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Show VOLUME BEAVER, UTAH 84713, THURSDAY, 34 66, NUMBER Belknap To Begin Classes at 8:45 A.M. Lions to Sponsor Holiday on Ice With the opening of school on Monday, August 25, Belknap school will initiate a new pro- Performance gram in that classes will begin at 8:45. The school day will be scheduled as follows: School will open at 8:45 a.m. Lunch time will begin at 12:00 noon except for the first grade which will begin 10 minutes early, and will run for 45 minutes until 12:45. Classes will be dismissed at 3 p.m. According to principal Sherman Carter, this change was necessitated by the number of children who are being brought to school by their parents at absut 8:00 a.m. and then having to wait for school to open. It has become necessary for the school to supply supervisory per sonnel for this time and it is hoped that the earlier opening will relieve part of the problem. Former Resident Dies in California h CALIF. Atkin Gilliland, 50, died August 14 in an Ontario hospital after a long illness. Born April 28, 1919, Beaver, Utah, to Stan and Margaret Robinson Atkin. Married to Melvin Taylor Salt Lake City, divorced. Married to T. L. Gilliland, Ontario, 1950. Member L.D.S. Church.Survivors: husband, sons daughter, Ralph Taylor, Michael Gilliland, Mrs. James (Sharon) Moore, all Ontario and Robert Taylor, San Francisco. Brothers, S. LaFaunce, Clark, and Howard R., all Salt Lake City, sister, Mrs. Glenn (Emma) Brown, Lafayette, Calif. ONTARIO, Gar-neit- The funeral was held Monday at the Draper Mortuary in Ontario. Burial was in the Bell-vieCemetery, Ontario. Mrs. Gilliland was the niece of Mrs Sara Bakes and Mrs. Kate Joseph of Beaver. w BPW Ladies Enjoy Annual Forest Tour The Forest Service personnel sponsored annual BPW Forest Tour was held Thursday morning with 33 members of the Beaver Business and Professional Womens Club joined Forest Ranger Boyd Carpenter, Asst. Rangers Dale B. Harris and J. D. Osborn, with Gordon Green, Gene Barton and Donna Morris met at the Forest Service office at 9 a.m. where they left in Forest Service cars for the all day tour. First stop was on the Beaver-Puffer- 's Lake Road where Ranger Carpenter explained some of the maintenance problems. They then traveled to Merchant Valley where the recreation camping concentration show a need for sanitation facilities. They then traveled to a Larkspur eradication plot on the Big Johns Flat area. They then visited the Boy Scout Camp area near Strawberry Flat where Boyd explained the development needs and problems. The group was shown many new Forest Service develop, ment such as roads, timber sale improvements, a new proposed ski area and summer home developments. A sack lunch was enjoyed by members and guests at noon. That evening a delicious turkey dinner with all the trimmings was served by the officers at the beautiful mountain home of Omni and Donna Cartwright. The food was prepared at home and delivered to the cabin by Arvil Madsen. Officers in charge were Vay Madsen, May Atkin, Lenor Swindlehurst, Yvonne Martin, Colleen and Marie Lee, Jackie Nowcrs, Ann Marshall, Blanche Wood, Alta Paice and Esta Cox. Thirty-seveenjoyed the tour and five more members were there for the evening dinner. The club express their thanks to the Forest Service personnel, Omni and Donna, Arvil for his help and to everyone who helped make the day so much fun. They are all looking forward to next year's tour. Cart-wrig- n ht Auto Registrations Up Wilderness Camps For Beaver County Bring Record Numbers If the streets and highways Board to Set Bird Hunt Dates particu- larly the season length on the pheasant hunt, will be the major topics of discussion at the Fish and Game Board meeting set for 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, August 27, at the Fish and Game Office in Salt Lake City. The Board will take action to set season length & bag Imits on the upland game bird seasons and the waterfowl season. Several persons are planning to attend the meeting to speak to the Board and the discussion on the pheasant hunt is expected to be long and occassionally spirited. Trapping season and other of business needing Board approval will also be on the agenda. Fish and Game Board members are Evan Mickelson, ChairLewis man, Wesley Nelson, Smith, Richard Dewsnup and Dr. Paul Stringham. The Board extends an invitation to the public to attend this and other Board meetings. of Utah seem to you to be getting more congested each year, ar SINGLE COPY Blaine Blacket Attends Utoh State Finances Reuben Dietz, Superintendent Bay, has begun work to bring in sick ducks and place them in fresh water areas. Recovery of the birds brought to fresh water areas is fairly high in the early stages of the disease. Recovery rates decline with advanced stages of' the disease. Carcasses of dead birds are also being picked up because flies and maggotts feeding on bodies of diseased birds concentrate botulism toxin and pais, the disease on to the healthy which feed on the moggots. Dead birds are being piled up on the exposed salt flats and will be burned to destroy both the imaggotts and the disease organisms. This is the only area where major outbreaks of botulism have been reported. Smaller outbreaks of the disease were reported in late July In Box Elder and Cache counties. ht County Assessor Blaine Blac-ke- tt is in Salt Lake this week attending a school for assessors. It is being held on the Univer-sit- y of Utah campus and is conducted by the International of Assessing Officers under State Tax Commission direction. It is part of a six week course being given to State appraisers, County assessors and deputies to qualify them for certification required under a law passed by the 1969 Legislature. H. B. 20 reads: After July 1, 1970, no person shall make a determination of the value of real property for the purpose of taxation unless he is the holder of an Appraiser's Certificate issued by the Tax Commission." This law might give smaller counties trouble if the Assessor is unable to gain certification. Ths is new and all assessng officers of the State must complete this course. None have the Certificate at present. 1970-198- ar This was the conclusion that e was reached in projections of Utah State finances long-rang- The Foundation's JS 73 148 718 187 80 21 83 2,906 past-treasur- analysis sumed a moderate inflationary trend and probable population and income growth rates. Foundation analysts point out that during the past decade and a helf, Utah has been spending more than it has been receiving from current revenue receipts. In order to balance state operations, Utah has resorted to the e use of surpluses, "windfalls," borrowed funds, as well as increased taxes. In addition to the long-terprojected operating deficiency (he report notes that state and institutions submite ted building requests totaling $221 million, only $6 million of which were funded by the 1969 Utah Legslature. If the unmet capital requests are added to the projected operating deficit, the total revenue shortage for the decade ahead could exceed $530 million. The Foundation study explores a number of possible problems in the decade financial problems n the decade ahead. Including among these are the following: 1. Reduce spending, increases in operfe'ring'pTograms bcloW the rajfc of the past five years.' A .Scale down, eliminate, or postpone building projects. 3. Speed up collection of existing revenues. 4. Increase taxes. 5. Obtain added revenue from the sharing of Federal taxes. 6. Secure added funds through borrowing. The report emphasizes that the rate of increase in both revenues and expenditures is closely related to the amount cf inflation in the economy. Thus, the higher than normal increases in tax revenues dur one-tim- m long-rang- at Tea The new Jaycee Jayne officers held a tea on the evening of August 18, 1969, for the past presidency. The new president, Carma Hunt; vice president, Judy Gregersen; and treasurer, Nancy Smith, presented the past officers, president, Janet Arlene Smith; Carter; and secretary, Anna Lue Walbeck, with flowers to show the appreciation of the club for the outstanding - job . they - did during the past year. The new secretary, Norma Yardley, and Jeannette Bettridge, were unable to attend. Reports were given about the past year's projects from which Jaycee Janes donated $100 t'O" ward the purchase of the .band uniforms and earned over $400 at the Little League Tournament which is to be donated to the Little League for uniforms. After discussion of projects for the coming year, refreshments were sirrved and the meet ing was dismissed. ). n. was based strictly on projecting into the future the revenue and expenditure trends of the past five years. The projections as- J. C. Jayne Officers Feted e. prepared by Utah Foundation, the private tax research organi-atio- -- 10c months ing recent resulting from inflation is likely to be more than matched by pressures for increases in spending levels. According to the Foundation's projections, Utah's present tax structure is expected to produce $2.9 billion in state revenue for general fund and school fund purposes over the next ten years (1970-71- ) thru 1979-80This projection includes $1,234 million in sales tax revenue, $326 million in other general fund revenue, $973 million in individual income tax revenue, $164 millon in corporate income tax revenue , $149 million in property taxes from a 7.3 mill state levy and $57 million in other uniform school fund revenue. The report indicates that the state operating costs for the general fund and the uniform school fund during hte next decade are projected at $3.2 billion. These projections, which are based primarily on continuation of the trends of the past five years, include $753 million for higher education, $791 million for other regular general fund operations, $30 million for s(ate aid for local school buildings, $58 million for bond service, and $1,587 million for uniform school fund operations. Foundation analysts emphasize that the projections made in the report merely illustrate what will happen during the coming decade if Utah follows the trends of the recent past, and are not Intended as recommended levels of expenditures nor as suggested priority of If present trends continue, be tax structure could $317 million short in meeting projected operating expendi0 tures durng the Assessors School one-thir- BOTULISM OUTBREAK GREAT SALT LAKE An outbreak of botulism affecting ducks and shorebirds on the shores of Great Salt Lake west of Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area has been reported by the Division of Fish and Game. Avian Botulism affects the of the birds to control their muscles. Sick birds lose the power of flight and generally deteriorate until they cannot hold their heads up. John Nagel, Waterfowl Super1,000 dead visor, said about birds and about 750 sick birds were noted on the initial investigation. Most of the sick birds were of pintails with a scaterlng green-winge- d teal and Shovellers along with shorebirds such as avocets, stilts, and phaler-ope- s. Fifty-eigScout Troops from throughout Utah National Parks Council, Boy Scouts of America, attended one of the four wilderness camps operated by the council during the 1969 camping season, according to Paul Turner, Council Field Director. Seven hundred ten Scouts and 144 leaders were in attendance at the camps. The largest camp was the High. Uintah Boy Scout Camp, located at Windy Park north of Vernal. 293 Scouts attended this camp. Attendance at the other camps was: 165 Scouts at Lost Camp in Southern Utah; 154 Scouts at Beaver Camp, east of Beaver, Utah; and 98 Scouts attended the Fish Lake Camp located on the North slopes of the Fish Lake National Forest at Farnsworth Reservoir. At the four camps, the 710 Scouts caught 1,338 fish.. At High Uintah, 597 fish were taken; Lost Camp, 327 fish; Beaver 262 fish; and Fish Lake, 152 Mr. Turner said that about d of the Scouts who aU tend camp bring their fishing equipment and spend some time during the week at the streams and lakes. Best fishing was at the High Uintah camp where the fishing Scouts caught an average of over 6 fish per fisherman. Poorest fishing was at the Fish Lake Camp where the Scouts averaged just under 5 fish per fisherman. Mr. Turner said that this year programs featured Forest Service Officials and State Fish and Game Department officers were some of the highlights of the. camps. """" Interest in. wilderness camping is on the increase each year with each troop furnishng all of their own camping and cook-ri- g equipment. you are absolutely right. According to a study by Utah Foundation, the private research organization, the number of motor vehicles registered in Beaver County increased by29.5 percent between 1958 and 1968. The report indicates that there were 2,906 motor vehicles registered in Beaver County in 1968 compared with 2,244 ten years earlier. Throughout the state of Utah, the number of motor vehicles rose from 401,478 in 1958 to 668,098 in 1968, an increase of 266,620 or 66.4 during the ten-yeperiod. The Foundation report indicates that much of the growth in motor vehicle registrations hag occurred along hte Wasatch Front. More than 80 of the total gain in the number of vehicle registrations between 1958 and 1968 occurred in Box Elder, Weber, Davis, Salt Lake and Utah Counties. Davis County recorder the largest percentage gain (137) during the ten-yeperiod. Gains in other Wasatch Front counties were Weber 74; Salt Lake Box Elder 73; 66, and Utah 63. Foundation analysts point out that throughout the State motor cycles experienced the greatest percentage growth, during the past ten years, climbing from 2,019 in 1958 to 12,561 in 1968, more than a sixfold increase. Other large gains were made in the number of trailer registrations (119) and in light truck (under 6,000 pounds reg-- " istrations (113). Over the past ten years there also ihas been a very significant rise (195) in the number of exempt registrations. These are primarily vehicles used by the State and local governmental Exempt Vehicles ..32 units. 26 Trailers Following is a summary of the Commercial Busses vehicle registrations recorded TRUCKS: for Beaver County in 1958 and Under 6,000 lbs . . 445 1968 classified by type of ve6,001 to 18,000 .... 180 hicle. 18,001 to 33,000 ....64 1963 1958 Over 33,000 lbs..... 8 1,440 1,557 Miscellaneous .... 48 Passenger Cars 1 39 TOTAL Motorcycles 2,244 AROUND at Farmington 21, 1969 0 The Utah Lions Clubs have purchased the opening performance of this years Holiday on Ice which will appear at the Salt Palace in Salt Lake on Tuesday, August 16. Under the purchase agreement, up to half of the admission price will go to the state and local Lions clubs who will use the money in carrying out their civic projects. The State Lions do much work in sight conservation and on the local level, Lions are interested in practically any civic activity. Ticiket prices will begin at $4.50 and proceed through $4.00, all seats are $3.00 and $2.50 reserved and each ticket includes an admission to the State Fair worth $1.25 and good for any day, Friday, Sept 12 thru Sunday, Sept. 21. Tickets may be ordered from Bob Lee at the Bank, George Rich at the Press Office or from Hal Smith at the barber shop. They should be ordered by Aug. 8 so the order can be processed and the tickets on hand in sufficient time. Game bird seasons, AUGUST NO RESULTS ' ... The stories we told last week of the folk 'borrowing' the two gallons of paint and the Ballon of thinner from Mrs. Eliza Gunn pnd someone taking the radio from Val Beeson's cleaning emporium bore little if any fruit. Gunn tells us that no one rTaY come forth with the paint wn"6refre the boards will hare and Val says have to there haveheen no takers for the proferrelfase to go with the perloined r3?io- ftx-r- Winning Honorable Mention In this week's war against ugly is Lee Oertle with his improvements on the old Harry Lockrie place on east Center Street. This home has had a number of owners who have let it go most conciensciously since the death of Harry some years back In the past month, Lee has given the weeds the bum's rush, and planted grass as you can see and, since the picture was taken, has rebuilt the fence and planted the field to the west of the house all of which has had the effect of removing an e and making It a place to be proud of. The Beaver Clean-u- p Committee extend their heartiest "WELL DONE" and "THANK YOU" to Lee and the men who have done the work. eye-sor- , |