reynolds, in Oregon and rsed that lieing of the county assessor show that temporarily elected to that office as the most fair basis of the mines, railroad and other elections. November the to prior taxation in the nation, unfairness similar bear the corporations to the named was Metz Miss Ruth and discrimination are eliminated. brunt of property assessment in office of secretary to succeed John Carbon county, their valuation beFrank Bonacci was CITY LOTS RECLASSIFIED Bonacci. ing placed at 20 million dollars. cities O Carbon lots in county City Lee Bnen, named treasurer. All other privately owned properReagan Ratliff, Frank Pizza Mrs. also are being revalued this year, Rowley advising that ty In Carbon county show-- a taxJ). C. Gibson and Mrs. R. P. Bar Assessor of unequal taxa- able wealth of six million dollars. instances board. ren will form the advisory many o Officers and board members will tion have appeared on the records Eugene Gibson started to work meet at the J. E. Gease home on of recent years. While the revalFebruary 12 to outline a program uation of residence and business Saturday as a substitute postal lots will not increase the taxable dferk in the local postoffice. of activity. FOUR-FIFTH- whereby the defendants agreed to purchase $560,000 stock in the Royal Coal com- pany iu 1929, represented as 5000 shares of preferred aud 3000 shares of common stock. The action further cites that the defendants met the first three payments on the stock and assumed manage- nient of the mining property, refusing to pay the balance of the money claimed due. Held Today health. Martin, No. 35 State of Utah Endeavoring to Work Out Ideal Tax System Roads of Carbon Trial of Sheriff's Assailant to Be his JAN. 21, 1932 S. SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 20. (Special to The Journal) When the state board of pardons holds its regular meeting ou February 20 it will be asked to free John Martin, now serving a life sentence for the murder of John in Helper iu 1924. The board will hear Calvin W. Rawlings, acting iu behalf o; the prisoner. Mr. Rawlings informed the board Saturday that he was convinced of the prisoner's innocence and would request that the board pardon Martin. The case recalls the arrest and subsequent compensation of Hay-te- r Oscar Philion, Canadian World war veteran, who was arrested in Los Angeles for the crinie and held in jail six months in Carbon county. Philion was awarded $5000 by Other Cases Set for Trial 5 Citizenship Applications Granted the legislature of 1931 on his Court May Last Until End pf claim that the arrest caused him March to lose his property and injured Pap-pacost- as NOW - F. Ballif Jr., former vice president of the Royal Coal company, situated iu the Helper mining district, ou Friday filed suit in the third district court against James B. Smith, Herbert Fleish- hacker and Mortimer Fleish- hacker, Sau Francisco capi- talists, in the sum of $65,- ual) 078.81, Mr. Ballif iu his suit con- tends this sum is due him un- der the terms of a contract With the jury assembled at the court house in Price this morning active work on the present calendar was entered into by Judge George Chrlsteusen, presiding. The first case for trial this morning is that of the State vs. Frank Smith, charged with assault with intent to kill upon Sheriff Marion Bliss, in which the sheriff lost his right arm. The case came up at 10 o'clock. Smith withdrew his guilty plea. Court was in adjournment yesterday, after two days of the setting of cases and examination of applicants for naturalization. It is possible that the term of court may last till towards the end of March as there are some cases which may require several days in hearing. Because of being fugitives from justice the following cases were dropped from the criminal calen-daFred Bowcutt, charged with assault with a deadly weapon; Jamie, robbery; Roul grand larceny; Dewey Shepherd, grand larceny; Valley May-hegrand larceny; Arthur Scott, attempted burglary; Art Sheppard, grand larceny, and Donald Nelson, burglary. State vs. Lee Diamenti, assault with intent to murder, was set for January 25, 10 a. m. Plea of not guilty entered. State vs. Joseph Earl Jones, As The Journal slowly becomes ou Page 3) reorganized thru the making .oi' many new friends, and the inFAMILY OF SIX DIES stallation of new equipment, it AS FIRE RAZES HOME finds there is a real need for a paper in this community which will ROOSEVELT, Jan. 20 Mystery be representative of the weeks surrounds the fire which early news and all matters of civic naTuesday morning of last week de- ture. The reorganization of The Jourstroyed the ranch home of John B. Myler of Hartford, in which nal has added a substantial sum Mr. and Mrs. Myler and four to the payroll of this community; It is it becomes a taxpaying Inst Union; young children perished. thought that starting an early and is a medium through which surmorning fire with coal oil may the community and territory have caused an explosion, setting rounding Helper may benefit. Advertising, of course, in nn esthe house afire. sential in the life of any newso which Helper paper, a matter WILL REOPEN DINOSAUR BEDS EARLY IN SPRING business men appreciate, and the columns of The Journal already CASTLE DALE, Jan. 20. Ad- are showing that thics community widevice from Dr. Chester Stock of Los has a number of mighty Angeles, scientist, is to the effect awake business institutions. News, too, is an important matthat the dinosaur he('s south of this city will be excavated as ter, and many are phoning or early in the spring as weather per- mailing in their news Items, both mits. Dr. Stock believes a thoro locally and from the surrounding investigation may prove this to he towns, We v. ant yon to remember that one of the largest and best fossil The Journal is your home paper beds In the world. at all times; we want the news. o No item is too small to be worthy SANPETE COUNTY SNOW of publication. Make The Journal NORMAL FALL EXCEEDS your home paper read it, and send in your news items. MOUNT PLEASANT, Jan. 20 o The snowfall recorded so far in H. M. Eda, manager of the this vicinity Is reported as considerably above that for average Helper Variety store, was a busl-ill- e years. Water content of the snow ness visitor In Pocatello, Idal6 also Is reported as very high, aud Falls, Idaho and Salt Lake Cy(y Indications are there will be suffi- last week, returning Thursday cient moisture next summer. evening. S sy.-.tc- y: Rabies Warning Issued in Helper Several Dogs Already Have Been Killed Warning to Muzzle Is Issued iimiimiititHiHuimiiiimmmiiimiinmMiiimHiiHMnimiiiiMmHiiHiimHmMiHm 1 Journal Wu .El I. .P Ej SUBSCRIBE The Journal Costs Only $2.00 the Year and Keeps You Posted ou All of the Worthwhile News. We Do Fine Job Printing. Because of an epidemic of rabies which has made its appearance in Helper and vicinity, Sheriff Marion Bliss and City Marshal C. A. Knobbs have proclaimed a quarantine on all dogs in, and within a radius of five miles of Helper. Under this quarantine, all dogs must be muzzled or securely tie!, and dogs running at large will be impounded and killed. The discovery of this canine disease in this community was made last week when a puppy belonging to Harry Fox, on the new Helper townsite, scratched its owner after having attempted to bite one of the children. The animal was believed to be mad because of froth at the mouth, and the head was sent to the state chemist for analysis, his reply stating that positive rabies was found. Marshal Knobbs, who is a lover and admirer of dogs, regrets the necessity of putting to death such pets as are found running loose, but the step is necessary. The mortality rate among persons bitten by dogs afflicted with rabies is very high, and only a series of serum injections promptly given can hope to save the lives of persons no contaminated. . TAX DELINQUENCY SETS SANPETE COUNTY RECORD MOUNT PLEASANT, Jan. 20. The largest delinquent tax list in the history of Sanete county has On January just been puhliBhed. 1 there were 5129 delinquent taxpayers owing the county a total of $134,148.91. Con-zale- s, Helper Has Enough Pure Water to Supply Camps Thru Gravity Flow Chats With Reaiers ., CANYON, STAiiDAIlDYILLE, MUTUAL AND CAMPS USTtY COULD BE SUPPLIED WITH NEEDED PURITY OF LOCAL WATER SUPPLY PLACES IT SUITABLE FOR USE ON ALL CONDITIONAL LIST ?IJi,'G OTHER WATER ON UNPUBLIC CARRIERS Helper is in a position to sell water at a moderate price and earn rufficient money to tnke care of its eiitirc water system, according to C. O. Ptolcel, state sanitary engineer for the Utah board of health, who was a caller at Th" Journal office last week. He points to the possibilities of tapping the main line of the water pipe line at a point which would allow a gravity flow of water into Spring Canyon for Rtandardville, Mutual and other camp:. These camps are now supplied by water hauled in. He located the springs on Fish creek, from which Helper nov "ets i's water supply, aud ar-1rnnred for the filing ou that waterl for Helper. Prior to the estab- BOMBS ARE SENT THRU MAILS TO MUSSOLINI lishing of this pipe line the Helper wpter supply was rated low, but NAPLES. Jan. 20. Three partoday it carries a clean bill as to purity and there are no restrictions cels containing bombs, two mailed this to on common carriers using Premier Mussolini and one adwater, Helper Is now off the pro- dressed to King Victor Emanuel, visional list oi the state board and were discovered in mall received ou the unconditional list. from America last week. A thoro to find search of all other mail on tho Mr. Picket is pleased some improvements have been boat failed to reveal any other made In the pipe line, and hope? similar unwelcome parcels. are held that the entire clay pipe may be taken from the line and the iron piping substituted. These PERSONAL PROPERTY springs supply a sufficient amount TAX BEING LEVIED of water to meet all the needs of Carbon county assessors Helper and allow a goodly amount to lie disposed; of ui proiit to the now are at work collecting city. personal property tax in the Mr. Picket, who has been on Helper district, and probably counwill be thru with their work fluty in the actries of South America, returned by the end of this month, ' to the states but two years ago. cording to County Assessor was busy cleaning up Panama Silas Rowley. Those handling for 11 years, three years In Ecua the work in the Helper disdor. seven in Chile and six in Artrict are J. S. Edwards, Dave Griffith and T. H. Joufins. gentine. He holds the Roosevelt medal for canal services. |