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Show BUY YOUR WATCH DURING h ewei ij AY SAUE Event W AGE MAKE CONDITION riOVV! FOR THAT ANNIVERSARY Oil lVONDERFUL IIEW ELGII1S SAVE 25 TRADE IN YOUR OLD WATCH I LAYAWAY Big TRADE' vh pousef OUR FIRST BIRTHDAY a4 WOODY'S JEWELRY GRADUATION THE JEWEL HOUSE STORE preciation allowances voted byi Congress in 1954. This campaign is intended by the New Fair Dealers to creote the impression that "big business" and the rich have been fabv JAMES W. DOVTHAT vored at the expense of little Tax relief talk on Capitol Hill business and the poor. It is pointof course, toward next Nothreatens to ignore basic tax re- ed, elections. vember's vision essential for the ' nation's members of Congress beMany industrial growth. It also threatlieve that the April tax receipts ens repeal of the limited diviindicate will a possible surplus dend credit and more liberal de of at least $3 billion in the fis- - i! fj it IV --- 0 : v Get an ELEC7RD2 Range! fw' f. cal year ending June"" 30, 1957. Secretary Treasury Humphrey ty made up $243 million' or 22 of the state total. Agricultural FOUNDATION UTAH says that $3 billion is the minimum surplus that would be re- TABULATES TAXES quired for both debt reduction and a tax cut. already FOR PUBLIC CHECK Leading Democrats hwe served notice that any tax cut enacted this year applyCommercial and industrial pro- ing to the 1957 fiscal year must " niiX ic" If icoi be primarily for the small taxnot must incur any and payer Utah's assessed valuation in 1955, net loss in revenue. To prevent according to a research report possible loss of revenue, they released today by Utah Foundaargue that repealing the dividend tion, the nonprofit tax research credit and depreciation provisions organization. Residential proper- would save just about as much revenue as a $100 increase in Senators and Representatives was exemptions would" cost the Trea given by Rowland Hughes, retirsury. ing Budget Director, who has de(Republican tax experts' chal clared that, while the Eisenhower lenge this contention. They say budget is realistic, the adminithat a $100 increase' in personal stration welcomes worth-whi- le exempxtions would cost an esti- cuts in appropriations by Conmated $2,500,000,000 a year, and gress. repeal of the dividend credit and Further, the budget is based depreciation provisions would refigures' at hand. The Adupon turn nowhere near this amount is optimistic as to ministration of revenue. business and it hopes tax reveAnother Republican argument nues will increase and expendiis that, a $'100 increase in pertures will be held down. This sonal exemptions would remove to more than five million taxpay- was the answer of Hughes ers from the tax rolls, thereby New Deal critics, who chargedthat the budget indicated an adnarrowing the tax base and de- ministration belief that there will laying still (further the time be a in unemploy increase sharp when something can be done ment. Conceding that the budget, about the discriminatory rates is precariously balin the middle and upper income as. submitted, said the biggest anced, Hughes brackets. factor is what ConRevision of these discrimina- speculative will appropriate. tory rates is urged by industry gress A GOVT. COMPETITION in order to provide the venture capital necessary to modernize determined effort is being made and expand business establish in Congress to repeal legislation ments and to provide jobs for passed1 last year that curbs Defuture generations. Industry be- fense Department efforts to cur lieves it is no favor to the small tail government competition with taxpayer to give him a few dol private industry. lars in tax relief, if it means he Repeal of a section of the De- -' is cheated of the much greater fense Department appropriation opportunities to earn more and bill is sought in a measure in- to advance himself ). opportuni- troduced by Rep. Vinson ( a. ties which are far more likely This section prohibits the De- when Congress removes some of fense Department from discon- the roadblocks to the saving and tinuing business activities without prior approval of both House investment of essential capital. EnT and Senate Appropriations BUDGET PHILOSOPHY couragement to economy-minded property valuation totaled $105 of the state tomillion or 9.05 tal. Motor vehicles were assessed at a total of $66 million, ac- of all property subject to the property tax. The remaining $9 million of a state 104 7Q3 S4S rttalintr iralnafirtn consisted principally of house hold furnishings, practically all of which were assessed in Salt Lake County. For the most part the practice of other counties of the State has .been to assume counting for 6 1 HELPER The THURSDAY, FEB. 16, 2955 PAGE THREE Waltz Contest Set Boston Tops' Group To Play At For Teen-ag- e Dance' Saturday At Price B Y U March 8th (Boston Pops tour orchestra, under the leadership of Arthur Fiedler, will visit iProvo March 8. The famous orchestra will appear in concert under the sponsorship of Brigham Young The teen-agdance, sponsored by the Sheriff's Posse, to toe held Saturday night at the Price municipal building will feature a waltz contest according to LaVoy Gale, committee member. Along Concert As- with a prize to the winners, sevsociation. eral door prizes will be given. The Pops concert will be an Last Saturday night the jitterextra feature of the Concert As- bug contest was won by Mr. and sociation, and everyone must buy Mrs. Franklin Sheets of Helper. tickets for the performance in All proceeds from the latter the George Albert Smith Field-hou- dance were donated 'to the Carbon County' iPolioFund. The concert is one of two beThe general public is invited ing presented in the Rocky to these Saturday dances, the Mountain area; The orchestra committee said. Music will be will also play in the Salt Lake furnished by the :Burdick family Tabernacle March 9. The Pops )and Kenneth Pierce' of Miller Orchestra is an organization Creek. ,' under the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Phone News items To Journal Popularity of the Pops Orchestra lies in the types of programs they present. The orches- tra concerts schedule all types of music, including those of more Witt the po;ta. ilor e. Univers- ity-Community that furnishings on dwellings are covered by the statutory exemption of $300 applying to such furnishings. The Utah Foundation report notes that this is the first year in which it has been possible to separate property listed on the tax rolls by major economic groupings. Prior to 1955, no distinction was made on the tax rolls of Utah between agricultural and industrial property in rural, nor .between residential and business property in urban areas. In 1955 the Utah State Tax Com mission revised property tax classifications to provide infor- mation as to the source of pro- perty tax revenue. It is hoped that the revised1 property classi- -. more classical offerings, fication will aid policy and ad-- 1 Tickets are now on sale at the ministrative agencies by provid- - Smith Fieldhouse ticket office, ing the answer to the question and the McCune School of Music "Who pays the property tax in and Art in Salt Lake. Mail Inability to answer thisjders are invited and all seats are question has handicapped the reserved. iPrices are $1.75 for bleacher many studies which have been conducted to determine the equity seats and $3 for chair seats i Ithe Smi h Fieldhouse. Prices for of the Utah tax structure. Sart Lake concert are $1.75, h The current tabulation of sessed valuations was made from $2.50, $3.50, and $4. j f reports submitted to the Utah State Tax Commission by the The Utah respective counties. Code requires such reports to be submitted to the Tax Comrnis- - n ' if "on by the first Monday in May. However, of the 29 assessor re ports, 19 were filed late, with tardiness ranging from several days up to seven months. Seventeen of the county auditor re; ports due the first Monday in m July were late. Three of the re- I porting counties did not provide owner-occupi- ed JOURNAL (Utah) se . V TV SERIES for Everyone This Week: "How God's Power Restores' Health" KVTV Feb. Channel Jj 2 Jl:45 a.m. 19 as-!- ' j 1 vl complete breakdown by economic classifications specified by the report forms. Because of these difficulties, data as to actual taxes charged to the respective economic groups in 1S5S are not yet 'complete. The proportions of taxes charged will differ slightly from propor tions of assessed valuation because of difference in tax rates in the various jurisdictions, espe- - - cially the difference in total property tax rates in metropolitan and rural areas. Complete information will likely not be- '" come available months. - j" I Model S3 I ; $239.05 A SPACEMMER PUSHBUTTON ELECTRIC RANGE It's a new, compact range gives you so many de luxe features usually found only in ranges! Now you can enjoy all the wonders of famous C-- E "Speed-Cookinat a price to fit any purse. much-higher-pric- ed dcliciously ready when you return. Cook electrically and enjoy yourself and meals more ! Buy from Your Dealer UTAH POWER & LIGHT CO. HUGE WIDE OPENING TO USE MASTER OVEN EASY SURFACE UNITS WIDE-SPACE- CAIROD EXTRA-HI-SPEE- PUSHBUTTON CAIROD CONTROLS COOKING UNITS SUR- ONE-PIEC- E several More than half of the business total ($399 million) is located in Salt Lake County. Utah and Weber counties rank second and third in the amount of commer- e cial and industrial assessed valuations. However, Iron County has the highest proportion of its tor tal valuation represented by business properties which account for 84.3 of the Iron County total. With the exception of Wayne, Rich arid Garfield counties, all other counties have upwards of, of their property total in the business categories. The proportions of residential in property range from 4.1 in Davis counMorgan to 37.3 ties. Rich County had the highest proportion of agricultural property with 72. Only 1.6 of the Salt Lake County total is agricultural, despite the fact that its $9 million agricultural assessed value is fourth largest among Utah counties. No segregation of motor ve hicle valuations Is made permit ting their assignment to the respective economic groups. Motor vehicles subject to the property tax in FACE UNIT BIO, for 25 If you have a small or crowded kitchen, or you're looking for room for cabinets or a new appliance, put the G-- E Spacemaker ' Range on your "musf list! You can step out on meal making as you wish, when you cook electrically. For example, dinner is prepared in the morning, and placed in the oven. Automatic controls are set fot when cooking is to begin. That's all. You can be off shopping, at work, visiting or what you like. Your meal will be 'amy JOOO 1955 totaled 343,879 STORAGE THROUGHOUT DRAWER MRS. BUCHANAN IS HOSTESS REMOVABLE, EASY TO CLEAN, BAKE AND BROIL UNITS TWO HANDY APPLIANCE OUT. UTS Playing hostess to Mrs. Bessie Mower of Price, as extra guest, along with members of her Thursday night bridge club last week was Mrs. Bob Buchanan, HELPER FURfllTURE & IID17. CO The Best in Furniture and Appliances Phone 3 Helper, Utah -:- who served a delightful lunchat the of the evening. Prizes for the usual bridge session were claimed by Mrs. George Pizza, Mrs. Bud Petersen and eon on-s- et Mrs. Mower. CO SINCLAIR SEMICE ERNEST COOK, Mgr. 160 N. Main -- : Phone 332 Rom where I sit w Jy Joe Marsh She Knew It All The Time dances axe, long ago your grandma knew bow to keep you from catching cold. Mine did. "Stay out of drafts," she'd warn. "Bundle up. Don't get wet" Then, maybe, when you grew up yon found that the old lady's theories were considered old fashioned. Germs were the thing -- nd the way to avoid a cold was ta avoid infection by somebody who already had on, Now I read where scientists rent so sure. Germs carry a cold, of eovrse,bnt they sow ve something else "sets it off" -something like drafts, wet feet or going without your muffler. Grandma, iakt a boyjj From where I sit, there's liable to be sound reasoning behind the eld customs people believe in. "Early to bed, early to rise," for instance or the practice of drinking hot milk or a glass of beer at bedtime. I'm set saying yon ought to hold! with these beliefs yoorself . . . but yea'd better before giving them get the facts s the "chill-.- be-Sa- Copyright, 1956, Vmiud SutU$ Brtwn r trfrtim . |