Show COUNTY SCHOOL TAX LEVY LEVYS Supt S pt J L Brown Makes Statement Relative tt tn Raising Assessment From 2 to 4 Mills Ill lili In Iii Canon or n it Very oud Actor Special Correspondence Utah Co April 1 County Superintendent of Schools James L 1 Drown has made the tho following state strate statement ment on the question of time the countY count school tux tax levy which Md MI Brown and the school trustees desired to base raised front from 2 to 4 mills This matter wits fully discussed at a recent meeting of tho thiO school trustees of the tho country where n it report of time the fin condition of the different districts was given U It was found that a num number her ber of the smaller districts hail had a gr great it advantage over oer the others othern due to the fact that a large part of the corporate property of the county Is In located In those districts as wag wa shown by the following report giving the th corporate property school population of the different School Population Property Provo 2111 f 1111 Spanish Pork Tork 1125 1121 l Lake Shorn Shore i 21 t Salem alent S 4 Sit 1063 Hiting Lake i M 56 33 90 0 i r Fairfield 61 Cedar Fort i 41 Lehl Lehi 2 Alpine in 17 7 American Fork Pleasant drove Groso Til Lincoln Thistle o 87 97 Clinton j 61 Tucker 76 6 Colton 32 12 20 Highland 78 Manning 4 i 26 6 Mt Nebo 30 Totals No corporate property U It will be seen by the above that nearl of the corporate prop property property erty Is located In the following dis districts dL Thistle Clinton Tucker Colton and Mt With n a total school t p of only while Shore Alpine h land and Salem with a total school population of 1103 1169 have little or no cot cor corporate property The rho support of tire the schools In these then districts la is a heavy burden upon the people To raise the th county levy 2 mills and lower the district of this the larger districts 2 mills will not materially af at affect feet the larger districts nod and will be of greAt assistance to the poorer districts The Tho school boards of larger Including Provo city have assured the tUe commissioners thirst that If they will the county levy 2 mill the tho boards will still lower the district levy 2 mills so 90 per cent of tho people will pay the game tax while material advantage will conic come cometo to over school children of tie e coon conn ty The extra burden will fall fali on the wealthy districts where torpor corpor corporations pay front from 75 to 90 per er cent of the taxes The Interest of our public free school system Is ig to give to every child In the tho state stale as far ax possible good school privileges privilege Surely the carrying canning out of this Intent demands that the county levy be kept nt at a maximum and the district tax at a ii minimum In n a county where from a local district tat tar less than 3 per Iser cent of the school population draws support from froni nearly JO 90 per pr cent of the corporate property while from ti it county count levy every child draws an equal support I A Hid A 4 come came down Provo canyon yesterday above the Power company plant nt at the place where Mr was as killed by a sew eral years ago This time no life was host ost and comparatively little damage done Tim Tho water In the river was all dammed oft off for several hours and the railroad track U ii covered to a depth of 50 or 60 feet for a distance of about feet A big force of men rare are at work clearing the track for the railroad company and In the meantime pass n geTs pern on the Heber lieber branch are being transferred at the slide NOT COMMITTED Peter Peterson th the young Armenian which he today said was hi his national Ity It was examined before Judge by jy Doctors and as asto asto to hU his sanity and the doctors decided that his mind was not affected nt at least not sufficiently to warrant his commitment t to th thi mental hospital Peterson however lo to A layman ap art appears pears to be mentally unbalanced Ho to heave leive the courtroom for far sev several eral hours after he was discharged and would not n go to get tret something to rat eat lie said ha li would like hike some foot footIt It it was sas brought up to him Ho lie also that Judge would have J b take care of him now that he lie Lr here und that the judge should pet int him a ticket to Macedonia Deputy SI Graham finally persuaded him H ti leave heave the tho room ami to FO Vt to th this Ju do JuI doI I ol 01 with him blip Where Mr Graham arrangement to get et a ticket for Pter leter ion on Hut hIlt all of a i Hidden Peterson nil came trinie back up town H 11 Han I an lilt afterwards seers noen near the asylum Ills Hlo conversation anti and actions while In th tb after Ills examination 4 nd ird while with wIlh Mr t that he la is or a verY actor ALlIS hilal 1 IS Hales nf of Robinson 33 nn 1 IlOr Drown of Provo 31 have re received liVed u ft license licence GARDEN PITY CITY NOTIS heck Reck has moved lila his Jewelry to tire the P Pargo J building on oti Clayton of oC th ho Provo Wool Woolen ool en cli Mills company lias emitted lit 12 tr nil clues looms which will swill wi tire the tc tO Ha Its month 1 13 output of 04 goode antI ant inches a it total nf of M tO looms In time the mill Mr will pa o to Ray Raymond mond Canada to make incIse lid hei burnt with her ier son William Bullock Dullock ilie h wilt will be lie accompanied by b her tr and Mr and Mrs Mr Prank Holt I expects to leave tot foi Canada with Isis his amity Ii In Inthe the n near r future The rue for fr driving a about 1100 feet the blue hunt tim tho mouth of canyon hate han hanKen Ken It let by the tho Power Jower mi lon to lo tire the 1 tah company The hi tunnel will cost coat and will be u d for con convi vi 5 lag water for fimi the hew power lover plant to It be built at itt tint tho mouth of the canyon by ty the thin sum summer mer |