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Show The Weekly Reflex hkltM kr . RUE INLAND PRINTING CO. W. T. ETPEBOON, E41UC C. A. EPPSES ON. Am.H.U tMUr M ini. :. uuk, uSw u irt Utah-Colora- Aiwtlalaa r.U. Ml apUaUM Cobocription $2.00 a year in advance TCLEP80NES If, r. C, A. Eni. N. tl N. 14 14 Epperee, OUIm N. JVIay - . thf People So that nothing be done to delay the appropriation. "These messages to Congressman Colton was followed by a letter Tuesday to Senator Reed Smoot aigned by a score or more Of men prominent in the business, professional and .civic life of Salt Lake City. "The letter was in the nature of a reply to Mr. Wallace, chairman of the river commission, who recently dispatched a telegram to Senator King urging delay. , "By inference the letter charged that.the Boulder dam issue was being made a political footbalL Rather than te be obstructionists, we should seek to make Salt Lake City the center of distribution for equipment and materials in the building of this vast project, is the concluding paragraph. "The letter in full follows: "The people of Utah feel that nothing should be done to delay the appropriation for Boulder dam. Price of power, as outlined by Secretary of the Interior Wilbur will only react to the benefit of this state in the future. As yoq have pointed out, this will b retrosetive, and should Utah insist on a higher price of power, it will mean that the aame schedule will be applied to any request for power s state. made It ia the opinion of many throughout the state that the Boulder dam issue should not be made a "political football." We feel this great development merits something better than this, and feel assured you will give it your support "The possibilities of development in southern .Utah and northern Arizona, north of the Colorado river, are waiting only for cheap power, and why should we not avail ourselves of the opportunity to obtain the most necessary factor in ths development of our agricultural and mineral resource!? If Flaming Gorge or the Dewey projects should be developed in the future, a high schedule will again react to the disadvantage of Utah and her future development!. " Rather than to be obstructionists, we should seek to make Salt Lake City center of distribution for equipment materials in the building of this project. -- MUM FtklUIJ 1( MCMi-dl- M KimUlti a. Know In this issue of The Reflex much space is given to the memorial court-lous- e muddle, a question which is agitating the minds of every taxpayer in Davis county, either for or against, the proposition. Both insides the tof'the question are set forth articles herein published, and there should be no Excuse for anyone saying they do not understand what going on. by-thi- Fire the Enemy of Prosperity United States is going through period of industrial readjustment and working to solve the employment problem. It is interesting to consider the effect of our annual fire lose in a The thie connection. In the first place, the yearly fire waste of approximately 1500,000,000 Is enough to employ 400,000 people at glOO a month for one year. This money alone, if constructively used, would have a sslutory effect on emk ployment. In the second place, every fir causes an inestimable loss, indirectly, da to cessation of business and loss of time and labor. Thla condition is Hollowed by unemployment and lowered purchasing power. In the. third place, every fire reduces our national wealth. Destroyed property is irreplaceable, in the broad sense. We cannot be "protected" from Hire. An insurance policy, for example, creates nothing new. It helps replace a property that was uselessly destroyed and thereby uses money that could have otherwise gone into new activity. This year fire losses' have been March was rising.' The loss during ?1, 686, 578 greater ' than in March, 1929. No nation, no matter how wealthy, can forever afford our colossal fire waste. Fire is the enemy of prosperity. Dr. D. courthouse at Farmington. Keith Barnes has signed one or more of those articles as chairman of the men. county organization of This has resulted, I believe, in leaving with the reader the impreasion that men of ths county were all opposed to this project. Such is not the case. I wish to take this bppor-tunit- y to stats that Dr.. Barnes is not authorized to speak concerning this mater for the George R. Day post No. 79. The American Legion,. of Bountiful, nor for its membership! The members of this post are heartily in favor of the memorial courthouse, and feel that the board of county commissioners should be supported in the action which they have taken. I believe that the above it the sentiment of nearly men of all, if not all, of the South Davis countyr "I shall appreciate it if you will publish this statement in your paper, so that the erroneous impression which has gone out may be corrected as soon as possible. "Very truly yours, ROBERT W. HATCH Commander. GEORGE R. DAY Post, Ths American Legion." Co. to Goddard-Abbe- y Audit County Books ex-servi-ce ce of Minutes of meeting of board held- - Monday, county commissioners presMay 19, 1930, all commissioners ent. Messrs. J. W. Warf, Alex Dahl and inJ. T. Clark who represent miningwere terests up Farmington canyon to do present and urged the county some road building, approximately mile, so that they might continue ther road farther up the canyon to their properties. State Road Commissioner H. H. Blood and Mr. K. C. Wright were some present relative to obtaining some out take to small rights of way sharp curves on the state highway at Bountiful and Clearfield. Edmund Whitaker was present and liked that Georp A Hess ba appointed as drainage commissioner of the Farmington drainage district for a term of three years. On motion George A. Hess was appointed. Goddard' of Goddard-Abbe- y speared before the meeting and called the attention of the board "Yes," said the first man, "motoring to the necessity of the is a great thing. I used to be slugaudit After due consideration of progish before the motoring craze, but posals made, it was moved and secnow I'm spry and energetic." onded that .the bid of Goddard-Abbe- y "I didnt know you owned company be accepted, and they be remarked the other. employed to audit the books of the "I dont I dodge." county. one-ha- lf ce ' j aemi-annu- al property. d from Niagara Falls, where an abundant water supply makes steam plant construction unnecessary. During the same year, the Buffalo, Niagara and Eastern companies, with In the Niagara Hudson system, al though generating 20 per cent of their by steam, sold 4,436,403,784 energy kilowatt-hour- s for $32,911,782. In addition to furnishing 42 per cent more power, for only 1 to per cent more money, these same New York companies, during 1928, paid taxes totaling $4,516,413 as contrasted with publicly-owne- d properties me bulk of the tax obligashift which j tion to the general taxpayers. - tax-exern- pt Wiliam R. Wallace Hears From Business Men on Boulder Dam It .is indeed pleasant to note that a of constructive business men of 'KToup Salt Lake City have decided to take 'a hand in the Boulder dam squabble which William R. Wallace, chairman of the Colorado River Conservation commission, has. been bo assiduously cultivating for years. Utah, through Its legislature, placed its approval on the Boulder Dam- act of congress, and Governor Dem approved the- - law. --Then and there and forever henceforth Utah was bound, and it is no, credit to William R. Wallace that tip a perpetual campaign' of opposition and fault finding in his effort to delay the building of the great dam. The benefit of the Boulder dam is Ire-kep- t -- almost incalcuable, not only to Cali-fom- ia but to the entire Colorado river lasin. Its completion and the pf other dAms on the Colorado and Green rivers will bring this region Into its own as a manufacturing com-pleti- oa -- - region;-an- d when hat-day-comes -- it will not be through the efforts of reactionaries. It appears that Congressman Don U. Colton has taken a final stand and "will not be influenced by the carping criticism of Mr. Wallace or the obstruction plans of Arizona. The following article sets forth the position taken by Congressman Colton and the Salt Lake business men: Congressman Don B. Colton will turn n deaf ear to the. appeal of Wil liam XL Wallace, chairman of the river commission, to delay the appropriation for construction of Boulder dam until a study can be made of the power rates proposed by Secretary of the Interior Wilbur. "This was his message Honda a number of urgent telegram as! . -- Layton, Utah ce 1929. Auditor was authorized to issue quit claim deed on Bonneville Irrigation district taxes for the year 1925 and the Bonneville taxes for 1928 were authorized reduced to the basis of 1929 taxes on property qf D. R. Tolman and Clarence C. Briggs. Quit claim deed was authorized to Evona Investment company upon payment of taxes, interest and costs on 41.20 acres in section 24, township 6 north, range 2 west. Treasurer was authorized to accept $125.75 in redemption of property of W. E. Potter upon Ms property in Nor th Farmington for taxes for 1925. On motion meeting adjourned. FOR SALE! Modem 4-Ro- House om in Kaysville. Chicken Coop and Grainery. One Lot Ground. Price Very Reasonable, Phone Haysrille 130-R- l A heuse offers little but shelter, a place o ' eat and sleep. In it the Mother works every mvovmiL COLUMN Editor of The Weekly Reflex. Dear Sir: . May I please present for publication the following communication: As a citizen, taxpayer and mRn, being much more, interested in my duties and obligations than what 1 am in my supposed rights, I wish to state publicly that Dr. D. K. Barnes does not represent me in the attitude and action he has taken against the Davis county memorial courthouse and the commissioners of our county, and I feel that it is only a small percentage of the four or five hundred men of this county that he does represent. May I say, also, that the group who in last weeks Reflex posed as the "Citizens Publicity Committee" and those whom I know to be at the bottom of the opposition have not before been known to me as champions of the "Boys nor to have stepped out at any time and declared themselves for any public and progressive movement, especially when a tax dollar was carrying unnecessary burdens. day And yet some say, Why do women seem to grow old faster than men!" ljii , low-rat- Commenting on the production of "electricity in Ontario, Canada, and New York state, F. L. Carlisle, chairman of the Board of the Niagara, Hudson Power corporation, in a letter to ' Governor Roosevelt of New York 'state, gives some definite figures which challenge serious consideration. fie points out that in 192S, the last year for which statistics are available, the Ontaria Electric system sold within the province 3,061,545,371 kilowatt- -' hours of electricity for $32,431,648. Practically all of this power came Slurley Heywood I ic government-owne- You know get screened befor. the file cornel 4 pro-vincia- lly - er WE ARE AS BUSY AS THE DICKENS but turn. in your screen enter and see how quickly it run . What Is the Answer? -- Ik G. Corbridge. presented a petition from property owners on Gentile street in Layton, asking for relief from4 flooded condition of road. Mat-twas referred to Commissioner Clark. Minutes of May 5 and May 10, 1930 were read and approved. It was moved and seconded that the county attorney be authorized to secure additional legal help to defend the case against the county officials, in which a group of taxpayers are seeking to enjoin the commissioners from building the court house as s men. memorial to the On account Of property assessed in the name of Floyd H. Simpson and recorded in tax sale record, 198, page 16, line 7, belonging to state of Utah, the county treasurer was authorized to release same from sale of 1928 and Davis the Premier Fruit County of Utah From present indications Davis county will easily be the premier fruit producing county in Utah for the year 1930. This happy condition is in no wise new for it has not yet been recorded within the memory of man, and the memory of man runs back beyond government records,, when there was a fruit crop failure in Davis county. Cherries and peaches are above normal, while apricots are a shy crop. Fears and' apples promise well, espe'Proponents of municipal, state and cially The strawberry crop 'government ownership and operation will be pears. on in a few days and promises -' continelectric of utility companies above normal. Other berries promise ually cite the Ontario, Canada, well. hydro-electrowned system e as an example of a well managed, -- THURSDAY, MAY 22. ign THE WEEKLY REFLEX KAYSVILLE. UTAII PAGE FOUR V V bsm 1 Electric Range f4 ce Here are the three 0v . t r "ex-servi- ce I concerned. 1 know that the county commissioners for more than a year have had this proposition before tho public, publishing a picture of a propos building and asking for comments, suggestions and criticism, publishing the proposed budget providing money for the contemplated building and giving notice of public hearing there' on; and talking with individuals and groups freely and openly throughout the county until all persons pretending to taken any interest in public affairs should have decided and made known to the commissioners, more than four months ago,-- their attitude in nour and not at this-latthe-matte- r e law suits and - embarrassments are sure to result in any action taken. Still feeling a touch of patriotism and loyalty as I have tried to show forth in the past toward county, Btate and nation, I rise to the Support of those public officers whom I have helped elect to govern and promote the general welfare when as now . they are properly and honestly discharging their duties as 1 know the County com missioners have done; and I ask. loyal citizens throughout the county to do likewise, that the commissioners may - the know that they-hasupport of the people of the county. : 'Respectfully yours, : when.- - ve . West t. i great Electric Ser- vants ' which drive drudgery away and give time to turn the house into a home. Electric Refrigerator Ki r-- X Dependable, convenient, CLEAN and economical are these helpful Electric Servants. And oh any farm along our lines, homes may be made as modern apd convenient as those of any city. Electric Water Heater COMBINATION ith this helpful Electrical Service available all along our lines, it is every womans priv ilege to have her rural home modern in every respect to turn the time she now spends V at drudging tasks into time for home-makin- g and many other little pleasant iaslr, at our nearest office for a respresentative to call for an explanation of our comhinn- thome 3 tot eflyou more about these three wonderful electric servants. Call Or telephone or write. . . WARD C. HOLBROOK Point,-Uta- h, May 21, 1930. Bountiful Post Is - For Courthouse as Soldiers Memorial "Bountiful, Utah, Ut&h-Colora- do Editor, Weekly Reflex, Kaysville. Utah. : May 21, 1930 Sir: "I have read with interest the articles appearing in your paper concerning th erection- of a memorial Dear - UTAH' POWER F LIGHT CO, Efficient Public Service u |