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Show G::rcid, l:try Prc:rty Rc!:!ivc$ cf Lchi Fcr.i!::s Rcpcrt en Recent Ecrth Q::hc Tit::dy in Absho Several families la Lrtl who have relatives la Alaska were greatly relieved this wNk by favorable news from them. Mrs. Wilson Greenwood reported that family members had received a telephone message, Both wtrt well health. this time there were stlU minor quakes. All around was a strong smell of gas. Luckily the power was goat at the start of the quake or there would have been Ores a- by way of California that the plenty. Donald Dippel family la unhurt. The gas in the area was soon Mrs. Dippel is her sister, the shut off and all power and waformer Wrl Karreo. This ter was also gone. After about family make their home la Spen-ar- d, 30 minutes we went back Into a suburb of Anchorage, the house and started to place but Mr. Dippel Is employed by things In order, ready to bolt the Anchorage Power Company for the' door on the faintest and bis daughter Cay Is employ- shake. After putting things la ed In the power company's of- fair shape we walked around a fice. Although the Greenwoods couple of stores In our area were unable to get a telephone and they were a mess. A liqcall through, they beard from uor store had all kinds of liqa brother of Mr. Dippel who uor running from under the lives In California, who was door and bottles broken all able to make telephone edhtact over the place. We returned with the family at 12:30 a.m home and lighted candles, then At we put them out, remembering Tuesday morning. A telephone call from A. J the gans, and sat in the dark. "We turned on the radio and Ivy, husband of Emma Clover Ivy, assured Mrs. Clara Clover they were calling for medical and family members, that the personnel at the hospitals. I Ivy family who live in Wran went to the one nearest but gell, Alaska, were unhurt. Mr. they said the response had been Ivy called from Everett, Wash good and they now had all the ington, where he had gone on a medical personnel they needed. business trip. Wrangell was not I walked on over towards the appreciably affected, was re bay and as I walked could see ported. George Clover, who buildings broken in two, cars telephoned from his home In In crevices and places where Jackson, Wyoming, was houses had sunk, streets fallen with the reports concern and raised, and buildings shating his sister and her family. tered. Get the spare room ready, I returned home. They had was the message received by packed emergency bedding and mail, Tuesday, by Mrs. M. S. clothing, food, etc., and placed Lott who has a son, who with It in the car. (All roads are his wife and two children are Impassable). We came back to Anchorage residents. Her son, the house and spent a miserable John Pendelbury, formerly in night listening to the reports California, was assigned by the on the radio and of the Impendgovernment, to the Alaskan post ing tidal wave, which, thank God in the airplane industry, short- never hit us. Minor quakes were ly before Christmas. felt all night and none of us Mrs. Lott had remained near got any sleep. the telephone from the time the The downtown area of Anviolent earthquake struck, Fri- chorage, we hear is a shambles. day. Then she received word The J. C. Penney building is a from family members In Idaho major disaster area as is the that they had heard on the radio Hill Building where I work and that John and Mary Pendelbury West Anchorage High School were alive and unhurt. This where the boys go to school. was all the news she had unI don't know what I will do at til a letter arrived Tuesday work or even where I work, shortly before noon. It was dated Right now I don't care, just glad Mar. 28. On the outer envelope that we all got out of It well the family had facetiously and in good health. "Those Pendelburys typed 'The estimated damage Is (The Earthquake Bunch). $250 million. A map, with blocks sketched "Don't know when this letter in, marks the Pendelbury home will get to you or what will In relation to the heavy damage go on up here for the next In the city. All that they lost, few weeks. It will be weeks they wrote, is some brie a brae before we have sewers, gas which was broken, and perhaps and perhaps power. Without their television set. these I don't know how we One whole city block, includwill gethotmealsorkeepwarm. ing 14 houses, went into the bay, Pm sure that we will make they noted In connection with out all right, and If we don't the map. All of the people from there are at least 40,000 more there are missing. Just like us in the same boat. Mr. Pendelbury wrote, in 10:30- - Just had another earth part quake. "I guess by this time you "Pass .this word on. Mes know all '.;lhe "thews, perhaps sages are limited, won't be more than we do about the able to write many letters, earthquake. At this time we only Speanard felt major damages.' know that we are all well, none With love and good wishes, of us are hurt and very little damage to our property and belongings. We have perhaps lost HONORED ON BIRTHDAY our TV set, but won't know until the power comes on again. A family dinner honored John The rest of the stuff we lost Bushman for his birthday, last was mostly small brlc a brae Saturday evening. Included with and other minor Items that we Mr. and Mrs. Bushman were know of so far. their children and their fam"The quake started at 5:36 ilies, Bishop and Mrs. Wayne p.m.. our time. John and I Bushman, now of Payson; Mr. had just gotten to the grocery and Mrs. Keith Bushman, Mr. store where we were going and Mrs. Leo Hadfield (Ilah), to get a half gallon of milk and Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Peand other odds and ends for terson (Lu Dene), all of Lehi. super and breakfast, when the quake started. I felt the floor start to vibrate. I was next to a fresh vegetable cooler and thought to myself that this cool er was sure a noisy one. Then, as the Intensity picked up, cans began to fall from shelves, bottles began to fall and break, shelves sllddlng and general mayhem. By the time we got to the door- - we could hardly walk. We made it outside and into the center of the street where we stood watching the buildings sway and the cars around us were bouncing as high as two feet into the air. A woman was on the sidewalk on her knees, holding onto one of these cars that was doing a dance and it was pathetic to watch, but we were unable to do anything and no place to move it. her to a safer location. As soon as the quake slowed down John and I headed for the house as fast as we could. Mary (Mrs. Pendelbury) and Dennis (the other son) were standing out in the yard between our apartment and the neighbors. ed -- . Total owners paid $58,504,638 in property taxes, an amount equal to 54.8 per cent of the total property tax collected In the state Elder Kent C Wells last year. Residential property owners paid $33,691,247, or 31.5 per cent of the total pro C. perty taxes charged against all property categories. Other maFrom jor categories Include agricul tural property - $6,769,153, or 6.3 per cent of the total; motor vehicles (passenger cars and 8, or 6.9 per Elder Kent C. Wells, son of cent and unclassified property -$552,176, or 0.5 percent. Allen Wells, has returned home Foundation analysts two a after completing years that the above mission In the West Canadian are based on state-wiMission. Headquarters are lo- ' averages, and that there Is cated at Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He served the entire time considerable variation In the under Mission President Carol property tax base among the several counties of the state, W. Smith. Last year in Utah County, He traveled extensively throughout the entire mission, property taxes charged amount which Includes the provinces of ed to $9,545,675. Of this total, $5,156,529 or 54.02 percent was Alberta and Saskatchewan. Besides proselyting activities, he charged to commercial and in served as Supervising Elder, dustrial property, $3,033,617or 31.78 percent to residential Mission President representative and assistant to the Mis- property, $650,207 or 6.81 per cent to agricultural property, sion President. Elder Wells reported that $687,241 or 7.20 percent to motor vehicles, and $18,081 or encouraging progress is conto other property tinuing, although the missionary .19 percent force has been reduced, with categories. The Utah Foundation study around 135 missionaries In that mission at the present time. shows that total property taxes He labored with Elder Mac charged in Utah last year A. Powell part of the time. Also amounted to $106,837,362. This serving in that area at the present time are Elders Wayne Clark,. Gary Hardman, Kent U & I Harding and Cecil Yates. With a short time spent among the Indians, he reported that the area is a melting pot," with Wells Returns levied In the preceding year (1962). Nearly two thirds of all pro perty taxes collected In Utah goes for the support of the public schools, according to the report In 1963 property taxes levied for school purposes amounted to $70,501,113 or 66 percent of the property tax totaL Property taxes Imposed by counties were $17,350,559 (16.2 percent of the total), city and town taxes equaled $15,015, 740 (14.1 percent), special dis trict taxes amounted to $3.- 848,483 (3.6 percent), and boun ty taxes totaled $121,467 (0.1 percent) last ysar. Canadian Mission Sugar Co. Declares many nations represented. Among them areUkranlan, French, German and Spanish as well as those of British extraction. General conference reports were brought there by television for the first time last April, was reported. A new mission home was built during the time Elder Wells was there. Presl dent Moyle addressed the "all mission" conference shortly before his death. Enrolled immediately following his return, Kent Is attending BYU. The "welcome home" in his honor will be held Sunday; April 19, in the Second Ward Chapel with Bishop Kenneth Singleton in charge. Friends and family members are Invited to attend the meeting which will begin at 6 p.m. RALPH HAWS NEW WARD CLERK IN MID VALE WARD 25c Dividend A regular semi-annu- al dlvi dend of 25 cents a share and a special dividend of five cents a share were declared today by the Board of Directors of Utah-IdaSugar Company. The regular dividend maintained an annual rate of 50 cents a share established when the Directors declared a semi annual dividend of 25 cents a share on Sept. 11, 1963. The sugar company has maintained an annual dividend rate of 40 cents a share a common stock since 1959. The last special dividend was paid in 1953. T. W. Cockayne, vice presl dent, secretary and treasurer of U & I, said both the regular and special dividend will be pay able April 30, 1964, to stock holders of record at the dose of business April 3, 1964. Utah-Idahas outstanding 2,371,283 shares of common stock. The firm markets sugar in 24 mldwestern and western states. U & I factories are located at Moses Lake and Top penlsh in Washington; Idaho Falls, Idaho; West Jordan and Garland in Utah; and Belle Fourche, South Dakota. ho ho Ralph Haws, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Haws of this city was recently sustained as ward clerk in the Mldvale Fifth Ward. Ralph is married to the former Connie Dean and they have two sons, Kelly and Robert, and a daughter, Suzanne. The long-ranobjective of the Forest Service is that Wild life habitat will wield a fish and game population adequate to meet the expected tremendous Increase in sportsmen ge use." This statement by Floyd Iver- son of Ogden, regional forester, keynoted the all -- day winter meeting here Thursday of the Uinta National Forest's multiple use advisory council and forest service personnel. Clarence Thornock, Uinta National Forest supervisor, dl- -' rected the sessions which featured discussions on wildlife habit and its management and Improvement. Specific phases of the prob lem were discussed by advisory council members. The 10 citizens serving on the council are Dr. Vasco M. Tanner, Stella H. Oaks and S. E. Jacobsen, Provo; Mrs. Harold Christen-se- n and Myron Chllds, Spring vtlle; Leo Harvey, Pleasant Grove; Dr. P. L. Jones, Nephl; Jack Allshouse, American Fork; Ivan Anderson, Heber; and Howard Pace, Lehl. The group approved plans summer field infor a two-dspection of forest resources and projects Aug. 3- in the Nebo ay -4 area. Mr. Iverson outlined the concept of the multiple yield act passed by Congress in 1960 which directs "that the renewable resources of timber, wildlife, water, forage and recreation of the Na- - .T. f ill Southwick Is 15: AIL Sec 9, 10; T. 7 Your smile is to keep for a lifetime. Take care of it. Keep your mouth clean. C, 8- NW14NE14. 1TW14.W1X- t S. . Sl2 7.NElEl4.81XXLr The purpose of tats notice Is to allow an persons claiming the land adversely to file la the Land a Box 777, Salt Lake Office, p. City. Utah, 84110, their objections to Issuance of adeedtothe State. Any objections must be filed, with evidence that a copy thereof has beta served on the Director, State Land Board, State of Utah, 108 State Capitol, Salt Lake City, Utah, within 60 days from the date of first publication indicated below. R.M.Zundel Chief, Lands Section. First publication Mar. 19, 1964. Last publication Apr. 16, 1964. Wagstaff, wen known Christine and Scott, of preschool age. Gayle is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Junior Evans of ihls city. Dean Welch Dean Is a resident of Lehl and a graduate of B. Y. U. We feel that he Is well qualified to handle your Insurance Needs and If you have a home, a car, a boat, or equipment, he If at your service. He's our nswtst rtprtstntativ with offkts fit 424 West North 768-29- 46 LEHI farmers Inouranco Group urs nu auto truck commercial home Low t When CONGRESS recently reduced the Federal income tax for individuals, it also reduced the tax on corporations. The former Federal tax rate of 52 on taxable income for corporations was reduced to 50 As a HOUR- S- a.m. to & pm dafljtl (Closed Saturdays and Sunday 71 Street-L- 48 next year. of these reductions we are filing revised schedules with the Utah Public Service Commission for a reduction of all consumer rates based on our tax saving for both this year and next. This will result in a saving of approximately $410,500 annually for our natural gas custo- Wyoming. Television Radios Car Radios Main result to mers in Utah. We expect to meet soon with the Wyoming Public Service Commission to propose a similar rate reduction for our customers in to Ail ehl Our natural gas rates, which are already 37 below the national rata OLTnaDDDDDODQaaaaannnnnnDnDQtraooDnnDa aver- - age, will now be even lower. 01) (o Natural gas serves you best g former Lehl residents, have spent la that location. They hart five children, Susanna, Don and n R. will be reduced - - T.ftR. 1-- Wo'd liko you to moct 5 - R. W tec SW14; T. 8 1 B 35: Lots 4; Sec 31: Lot 5; Utah 0 13X34- T. S., K. X W Sec tit UU even lower! Of gJC tt: Lots LLT,! -, R. 1 Cac receiv- OFF- cv tV NlXWl4; Sec t2t NE14; Utah ing medical treatment. He was admitted March 25. Mrs. W. L. (Essie) Worlton is reported doing well. Clarence Ball, Jess Gurney and Dell Singleton remain patients at the hospital. this year, and Complete Ssnrico All Make j . . . 5th West Lehl tsu3 tr natural gas rates are now Radio & Television Sendee 126S North C-J-- ra. 6. Charles DP JACK'S Phone PO programs. Patients - 3 0133591 Sec 14: Deep snows at Kimball Junc tion, in the Park City area. kept Mr. and Mrs. Gay la Evans and their family "snowed In," it was reported by family mem bers this week. Access to their home is made by way of a tunnel, as the snow was piled up over their heads. The child' ren go down through the tunnel to catch the school bus on the highway. Mr. Evans, who Is a doctor of veterinary science, Is employed as overseer of a cattle ranch, owned by the Walker Bank. The 500 Black Angus cattle In the herd, are now at their winter quarter on the location of the former Remington Arms plant In Salt Lake valley. Dally trips are taken by truck, which Is parked on the highway and reached by way of the tunnel under the snow. Snow plows have attempted to keep the Evans1 driveway clear through the winter, but during the past three weeks it has been impossible to pile up the snow any higher, they said. This is the second winter that Gayle and Lola ed M if Mem ENEIAlOlMtTIII of nt Mr. Allshouse showed films of forest inspection tours spot lighting problems of wildlife habitat improvement. Mr. Chllds applauded efforts of stockmen and sportsmen to promote cooperation but said there Is still much room for progress here. He cited stockmen's complaints of thoughtless ital hunter behavior such as cutting fences, leaving gates open, Mrs. Hyrum (Camille) Ste- killing livestock, destroying vens of American Fork re- signs, trampling feed, stamceived medical treatment, Mar. peding animals, etc. 24-2- of gatSMi the tefftatl UJ.C, Sec tended, the Calm of UX fcj ffled applications to sdactCa following toads, a3 BiOsCt Lake MerbSaa, .Utah! tnt (43 GAYLE EVANS FAMILY SNOWED IN" AT PARK CITY LOCATION tlonal Forest system some 186 million acres -- shall be managed on a multiple use and sustained yield basis" for the benefit of all the people. Wildlife habitat improvement programs, he said, must re cognize other resources and uses on the national forests and be In harmony with them. Mr. Iverson cited the follow ing as needed Improvement projects in the Uinta and other forests: Rehablliatlon of dam aged or forage-deficiebig game ranges, fencing to reg ulate use. control of slltation In fishing streams, stream lm provement structures and streambank stabilization, ad' dltional fishing areas, better access to hunting and fishing areas, and Improvement of up land game bird habitat. He showed slides on wildlife habi tat problems. Dr. Tanner cited the need to maintain a "water and land balance" on the watersheds, and declared: "Conservaton must be Impressed upon all of the people of the nation. This is imperative for the perpetuity of future generations." Dr. Jones appealed for unity and foresight in proceeding with forest resources development Cri3 C7LZIJ tSSSSX. The Model UN helps students Increase Yield of Fish, Game em-has- lze Cf T73 H-- EXPAXR2T to develop political awareness. Long Range Forest Objective: trucks)-$7,320,14- de Asj:ly The oldest and largest High School Model United Nations Assembly la the country will hold Its tenth annual meeting at the University of Utah April 17 and 18. Over 1500 students from 70 Utah high schools wlU be on the campus to learn about and discuss world affairs at the Utah assem Model UN. The two-da- y bly Is sponsored Jointly by the University Division of Contin uing Education, and the Utah Chapter of the Association for the United Nations. Dr. Harold W. Bentley, dean of the Division of Continuing Education and Chairman of the Model UN said this year's col loquium discussion will be the role of the United Nations and the role of the United States in the UN. He said the topic for was $10,269,264 or 10.6 percent more than the amount rra rem ir--r the apeciiliied agencies ttoa elU na 'Edncattoe. The see flows, which begia after the traditional parade of flags, wis give the yonngUtahns opportunity to debate the major Issues of our civilization. basing their debate not their own prejudices but upon a conscientious attempt to adopt the views and attitudes of their assigned country. $k!:dcU. Tax in Ofci Prc-3r- ty Kearly 55 per cent of the total property tax paid In Utah last year was borne by owners of commercial and lndustrl?l property. This fact was disclosed In a study Just released by Utah Foundation, the private tax research organization. According to the report, commercial and Industrial property Kent U. II. Qdf of Givncrs Pav Over and la good n H!chSth::l costs you M0 (JUT A IN n? cmmit Afauiai (as SW FUEL ta. |