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Show BEAR EFVlS ,?r VOLUME 6 TREMONTON, RICH MINING m TU rKurEKiY V" Wk V W. wv w r UTAH, 'i- Tsg - LIONS HEAR ; I ' 5C- ' DAVIDrfarSTINR i- - ON TAX LAWS Strong Company Gets SpeakerOf House Of Century Mine Holding Representatives Talks On Tax Amendments At Park Valley, Utah The Century mine at Park Valley, Utah, which, has been closed down for the past twenty-fiv- e years, is soon to be reopened by a very strong and incompetent group of men, who willweek corporate during the coming Amalunder the name of the Century The gamated Gold Mining Company. incorporations will consist of J. and of Salt Lake City, Heber C. Hicks, of New York City, n both mining men; WnlaM Jti. t--: well-know- Milton Welling, Secretary of State; Joseph M. Eccles, of Ogden, ur. v.. Wallace T. Kynerson, r. M- trye. Otto S. Grow, H. R. Done, J. J. Henderson, John R. Stewart, Dr. ; and Wallace, H. J. Edward Day, Thomas J. Davis, all of Salt Lake City. Tlie new corporation will take over of andoperate, not only the holdings Company, Gold Mining the Century the Gold Nugget group, and the properties of several other mining- companies in the Park Valley District and adAbout one joining the Century mine. are 'JArd'of the company's holdings reami the lease and bond under Tieid been purmaining two thirds have chased by deed and are fully paid for. The Century mine, around which the new Company's holdings are regarded by grouped has always been propmining men as a very valuable when it was days, In its balmy erty. the Century Gold being operate byunder the direction Mining company of P. W. Madsen, it produced over two million dollars and paid dividends of million dollars. This nearly showing, as is generaly known, was made in spite of the fact that the property was operated for the gold value only", the silver, lead and copper values being permitted to go into the tailings, and in spite of the further fact that only 65 of the gold values could be saved by the crude methods the ore mined at Part in use" then &t tirm was of an oxidized nature of ind was friendly to the process ' amalgamation; but below the 300 foot level, the ore changed to a sulphide, which was much richer in value but could not be successfully treated with-- , out the use of machinery of a different type from what could then be obtained. Since that time, improvements have been made in all classes of mine and mill machinery, so that the promoters of the new company believe that with assistance of the modern and efficient metallurgical and engineering (Continued on page eight.) . - one-ha- lf - - t Solemn Services Held For Serjeant Jenkins The funeral service for Carl Jenkins was held at the Methodist church Sunday, October 19th, at one o'clock and interment was made at the City Cemetery. The service opened with Scripture selections by the pastor which was followed by a special number by the choir entitled "No Night There." This was sung by a double quartet consisting of Miss Bessie Hill, Mrs. P. E. Ault, Mrs. Edgar. Winchester, Mrs. Dickson, Wm. Getz, George Cropley, Lewis Brenkman and S. N. Cole, with Miss Mary Burns, accompanist The Scripture Lesson waa from and was I. Corinthians 15:41-5followed by prayer by the pastor. The second selection was a duet, "Whispering Hope," by Mrs. George "Carter and Mrs. Edgar Winchester. The sermon was preached by Rey. Dickson, the pastor, who took for his put text the words, "This mortal must ' on immortality.' Much consolation was' derived by fio nnrpnta Mr. and Mrs: D. W. Jen- kins and family from the, services and I from the letters of condolence re ceived from the officers of the Marine 8, , corps. B. H. Fuller, Major General Commandant of the Marine Corps at Washington wrote this of Sergeant Jenkins: "Your son maintained an excellent record in the Marine Corps and is deeply mourned by his com- . rades." Sergeant Carl H. Floeck accompanied the body home and remained in constant vigil over the same acting as its escort to the Ogden city cemetery, the final resting place of his comrade. The closing musical number was by the double cruartet entitled, "Have Thine Own Way." a ! luncheon The regular enjoyed by the Lions Club at the Hotel Midland proved to be a very enjoyable and instructive affair. The entertainment committee, Lions Winzeler and Supan secured the serUkelele vices of the Quintette, who furnished some very amusing numbers, responding to repeated encores, and roars for more. Due to the change in fashions, or the climate, the costumes were not, as abbreviated as at the last appearance, but Lions have good memories and enjoyed every minute of the performance. Come again, girls, no matter what the fashion or the weather is like, we enjoy your entertainment. Lion C. J. Dewey introduced the speaker of the evening, the Hon. David Stine of Ogden, who was the Speaker of the House of Represent atives in the last Legislature. He was also vice chairman of the Tax Commission, which qualifies him for being among the men who understands the proposed amendments thoroughly. As a result of thorough study and close; contact his recommendations carry an immense influence. The speaker stated that the saying, "Death and Taxes are two sure things," does not entirely hold good in our state, due largely to a change in classes of property during the 3 years since the constitution was drafted. At that time nearly all property was tangible and easily found, and assessed. Since then a new form of wealth has been created, in the form of stocks, bonds, etc., which has been difficult to assess fairly, under the present constitution, which provides for a uniform rate of taxation, with the result that the form of revenue producing wealth escaped taxation almost entirely. Mr. Stine quoted some startling facts and figures, which shows very plainly the need for a reform of our taxing system. One large corporation in the state paid taxes on a 57 million dollar valuation and still after paying all operating costs returned to the investors 35 million dollars in net profit. (Compare that with your own business, and see how near you come to that rate. The tangible property produced 70 million'dollars of the wealth, or about of the total wealth produced dur25 of ing the same year, but paid 98.6 (Continued on page eight.) I - . w hoist moiNoix Sv ? Warren H. Sweeten, 47, prominent church worker and farmer of Holbrook, Idaho, and a brother of County Commissioner G. G. Sweeten of Garland, died Saturday at 8:15 p. m. at the Malad, Idaho, hospital following an operation for appendicitis, performed Tuesday, Oct. 14th. His death came as a shock to his familv, relatives and the people of the Curlew stake, where he was well known and highly respected. Funeral services were held on Thursday at 1 p. m. at the Holbrook ward chapel, under the direction of Interment Bishop Loren Hunsaker. was in the Holbrook cemetery. Mr. Sweeten was born at Mendon, Utah, April 10, 1883, a son of Robert and Amanda Hagle Sweeten. He moved to Holbrook in 1900 with his parents, his father being the first He homesteader in that section. married Lila Howard of Rockland, Idaho, about 20 years ago. He served as bishop of the Holbrook ward for a number of years. He also filled a mission to the Southern States some years ago, and was a member of the High Council of the Curlew stake at the time of his death. He was manager of the telephone company at Holbrook and was also a very progressive farmer. Surviving are his widow and the Mrs. following sons and daughters: WarGenevieve Williams of Garland; ren H. Sweeten, who is now filling a mission at Toronto, Canada; Claudia, Robert, George G., Dewey, Lisle, Bonnie .Sweeten and a baby girl 'two years of age, all of Holbrook, Idaho. Surviving also are his father, Robert Sweeten, age 90, of Salt Lake City, and the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. Martha Holbrook, Mrs, Idlma Cragun, Mrs. Alberta Barlow, and Mrs. Chloe Hamilton, all of Salt Lake City; Robert L. Sweeten of San Francisco, Calif.; G. G. Sweeten of Garland; Colen H. Sweeten and Mrs. Mary A. Atkinson, of Holbrook. As far as it has been able to deter- mine (by tangible evidence) O. P. Bates, Alvin Norr, Rudy Miller and Russell Waldron are the first of the Tremonton hunters to return with the goods, each of them having got a buck. In as much as the editor received a few nice juicy steaks no questions were asked so we do not know and are therefore unable to say whether they were correled before shooting or not. Anyway they each had a buck and ai O. P. says that's that and no foolin'. " AMENDMENT NUMBER avuav' Sams ms,. 6. 'ft . WT--' B0 Speaker Shows How Exist In N Inequalities Present Tax Laws ; . recognizes that nox equitable distribution of the-tabuden can be work-- ' ed out in Utah without taking into ac- - ' count the prevailing inequalities in f school finance, because ' the larger part of tax revenues go "for education, The amendment proposes, to open the way for the legistMurre' to provide equal educational advantages to the extent of guaranteeing, to eery d of the state an opportunity tc obtain a fair education which will fit the child for future citizenship;Many school districts are unable to carry on an educational ipregram which will insure a child a fair stand ard of instruction in those, basic educational ideals which are generally recognized as minimum objectives. The greatest of inequalities exist now in Utah and some districts even under . excessive local tax rates cannot provide a fair standard of. education while others with small tax rates are able to offer exceptional educational opportunities. The child who is educated in the poor, school, under an untrained teacher having poor equipment and meager materials frequently becomes. a competitor. lateV a ward, and finall v a nobject of charity in a society com- posed of .individuals receiving better train in r. Henvi tha nuul annilU.. ation has been recognized in many'-- ' states as necessary to protect the state and its institutions. All the boys and girl3 of Utah should receive from their state a n degree of educational opportune ities which the state recognize. I necessary - to fit.tnemTor"i.iJre citizenship. -- . ' child-war- - . ! Sweeten Of Holbrook C'r IS EXPLAINED ever-prepare- d, Death Claims W. H. " - Th& school tax" amendment is a vital part of ,the tax revision program. It I i Report On 1930 Walton Honored Former Local Rancher On His 76th Birthday Dies Tues. At Salt Lake C. A. Turkey Crop Shows Decrease The children and descendants of C. August A. Nichols, former rancher turkey crop of 1930 for the country as a whole is about 3 per cent A. Walton, of this city, gathered at and stock grower, of Box Elder smaller than that of 1929, but larger the home of Mrs. J. S. Calderwood, of County, died Tuesday at a hospital than either the 1928 or 1927 crops, Logan, Sunday, October 19th, in in Salt Lake City, of Jaundice, followaccording to the turkey report of the honor of Mr. Walton's 76th birthday. ing an illness of several weeks duraThe Department of Agriculture. The tion. de- crease in the States from which the commercial supply of turkeys largely comes, which are the States from the Dakotas to Texas and westward, was considerably greater than 3 per cent, amounting for the whole area to about 10 per cent. The increase which tended to offset the decreases in the areas were mostly in the East Central States, being largely in the states where the drought of last spring and summer was most severe. In general, the dry, hot weather of the past season was exceptionally favorable for raising young turkeys and the proportion of turkeys raised to poultry hatched was larger thau usual. This had the effect of offsetting to a considerable extent the decrease in hatclung due to the relatively unfavorable prices received last year. In spite of the shortage of feed supplies in some areas, the condition of the young turkeys about October 1 this year as reported by growers was about the same as of the same date last year. For the country as a whole the proportions of the turkeys that would be ready for the Thanksgiving and Christmas markets this year were reported as practically the same as last year. The western States, including Texas have about 92 per cent as many turkeys as they had a year ago; UTAH has about 95 per cent and Nevada about 90 pre cent of their numbers last year. cem-merci- al The following were In attendance: He was born at Brigham City, Jan.and Mrs. Samuel Wilde and son 24, 1S65. As a young man he uary Mr. Mrs. and Willard Charles, entered the stockraising industry, of Coalville; Mr. and Mrs. J. In this he was H. Rhead and son Hal, Mrs. Janet locating in Bothwell. successful and at the time he left Marshall, Elizabeth and Mary Bu- very this several years ago he had chanan, of Salt Lake City; Mr. and built valleya as a dairyman reputation up Mrs. W. S. Muir and son Dana, Mr. and Mrs. James Walton and son and stockraiser, having had some very fine herds. Jimmy, of Tremonton; and Mrs. J. S. Upon leaving here he moved to Calderwood and children Blanche, Idaho and later moved to Sandy, Margaret, James, Spencer and Curtis. Utah, where he engaged in ranching. Family reminiscences were the diMr. Nichols is survived by his versions of the day. At 3 o'clock a de- widow and the following daughters: licious banquet was served to twenty-fou- r Mrs. Mildred Nichols, of Tremonton; guests. Mrs. William Neimoyer, California; Mrs. L. M. Ellis, of Tremonton and Gertrude Nichols, of Sandy; and the following brothers and sisters: Adolph of Corimie, Peter, Tremonton; Henry Lawr of Idaho; Mrs. Bert Gibson and Annie Stokes, of Tremonton; Mrs. J. Hal-bur- t, W. L. Garlick of Ogden, and fomer-l- y of California and Mrs. J. G. Fox-leof Bear River City, was sentenced of Oregon; also six grandchildren. to serve six months in the county jail Funeral services will be held in the yesterday, on a charge of breaking Tremonton ward chapel Friday at 2 P. into the premises of Reginald Burt at M., under the direction of Bishop Blue Creek, and taking a rifle and James Walton. wearing apparel from his place. Mr. Garlick entered a plea of guilty to the M Ball-entyn- e, Men Get Jail Sentences For Infractions y, charge when arraigned Court. Letter Received From in the City Canadian Missionary Woodrow J, W. Hart, a member of the grain storage division of the federal farm board, has arrived in Ogden and will make an intensive survey of the storage facilities of this region with the cooperation of W. H. Berrett and Jess W. Wade, manager and secretary, respectively, of the Intermountain Grain Growers, Inc. Mr. Hart will recommend where new warehouse can be built and where there are too many at the present time. A meeting will be held in the Blue Creek district early in November to determine whether growers should build a warehouse there, Mr. Berrett reported on his return from that district. Mr. Berrett went to Blue Creek last Saturday to meet with the grain growers but it was impossible to get them all together. It is probable that a warehouse will either be built theror at Tremonton, he said. - Lawrence Steffen, enterprising young business man of Tremonton and manager of the local Poultry plant, and Miss Iris Hunsaker, daughter of Mr .and Mrs. M. L. Hunsaker, and formerly nurse at the Valley Hospital, were married at the Logan Temple, Wednesday. They are now on their honeymoon. There young people are highly respected citizens of Tremonton who have a host of friends who will join the Leader in wishing them a long life - f Am'endmiint No. 3 propos, ,j t0 t front the local taxes an amtuu to approximately $750,000 totne equal state fund and open the way for he legislature to prescribe the mannerlL of ap- portioning this amount to thoseXlia-trict- s . ' Bv-f- ' ' needing additional financing carry. on at Jeast a educational pror gram such as the legislature shall determine. In advance of legislation being enacted it is impossible .to say whether or not this will man any increase in the amount provided for education in Utah. This would be up to the legislature to determine: but it would be feasible to largely offset the increased state aid by providing for almost a uniform local school tax rate considerably below what is now levied in many districts. This is th program generally favored. If this amendment and amendment No. 2 for classification of property be passed ,the result will probablyv-bt reduce the school tax rates noV' applied on real estate, improvement. livestock and personal property in some districts. The money for the state equalization fund would be. made up from taxes collected from taxing ' incomes or intangibles. Consequently, this school amendment instead of placing1 an increased burden on the present taxpayer would actually, in .time, shift part of the cost of education from the backs of the property owner to the person of property not now carrying a fair share of the cost of education. The questions of detail is a legislative matter. Our present problem is to so amend the constitution as to permit the legislature to bring about this adjustment. Briefly, the question on this amendment may be stated thus: "Do the people of Utah want to open they way for the legislature to provide, for school equaliiation and at the same time shift part of the school coste from tangible property to income or intangibles?" If so, they should vote "Yes" on amendments Nos. 2 and 3. '. " f V ' . e Adult Class Law Program Puts Gun-nel- l, honest-hearte- . , r et-ti- f I 1 , cer-tai- Piner plead guilty to a 194 Albert St., charge of malicious mischief in that he was connected with the destroying London, Ont. Canada. of certain harness and window panes irt a house, and was sentenced to serve Bear River Valley Leader six months, the court reservingn the Tremonton, Utah. right to suspend sentence at any time Dear Mr. Walton: A word of thanks to you for the on a proper showing. "Leader." It has been a source of news, comfort and pleasure to me ever since I entered the missionfield. I continue to look forward to its appearance each week. Gay I have travelled extensively this Miss Doris Mortensen entertained summer throughout the Canadian at the home of her parents on the Mission and parts of the Eastern 19 of October, the affair being in States Mission. The experiences I enhonor of Floyd Stohl and Ferris Allen countered were wonderful. Of M. I. A. While I was engaged in pioneering who are soon departing for European the work in the little city of Goderich On Missions. The rooms were tastefully decorat- on the shore of Lake Huron, I reed in the Hallowe'en colors, and the ceived a transfer to New Brunswick Friday evening under the auspices on the far Canadian east. On July 3, the adult class of the local M. I. A. of dainty refreshments served, further I Law Enforcement program, followcaried out the same scheme. The time accompanied by my brother Jeese, a was enjoyably spent playing games, started for my new field of labor ed by a party (was put on as one of traveling by highway or "Missionary the outlined programs for the year. and taking pictures. as it is some times called. The Those present besides the guests of Express" program consisted of community Our trip took us from London, Ont., honor, were: The Misses Rae Abbott, across the country to Mount Vernon, singing of the national hymn, directed Norma Harris, Rae Empey, Lola by Mrs. James Walton; invocation by thence up the coast to my O. L. Brough; and brief addresses on Esther .Stohl and Anna and Virginia, destination. the different phases of law enforceGlayds Mortensen; and the messrs. While at Washington, D. C, we had Wayne Gunnell Reeder Waldron, Ken a sumptuous dinner at the National ment were given by Postmaster R. S. Germer, Earl Stohl, Frank Larson, Capitol and witnessed congress in ses- Calderwood, Representative Lucinda Jensen and Bishop James Walton. and Deloras Harris. sion. were given by Mable Beck On our missionary journeys the Readings and Fay Adams and a mixed quartet A delightful party was given FriLord blessed us greatly in raising up composed of Roscoe Heppler, A-- I. day evening by Lola and Wayne Gun- friends to our aid. nell at their home in Howell, the event Morgan, Mrs. Eberhart Zundel and While at Moose Mountain, N. B. I Mrs. Roscoe Heppler was rendered, bein gin honor of Ferris Allen and d two to see was privileged entitled Floyd Stohl, who are leaving soon for 'America, the Beautiful." men wholly converted to the A fitting part of the ceremony was foreign missions. "Bunco" was the gospel of Christ by reading that the flag ceremony put on by the local diversion of the evening, first prize? sacred record, the Book of Mormon. scout troupe under the direction of being awa'rded to Valoy Iversen and New After laboring two months in Scoutmaster Carl Cook, and the consolation prize Brunswick Holdaway and assistine amid the beautiful scenery al- to Darwin Gunnell.. of luxuriant forests and wild berries scoutmaster, Chester Fronk, the Those present were: the Misses Rae to the directed being by flag egiance old I St. John river, was scout Don Luke. along the ; Abbott, Doris Mortensen, Valoy Iver- transferred back to London, Ontario, After the program a and sen, Esther Stohl, Flo Luke, Norma as President of the London district, dance was enjoyed by all party Harris, and Lola Gunnell; and the PeterF. brother Jesse Messrs Ferris Allen, Floyd Stohl, Carl succeeding my released to up the old St Lawrence river its sen, who was Cook, Deloras Harris, Earl Stohl, return home. honorably This, the Iondon dis length visiting all historical Wayne, Don and Darwin Gunnell. Delicious refreshments were served trict, is the largest in the Canadian points and great cities. Many elaboN both in territory and in ate Catholic shrinea were seen. at a late hour, the affair was a very Mission, number of missionaries. I am truly enjoying my ministry,. If. one. enjoyable On mv wtnrn Viere. 1 trnv11wl V la a blessing to try to disseminatVAhis work. and a happy one. They will make their auto with President Chas. TJ Hart of glorious latter-da- y (the Canadian Mission. V& followed home in Tremonton. Leonard M. Petersen. Survey For Local Grain Warehouse Being Made Departing Missionaries Guests At Parties Missionary Farewell To Be Held Saturday Business Men Each Get Local Poultry Manager Buck From South Utah A missionary farewell will be held Weds Iris Hunsaker ward chapel Saturday evening in the in honor of H. Joe Dunn and Floyd Stohl who will leave, Monday, f)ct. 27th for there respective fields of labor. The former to the Hawaiian mission and the latter to the Swedish mission. . The testimonial will consist t of a at very fine program commencing the at inclusand in the 8:30 chapel ion of the program, dancing Wl bee enjoved in the recreationtohaWJeij-nis cordially invited nj a TY1 help give these young m send off. aZ:r- - -- : - semi-month- ly iK'-h- . mm Wm I ' ' " re ' r ft |