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Show 'W.uMfei tuWWU.w 1 I i s 1 - 2 , i BOX ELDER yjcws -- journ a Brigham City, Utah i t i '4 UNDER THE CAPITOL DOME By Harry Marlowe The Twenty-eightUtah Legislature approached the midway point of its 60 days regular session this fourth week with most of its controversial issues yet to hit the two floors but with some rather 4?nite ' policies taking shape. After all the favorable action during the third week in the direction of Weber College at Ogden, it appeared education is in for a better deal than Goverh nor J. Bracken Lee recommended in his budget speech. At the same time, it appeared evident the Legislature, as predicted, will take the liberal road, rather than one of strict economy in the appropriations bill. Passage of the measure to set Weber State up the four-yea- r matter College , places the squarely up to the governor, who has pledged himself against expansion of state services. Interesting in connection with the debate In the Senate on the Weber College bill (after it had ) was passed the House, the announcement by Sen. Mitchell Melich that if the bill passed he would introduce measures for creation of junior colleges in Richfield and the Uintah Basin, Considerable speculation has grown out of the latter an- $ Z u 42-16- nouncement and the consensus was that the senators statement was not just idle talk. There was rather definite feeling that r Junior colleges at Richfield and Vernal would be the next additions to the state system of higher education, with many figuring the Uintah section more entitled to such an institution than most other areas, whether alieady with junior colleges or not, because of the tremendous increase in population due to the oil development. v With passage of the Weber College bill, the House this week prepared for work on a measure to appropriate $50,000 to the school to initiate the two senior college years. That is the amount Weber wants for the first two years, but sponsors of the bill admit they will seek much more in the years to come. . ,"Wtt wont ask for any more than the University of Utah or Utah fttaie Agricultural College two years from now, promised Senator L. Rulon Jenkins however, with his broad grin when asked how much the school would seek in the future. He was being questioned by Senator Melich and Senator Rue L. Clegg Lake), after the latter had pointed out that Weber expansion would run into "several millions of dollars, at two-yea- (R-Sa- least ,, Principal arguments in support of the school in both the Senate and House point to a, need for the school because of the advance in population in the Ogden area and the claim that more than 80 percent of the students would come from the home area, as is the case at the University of Utah and Utah State. Meanwhile, the joint approbuckled priations committee down to work, with indications that appropriations to public in-stltutidns would come late on its schedule. The entire House and the Senate members of the appropriations committee visit- 1 I Friday, February 4, 1949 ed state Institutions in Utah county Tuesday and will visit Utahs Dixie Feb. 11. The Senate voted against junkets as a body. The third week, incidentally saw passage of two bills through both houses. One of them, a measure to set up a revolving fund of $250,000 for relief of winter-riddelivestock was rushed through both the Senate and House, and signed by Acting Governor Heber Bennion Jr. in one afternoon. Senate President Alonzo F. Hopkin n started the measure on its way at 2:30 p. m. Wednesday and by 5 p. m. hay for stranded sheep was being ordered from Omaha, Nebraska. The bill provides for purchase of the hay by the State Agriculture department for resale to sheepmen at cost, less one-hal- f the freight charges, which are borne by the state. The other measure passed and sent to the governor would limit special deer permits to one per person per year. This is the first fish and game bill to come up, but it is far from being the most controversial. A furore continues to rage on Capitol Hill over a measure introduced by Senator Elias L. Lake) to ban the Day use of the .22 caliber rifle and pellet air guns from everything (R-Sa- but target shooting. A hearing during the third der, free of charge, in connec- tion with the lecture he presented a few weks ago. The Box Elder test is designed to show where the students exact Interests lie. HI-LIGHTS Together with the aptitude test, previously taken by the stul examination will dents, this Term Tests help Immensely in choosing a Final examinations for the career. The students thank Dr. second quarter were completed Stratford for his time and eflast Friday, January 28 by both fort in helping them in this way. divisions of Box Elder high. This Leland Seely. marks the end of the first half of the school year. Meat Tuesday Social Science and English of Following their schedule tests were given Thursday and meetings for the year, the Blver all others were completed the club held a meeting Tuesday next day. Report cards will be third hour. during given out on February 7. As a Vocation," With the beginning of the wasJournalism discussed . by new term, students will renew Mr. iD.theM. subject Mason, old resolutions to keep up school editor. Mr. Mason first work and make new ones con- sportsan informative talk on that gave A The cerning past grades. then answered five months of school have been subject and it. about questions fun, but most will agree that The meeting ended with were glad theyre finished. and pop served by a doughnuts Barlow. Wesley committee consisting of Vard Johnson and Ronney Dean HarRegional Student Dance ris. Wesley J. Barlow. South Cache, Logan, and a North Cache are sponsoring Demoted dance for all of Region One to LANSING, Mich. (UP) Mich be held in Logan some time in March or April Then next year Chief Justice Edward M. the three southern schools of igans was introduced at the Sharpe the Region will sponsor the of Gov G. Mennen dance to be held at Box Elder, inauguration as Justice of the Williams it is supposed. He laughed as Peace Sharpe. The dance will be a 6port af- loudly as anyone. fair with no formals or corsages allowed. It is to be held at Logan at a destination yet to be decided toy the schools. Busses will not run from Box Elder as the executive counsel thought there would not be enough students would ride them to the dance. Those who are going to be in attendance will have to find their own transportation. There will be a nominal charge of twenty-fivcents per person to defray expenditures of the dance. Lee Wight. News-Journ- week .however, found Merrill Hand of the State Fish and Game department explaining that original intent of the bill is to permit the fish and game department to designate congested hunting areas from which the .22 will be barred. Others, however, hope to add another amendment to the bill to make Boys Take Kuler Inventory The Kuter Inventory was givparents responsible for the use of the .22 rifle and pellet air en to the Boys League of Box guns by boys and girls under Elder, by Doctor Stratford of 16. Weber college, Monday In the A bill to repeal the states ex- high school auditorium. cise taxes on margarine went Dr. Stratford offered to bring through a stormy session in the this test to the tooys of Box El- Senate and finally came through after toeing amended to cut only the tax on yellow margar- committee. ine from 10 cents to five cents Repeal of the welfare lien law per pound, the same as white. is sought in the latest welfare This altercation was made to bill to appear. It was introplease objectors who cited the duced by Mrs. C. L. Jack fact that repeal of the tax Lake). Early this week a would take some $600,000 per bill to increase the gas tax biennium from the state reve- from four to six cents was innue. troduced by Reps. LeGrand JarAlso in the Senate during the man Cyril K. Munk and William M. third week, a resolution proThis bill posing a constitutional amend- Brotherson ment to earmark all s'ales and would exempt gasoline used for use tax funds for welfare purpurposes. poses was killed and a measure Among new bills to be introsetting up the State Board for duced in the Senate is one toy Alcoholism as a separate agen- Senator Lewis H. Larsen to exempt homes and cy instead of under the welfare homesteads up to $2000 from department was passed. Both of these bills, plus the taxation. Others, introduced by margarine measure, presented Senator Newell Knight the House with its first real con- Lake) would permit cities and troversial action of the session counties to set up a one percent other than Weber College, this sales tax. Senator Knight also entered week. Another argument in the House was expected over a Sun- an alternate set of bills which day closing law bill introduced would raise the state sales and use tax from two to three perby Rep. Linn C. Baker cent with one percent to go to Some fireworks were set up the cities, owns and counies purduring the week with introduc- for public improvement tion of several new measures poses. Also introduced by Senators in the two houses . Of particular note are new severance Larsen, Orrice C. McShane and Harold Reese tax and welfare bills in the River City) was a horse House. Introduced by Rep. Frank Bonacci Wayne race bill to permit and oth- betting; at race meets, limited Hinton ers, the bill to tax resources five days in duration. A comission to regulate boxwould revise the current mine occupation tax bill to fax all ing and wrestling was proposed natural resources on a gradua- by Sen. Melich and a bill to reted scale. This trail replaces H. move the president of the UniB. 85, a "severance tax of five versity of Utah from the Insticents per ton on all resources, tutions board of regents was Inwhich was killed in a reference troduced by Senator Day. way to the gold fields by this, the Salt Lake Cutoff to the : California Trail. SPOTLIGHTING J. H. McNAMARA VETERINARIAN East of Bear River City Postoffice , Tremonton Exchanp Phone Bear River City ... UTAH Just The great meteor shower of Brigham as Map Being Distributed November 13, 1833 was taken end The Historical Trails Map of a sign of the forthcoming world. of the . Utah is now ready for distribution and can be obtained upon request and without cost by contacting the State Department of Publicity and Industrial Development, No. 8 on West Second South, Salt Lake City. The map has been very well received and will be much in demand by all persons interested in the history of the state and of the west. A paragraph taken from the descriptive information and historical data is interesting: "One who drives south up the Sevier Tiver on U. S. 89 may look about him with the eye of the discoverer, for so went Jede-diaSmith in 1826 on that first 6:30 TO HIGH SCHOOL GYM overland journey of any American to California; so also went Concessions the noted Spanish Trail between Fottfe"6f'M49 Santa Fe and Los Angeles. One Clowns Ballet & Tap Dancing who drives through Utah on Hot Dogs Dances Folk U.S. 91 may similarly see with Bands Hamburgers the eyes of Father Escalante, and imagine himself to jog Ice Cream Pop Acts Singing along beside that blackrobed adventurer of 1776. One who Students ADMISSION: Adults 60c drives north and west around Great Salt Lake on U. S. 30 may TAX INCLUDED see, if he has the will, a ghostly company of 49ers on their , Box Elder High Schools ANNUAL h Wednesday & Thursday February 9th and 10th 11:30 P.M. 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