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Show BOX ELDER JOURNAL, Brigham City, 8 Utah In Box Elder county Thursday, June 12, 1975 IPropeirfly tun still plays big) icDcoGiie role How much of the money The relative importance of needed for local governmental the property tax has been offset, operations in Box Elder county ;n many localities, by the newer comes from property taxes? taxes that have been imposed in Do these taxes produce a the last decade or so, such as the greater or a smaller proportion gross sales tax and the local of locally-raiserevenue than income tax. The yield on these in they do in other communities? two has increased three-fol- d Property taxes have always the past 10 years. been the chief source of such revenue in most sections of the Smaller Proportion As a result, although the country and they still are. But they no longer carry as large a property tax is now producing share of the load as they did in $50.9 billion a year nationally, former years. as against $22.6 billion in 1965, it With cities and counties represents a much smaller requiring more money each proportion of the total collection year to provide necessary than it did then. public services, which have The governments report been growing more expensive shows that property taxes are because of the rising cost of considerably higher in some labor-anmaterials, they have sections of the country than in been forced to increase existing others. taxes and to seek additional In Box Elder county, the revenue from other sources. figures indicate, the amount collected being annually Meet With Resistence through property taxes is As for property taxes, they to $146 per local have reached the point in many equivalent resident. communities at which attempts Elsewhere in the United to boost them any higher are States it is $205 per capita and, meeting with stern resistence. in Utah, $139. In Box Elder county, according to the latest findings of the Department of Commerce, approximately 76.8 percent of the revenue obtained from local sources comes from property taxes. In other communities across the country, an average of 63.5 percent is from such sources and, in the state of Utah, 65.9 percent. d City Fifteenth LDS ward served breakfast Saturday morning to raise funds for summer camp. They had many takers for plates of hotcak es, eggs, sausage and hot chocolate. VENTURERS OF THE Brigham Tour to visit range improvement project Corinne woman injured Projects visited will be those Brigham City man hurt when truck strikes car A Brigham City man received head injuries Tuesday af- ternoon when his small foreign model car was struck by a semitractor trailer at the mouth of Box Elder canyon. William Seber of 36 North Third East was treated at Cooley Memorial hospital and released with head injuries and cuts from the 3: 10 p.m. mishap. Brigham City Patrolman Greg Kozak said Seber and the truck, driven by Max Tucker of Springville, both were when the Seber vehicle in apparently made a front of the truck. The car was a total loss, said Kozak, who noted citations are pending. east-boun- n Rollover In other mishaps Tuesday, One-ca- r Man draws sentence on car use offense Salt Lake City man, Jon Machen, 18, has been sentenced to six months in the Box Elder county jail for taking an auto A without permission, a misdemeanor. The charge was reduced from theft. District Court Judge VeNoy Christoffersen placed Machen on probation with a condition that he make retribution to the owner of the car which was damaged. In other First District court action in Brigham City this week : Robert Rudel Sloan, 19, of 699 West Third North, Brigham City, pleaded guilty to driving while under the influence of alcohol and was fined $200 and sentenced to 60 days in jail. The court then granted a Stay SUUS-FIRE- f execution on the jail term provided the fine is paid within 30 days. Sloan had appealed a conviction on the offense from Brigham City court. Victor Stallons, 23, Peter-sboro- , Cache county, pleaded guilty to theft, a Class B misdemeanor, and sentencing Was continued to June 30. Glenn O. Hurst, 21, and Ricky Hurst, 18, Ogden, each pleaded guilty to a charge of burglary, a third degree felony, and judgment and sentencing were set June 30 in each case. Brian Gingerich, 19, of 17 West First North, Brigham City, pleaded innocent to a charge of forgery, a third degree felony, and a jury trial was tentatively set for July 31 or Sept. 12. THESE THREE BOX ELDER three are serving Clean out that garage, basement . . . and MAKjMQNEY TOPI Advertize VQUf's in our classified Section ond get the results call today. you WQnt rollover at Sixth East and Second South involving a Corinne woman. Jensen said Nancy Elaine Shinkle of 430 Montana was westbound on Second South when she ran off the road to the and rolled north, over. She also was treated and released from Cooley hospital with cuts and bruises, said Jensen, who estimated damage at $2,500 in the midnight mishap. A Chicago, 111., woman has been transferred to an Ogden achospital after a one-ca- r cident Monday evening. She sustained a back injury. Conseption Castillo was taken to Cooley Memorial hospital after the 6:30 p.m. accident and later transferred. Patrolmen Jim Shelton said the womans husband Antonio, was driving their automobile failing to turning west on SR-8negotiate the turn and ran off the road. missionaries met at a Three Were Hurt On Wednesday, three New Mexico residents were hurt in a one-ca- r accident near the Garland sugar factory. Utah Highway Patrol Trooper Lyle Palmer said Barbara Kemm of Albuquerque, N.M., took her eyes off the road to check her daughter Michelle, 3, ran off the highway, overcorrected and rolled. Mrs. Kemm had slight injuries, her daughter, abraisions and Beth Dayhoff, back and neck injuries. All were treated at Bear River Valley hospital in Tremonton and released. The driver was cited for driving on the wrong side of the roadway. On June 7, a Pocatello, Idaho man was hospitalized after a wreck a mile north of the Crossroads. in the Florida-Tallahasse- irrigation. Mission. e Shop Reminder patents issued for local inventions Several Chris Holmgren d . . . has top steer Holmgren steer tops at fat show area residents received patents recently on their inventions. John R. Naumann, 347 North Fifth East in Brigham City, was issued a patent on an electronic thermometer which will quickly determine the body temperature of animals and humans. a devised Naumann disposable sheath that readily transmits heat to the temperature sensitive part of the thermometer. He claims the improved Chris Holmgren, son of Mr. sheaths are extremely low in and Mrs. John Holmgren of cost, reliable, easy to handle Bear River City, was owner of a and sanitary. 711 steer that won first place as the Richard McQuivey, steer at the In- Medoland an invented Dr., termountain Junior Fat Stock instrument that is show in Farmington held June inspectionto check long cavities designed that have restricted openings. He competed with other McQuiveys tool has a and FFA junior livestock raisers from throughout Utah. Some 100 participants entered the show and auction sponsored by the Salt Lake Area Chamber of Commerce, Utah clubs, Reports burglary Future Farmers and Davis county. Chris is a member River of America of the Bear Livestock sponsored by Clinton Burt. club Max Kosof, Bowl, reported Brigham that City one of his machines had been pinball broken into on June 7. television camera and a rigid boom that will extend to many times its stored length. inA patent for another spection device was also issued. Edward E. McCullough, 125 South Second West in Brigham City, Kerry G. Zundel of Tremonton and LaRon D. Binggeli of Logan invented an inspection tool that also includes a television camera. Both these inspection tools have had their patents assigned to Thiokol Corporation. Student acheives for Dads Special Gift BOOKS DESK SETS WALLETS Four Function Just what Dad ,0Key ADDING MACHINE 9 been waiting for 8 total 9950 column REG. 149.50 w honor roll status A Brigham City student attending Utah State university has achieved a 3.8 grade point for winter quarter. Kathleen Payne, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Payne of 135 East Second South, was left off the honor roll recently released by the university. Miss Payne also achieved a perfect 4.0 grade point for last fall quarter. CARDS AND GIFT WRAP FOR DAD EU RELEASES from Deseret Book autographed With the bag between the handles. Snapper fast means you get through fast. Heres why: Grass bag is between the handles for tight spots. Extra large grass bag holds bushels. Powerful vacuum action for an extra clean lawn. drive for traction. greater is automatic for safer control. Get yours today. Be "You, Your Family and The Scriptures" Ed to Rear-whe- Snapper AU 118 J. Pinegar "That Ye Might Have Life" Sterling W. Sill 2-- "God-Family-Countr- our y, Three Great Loyalties" el Ezra Taft Benson Free-wheeli- 1 list s PERSONALLY Logan LDS hospital. PEOPLE BOOM At the time of Chnst the world's population was between 200 and 300 million. About 9 million lived in Egypt. 54 million throughout the Roman Empire and 60 million in China. A thousand years later there were not many more people on earth than there are in the United States today about 275 million. In 1900 the worlds population was 6 billion, less than half only what it is today 2850 CALCULATOR NOW AT REMINDER! Kenneth Sailer received a broken leg and cuts when he ran into the side of a car driven by Robert Michael Roundy of Garland who was making a left turn. Sailer was transferred from the Tremonton hospital LDS dealing with range improvement through brush and grass management management and in land development under sprinkle US Sgt. Billy Jensen investigated a one-ca- r Broken Leg B10MGV MAKER! county zone conference in Tallahassee, FI. They are, from left. Elder Richard Kotter, Tremonton; sister Francessa Summers, Tremonton; and Elder Wayne King, Garland. All C attic, whitever The tour will be climaxed by a lunch and an annual meeting at Fisher Creek Meadows. The district will furnish the meat, potatoes, buns and drinks. Participants in the tour should bring their own utensils (knife, fork, spoon, and plate) and salad of their choice. Anyone interested in attending the tour should meeting at the Curlew junction 17 miles west of Snowville at 9 a.m. Saturday morning. Kenneth Richins, chairman of the West Box Elder Soil Conservation district, announces that the annual conservation tour sponsored by the district will be held Saturday, June 14. Seber of Brigham City receives first aid from off duty officer Jeff Stiver after Seber's small foreign car was struck by a semi tractor Tuesday at the mouth of Box Elder canyon. The youth escaped serious harm. ACCIDENT VICTIM William "Powerful Stories From the Lives of Latter-Da- y Saint Men Leon fast. R. 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