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Show PRESS TIME By George "Any thinking person look-in- g into the matter will find that Utah has the best liquor conftrol laws devised, and they would veto liquor by the drink". The above is a direct quotation from Wednesday morning's Salt Lake Tribune as having .been made by Mr. Allan D. Johnson, chairman of the Utah Liquor Control Commission in response to the suggestion made by Mr. Jack Goodman that our liquor control laws could stand to be studied on account of they aint doing our tourist industry any good. A further comment of Mr. Johnson, as reported in the article in the Tribune was, "He said he can't see why anyone would say they can't prosper under the state's current bottle laws. 'If you sell a little glass of water for between 35 and 50 cents so your customer can mix his liquor, I don't think you're doing too badly.' " Now ain't that one fine kettle of fish bait and rusty tin cans? We got the finest liquor control laws in the whole wide world! Just wait till I tell the boys from California that this fall during the deer hunt when they ask me to buy them a jug on account of they can't see why they should have to buy a license in order to make a purchase on something they can get at the grocery stoTe at home. If there is one little small thing that really burns a tourist and sets them on the road out as quick as they can find it it is our wonderful "Jug law" which makes them purchase a bottle in order to have a drink and then they find they have to drink the whole kaboodle or pour it down the drain on account of they can't carry said jug in the car after the seal has been busted. Now, suppose you were a visitor from California or most anywhere else in this part of the country and when you are at homo you had a drink before dinner, in order to aid your digestion of course, and you come to a restaraunt here in Utah and you want to have your before, dinner "shot" so you ask' the waiter for his list of beverages and he tells you that he has coke and seven-u- p ana etc. so you say you wouia like to have a little something in it to take the edge off the taste of the soda pop and he says you have to go down the road and buy yourself a jug and then he will fix you up with the mixer so you trot on down the road and buy said jug and then he puts the rod to you for "from 35 to 50 cents for a little glass of water" and I got a picture of how you go on back home and tell all your friends to hurry and visit Utah and have a crack at one of our 35 to 50 cent small glasses of water. Yeah brother! I got me a picture but that ain't it. It may be that liquor by the drink is not good and would . T penmps ae oaa. i aon i Know. I do know, however, that in Nevada and Idaho and the other states I have lived in or visited where they have liquor by the drink, I never could see where it was such of one heck of a problem. In fact, in Nevada it looked to me that the fastest and easiest Way to find out how the pokey looked from the inside was to be stinko in public ' cus-tome- ry r t- 1 1 1 1 Up in Idaho, where we lived for several years, it wasn't at all uncommon to see the kids going to school and hardly any of them had a snoot full. In - fact, even at the graduation parties I don't remember as to how they was drunken orgies. Like I said, I ain't no expert on how to run the booze shops in the state but I bet you that when I go to a state and I get stuck to buy a license so I can buy some groceries that is going to set me to looking at the road map to find the shortest way to get the heck out of that state and I will tell my friends of what happened to me in that state and warn them to stay out of that state or carry their own groceries if they have to go through it. And if you don't think our wonderful jug law is doing that for our tourist industry, why don't you ask about fifty tourists what they think of it? Makes you wonder if some of folks have sense enough to pound sand In a rat hole but then you think about It and you realize they wouldn't know what a rat hole is. i(hem up-sta- te Single Copy 10c Don't lose faith In humanity: of all the people in the United States who have never played you a single nasty trick. Elbert Mubbard a Year High School Prepares For Opening Day The Beaver High School is being prepared for the opening of school. Registration will begin August 27th at 9 a.m. for all 7th, 8th and 9th grade students. All these students will report to the auditorium and after a brief orientation period, will be assigned to class groups for the school year. The faculty will assist the 9th grade in their registration. On Friday morning, August 28th, all 10th, 11th, and 12th grade students will register. All students should check their schedules and come prepared to pay all fees, this includes student body, book, and special class fees. We are initiating a new language arts program in our school this year. Our teachers and principal, along with the supervisor, have been working the past 3 weeks outlining the program. We very ernestly solicit the co- -' operation of the parents, teachers, and all students in this program. We feel that the new program has real merit and that most students will enjoy the course. We are also scheduling a split lunch program this year. Each section (Jr. High and Sr. High) will be given thirty minutes for their lunch period. This will be listed in the schedule. The periods are so arranged that by shortening the lunch periods, school will be out each day at 3:20 or 3:15. This will make it possible for the boys in competitive athletics to begin practice early and complete their practice by around 5 o'clock and get home at a reasonable hour. We are very anxious fo have . a large group register for band and chorus. This includes boys and girls. With the exception of one vacancy at the present time, our school will be staffed with a well qualified, enthusiastic staff of teachers. A banner year is our aim at Beaver High School this year. 'Dark Out" Shuts Out Round-u- p Friday-- - To Be Made Up Saturday "Where was Willy when the lights went out? In the dark naturally, lik everyone else was last Friday when the power lines went dry." Everything was in readiness, the animals were being led to the chutes, the cowboys were waiting, the crowd was on hand nd the juice stopped! After over an hours' waitthe admission price was refunded to those from out-o- f town and the rest were asked to come back tomorrow. Kind of a sad affair but that's what happened to the Beaver Valley Round-u- p on its opening night last Friday. A fine crowd was on hand for Saturday's rodeo and It was found that there is an open date in the rodeo circuit this coming Saturday so they're going to give it another try. They have the power lines all patched up with chewing gum and scotch tape and are hoping for cooperation from the weather so come on out on Saturday Night and watch the in the cowboys make sand. sitz-mar- Football Hopefuls To Suit Up' Saturday ' Coach Marshall of the Beaver High School announced that he would issue suits to footballplay ers Saturday, August 22 at 5:00 p.m. Sophomore, ior boys who out for this squad should at that firm, Junior and Senwould like to try years high school be at the school to get their suits. Stream Flow Date 10 Aug. 13 Aug. 14 think $3.00 Aug 15 Aug 16 Aug Aug Aug 17 18 19 yr av. 27 26 25 26 25 23 22 1963 16 15 16 48 46 25 20 1964 30 28 28 28 26 28 26 In Beaver McKay Other County BEAVER, UTAH, THURSDAY, AUGUST (4.00 Farrer Gains City Hears Plans For Permenant Postmaster Irrigation Systems Appointment At the regular meeting : ! - tu With the large number of hunters expected on the forest we enthis coming week-encourage everyone to be extreme ly careful with 'Iheir campfires, cigarettes and matches. There aro, ctill cattle grazing the national forest lands, so we are asking that ih:se sportsmen please close all gates when traveling the roads. With the rainfall recsived in the past few woeks, our mountain is in excellent condition. We ask for your cooperation in keeping it this way and helping maintain this "Paradisa of the Rockies." d, Very rough estimates of the costs of the various systems amounted to: Concrete lining the ditches, $98,000 Curb and Gutter, $200,000; 8 inch concrete pipe, $149,000; 12 inch split-pip$167,000; and Pressure Sprinkling System, $253,000. It would appear that financing any of the systems would involve a bonding program and it was suggested that the city consider a combination of General Obligation and Revenue Bonds if they decided to go on with the project. , Although the amount of water which would be needed to adequately irrigate the lots within the city was not discussed in most of the proposed systems, it was estimated that of water would be adequate if the sprinkling system method were adopted. Some mention was also made of forming a Conservancy District and the possibility of obtaining interest-fre- e money by so doing was discussed. X Mr. Call urged the city fathers to give serious consideration to having an engineering study of the needs of the city as far as an irrigation system is concerned as well as the actual costs involved. The study he has done is very rough and his figures are more nearly "educated gues-es- " than anything else. Although it is a sure way to start a fight as all that is needed is to mention the word and it seems that many people are ready to fight, still, something should be done to get the water distribution system into shape so that it can be used on the city lots instead of just watering the weeds along the ditchbanks as at present. fx. (a if ' ; f ' x? ELDER MELVIN BERNARD WALKER Elder Melvin B. Walker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Walker has received a call to serve A mission in Brazil. A farewell testimonial in his honor will be held Sunday, Aug. 23, at 7 p.m. in the Beaver First Third Ward Chapel. Elder Walkers address in the mission field will be Caixo Postal 862, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Utah Foundation Report On Revenue From Sales Tax Utah's sales tax has produced more than one-ha- lf billion dollars in revenue for state and local units of government since Its adoption in 1933. This fact was brought out in a study of the Utah sales tax by Utah Foun dation, the private tax research organization. Ed. note: If I remember correctly, the sales tax was adopted In 1933 as a source of revenue to help needy families during the depression and, If I remember corredtly, was to be terminated with the return of prosperity. This undoubtedly marks the most prolonged depression in recorded history.) According to the Foundation study, the sales tax in Utah yielded $55.7 million during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1964. This amount was more than two and one-hatimes that of the revenue received from the state individual income tax. Only the property tax surpasses the sales tax as a revenue producer in Utah. The Utah sales tax rate increased in each of the past three sessions of the Utah Legislature. The Foundation study notes that per during the previous iod, no change had been made in the rate. At the present time, state sales tax Utah has a 3 with most local jurisdictions im posing an additional one-haof one percent. Thus, the total effective rate in most areas of Utah is 3V4. The report points out that there are now thirty-seve- n states plus the District of Columbia which impose a state sales tax. In addition three of the states which do not have a state sales tax permit some local jurisdictions to levy a local sales tax. Of the states with a sales tax, fifteen states impose the same rate as Utah, ten states have a higher rate, and eleven states have a lower rate. There are also thirteen stats which do not levy the sales tax. A problem encountered in the northern counties of the state, according to the report, is that purchases are sometimes made in Idaho (which does not have a sales tax) in order to escape the Utah tax. Vigorous enforca-meof the use tax laws would be required to control this problem. A special audit conducted by the State Tax Commission in 1958 resulted in the recovery cf $10,000 in use tax collections, which amount represented purchases made in Idaho and valued at about $500,000. ' Since adoption of the local option sales tax in 1959, a total of 26 counties and 17 cities and towns have imposed the local sales tax. Last year these counties and municipalities received a total of $7, 604.500 in local Vilas tax revenue. If the revenue flow collected from the local lf The power outage last Friday evening just in time to put the fix to the rodeo was 'discussed', also the problem of being able to carry the west side of Main Street and not the east side. Mr. Wiscombe, the city's consulting electrical engineer, is In town now and doing work at to help correct the that situation as well as to help bring the distribution system up to date. He expects to make use of all of the city employees for two weeks on that project. Mrs. Hattie Goodwin Celebrates 81st Birthday Af-to- Council e, non-devel- Dan F. Joseph is the new Commander of Beaver's American Legion Post No. 32 and Joyce M. Joseph is the new President of the Auxiliary unit. We feel Dan and Joyce will be a wonderful team. They succeed in these offices. Acle T. Gillies, Commander; and Beatrice Spend love. Auxiliary President. Other officers chosen to serve the post during the 1964-6- 5 year are: Brooks H. Poulson, First Vice; Milo Baker, Second Vice; Taylor Farnsworth, Chaplain; Dick Manzione, Service Officer; Mark Woolsey, Adjutant; John Ashworth, Historian; Gene Barton, Sergeant at Arms. Auxiliary Unit officers are: Irene Cox, First Vice; Alice Gillies, Second Vice; Helen Hutchinson, Secretary- - Treasurer: Ellen Joseph, Historian; Kathn leen Farnsworth, Chaplain; Smith, Sergeant at Arms: and Irene Green, Sergeant at City water were discussed by Mr. Call from an engineering firm in Salt Lake. Mr. Call has made preliminary studies of four types of sys-- , terns for the irrigation water including cement lining of the ditches, curb and gutter, 8 inch concrete pipe without pressure, 12 inch split pipe, and a sprinkling system (that's five but I didn't get exactly what he was referring to in the 12 inch split-pipe- ). nt Legion And Auxiliary Install New Officers of the - f w Mrs. Hattie Goodwin was happily surprised Sunday, Aug. 16, when some of her family and friends came to help her celebrate her 81st birthday, fiho received many lovely gifts. Present to enjoy the occasion were Mr. and Mrs. Harold Goodwin and daughter Karen of Lehl, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hollis of Milford, Mrs Dona Rae Newman and four sons of Salt Lake, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Briggs, Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie Edwards and family, Claude Goodwin, Thelma Twitchell, Luella Thomp son and Clara Moyes of Beaver. Brazilian Mission tentative plans for distribution systems for the city's irrigation Beaver Mountains-BoHunters Paradise The Beaver Mountains, on the Fishlake National Forest, has been proclaimed as some of the best hunting areas for archery hunting. We certainly hope that the mountain can keep this reputation and that these bow-huers will observe a few rules on their visit to the area, such as: Making, keeping and leaving a clean camp on the. forest. Many beautiful developed camping areas are available on the Beaver District. They are: Mahogany Cove, City Creek, Anderson Meadow, Kents Lake, 4c These areas Little Reservoir. have available wa'tcr, tables, sanitation and garbage disposal facilities. If other ed areas are used, clean up the area and haul garbage to trash-pile- s, Melvin Walker to Serve mid-month- ly .; WASHINGTON, Aug 18, 1964, Sen. Frank E. Moss announced Tuesday the nomination of Wesley Farrer who has been serving as acting Postmaster at Beaver for the past six months for appointment as permanent Postmaster by Senate Post Office and Civil Service Committee this morning. Senator Moss said "Mr. Farrer is well qualified for this post, he attended Utah State University, served in the US Armed Forces in the European Cilnbat Theatre, vilorked as a Postal Clerk in the Beaver Post Office for 15 years prior to appointment as acting Post Master and has been active in church, civic and comnunity affairs". It is expected that the nomination will be confirmed Wednesday by the Senate. Volume 20, 1084 sub-stati- The building of a spectator secton at the swimming pool was discussed. The work on that project is sceduled to be done in September. The problem of maintaining the trash pile was again discussed when it was reported that the dead animal pit was again blocked off by animals in the road. A request to the County Sheriff to issue warrants to the owners of the animals, as indicated by the brands, is to be made. Trifles make perfection and perfection is no trifle. Michelangelo - 1474 - 1564 . Arms. The installation took place Wednesday, August 5 at Park. Commander Acle Gillies was in charge of the meeting. A hot ham dinner was served to around 145 members. Tht new Commander of District No. 7, Arnold Cannon and his wife; and Past Commander, James Yardley and his wife, were present. District Command er Cannon installed the Legion officers and Mrs. Phyllis Warr. Past Auxiliary President for District No. 7 installed the Auxiliary officers. A musical number was given by Carol Joseph and J. D. Osborne. A real good time was enjoyed by all present. Pon-dero- 25-ye- ar 19 No. 34 Archery Season Opens Saturday Utah's first big game hunting season gets underway Saturday, August 22, with the opening of the archery deer season and tha antelope season. The archery season, now set for August 22 through Steptenv ber 7, is the first hunt of tha year for the most popular and abundant of Utah's big gama animals. This year's antelope season will be August 22, 23, 24 and August 29, 30, 31 for the 90 successful permit holders. The bow and arrow season Includes the long Labor Day week end, as well as two other weekends of hunting. Hunting will be on a statewide basis with deer of either sex being legal game. Cost of the archery permits will be $5.00 for the resident and nonresident Department spokesmen noted that bow and arrow permits are still available for deer herd units 20 (Kamas) and 23B (Curwhich rent were restricted to 1000 permits for each unit. During the special archery season only bow and arrow hunt ing is permitted, with tackle requirements remaining the same this year as for last. It shall be unlawful for any person to have a firearm In his possession while hunting deer with a bow and arrow and archers are reminded that they must wear a red or yellow jacket or shirt in addition to the proper headgear. Creek-Strawberr- A total of 76 arrests were made during the month of July for violations of the Utah fish and game laws. Moct citations were written lor violations of the 1M4 ang-l- ng Most citaproclamations. tions were written for failure to observe the legal bag limit, fishing in closed waters and fishing without a license. In view of the upcoming hunting seasons and the more thaa three months of fishing season remaining, department spokesmen urged all sportsmen to become familiar with the laws covering their sport and to observe these regulations at all times when afield. GSA To Call For Bids On Beaver Post Office Renovation Job WASHINGTON Sen. Frank announced Moss Friday that the General Services will issue inAdministration vitations for bids for repairs and improvements at the US Post Office and Agricultural building in Beaver. Estimated cost of the work is about $37,000. Bids will be opened September 10th Senator Moss said. E. lf BPW Canyon Party The Beaver BPW held their annual Canyon Pary Monday evening at beautiful Ponderosa Park. They were all ready by 7:30 to enjoy a delicious steak dinner prepared and served by the officers, Esta Cox, Fern Williams, Vie Fotheringham, Betty June Oakden, Madeleine Bole and Blanche Wood. This party is given for the members as iccompence for the three days of hard work at the booth through the race meet. Fifty-on- e members and two guests, Bertha Dalton, a former member and Mrs. Alta Honey-cut- t. They all enjoyed their dinner and had a nice visit around the camp fire. nt sales tax had to be raised on a property tax levy, an added ten mills ($10.00 per $1,000 assessed valuation) would be required in tfce average municipality, plus an additional two mills in the county. |