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Show uv ory AA V dv NO. 42 SAUNA, UTAH, FRIDAY, APRIL, 10, 1925 VOL. 7. P. P. 0. 0 Joule 'its Plicily The Pikes Peak Ocean to Ocean highway associations booklet for the year 1915 are just off the press and within the next few days will be sent to all parts of the United States for distribution. The 1925 edition of the booklet is larger, and considerably bet ter than any others the association has ever issued. As in the past, two booklets have been made; one being devoted to sectional maps of the high way, while the other includes stories concerning the various cities this route, telling of points of commercial scenic and historis interest. A new feature of the latter booklet is the department devoted to hotels, garages and cafes, and an entirely separate department devoted to the camp grounds, and a list of the equipment offered by each camp. The map booklet this year contains a detailed statement of the general road conditions to be found along this highway, with specific information relative to connections with the great scenic atteractions within easy reach of route. The general tourist guide gives a statement of the major scenic attractions served by the Piks Peak Ocean to Ocean highway. Included with these booklets, which are for free distribution, will be a large colored map, featuring the Pikes Peak Ocean to Ocean highway and its connections across' the United States. Also a detail statement will be inclosed regarding mountain driving, passes, and the season for travel on this route, in all the group make up the most comprehensive information available on any highway in the United. States. The booklets are both furnished with attractive covers. The map book let is in green and red, while the general tourist guide is in blue and red, featuring on each the well known pole marker of this highway association. Last year these booklets were distributed from 450 cities in the United States, and the list this year will include many others.. In addition to this distribution, the nantional headquarters office in St. Joseph, Missouri, will distribute thousands direct to those planning trips. These requests are received in response to national advertising and publicity campaign which each year, for the past four years, has been increasing annually. ' "A home for or-pu- an Desiroyel By Fire N. P. Rasmussen sustained a heavy loss Saturday night when his home in the south-easter- n part of Salina was completely destroyed by fire. The fire was discovered about 12 oclock Saturday night by neighbors, and the alarm was immediately given. The flames had gained considerable heade way and though neighbors and gathered at once to help fight the fire, little headway could be made against the blaze as it had started in the roof of the building. The fire quickly destroyed the entire structure and only by heroic efforts was the home of Mrs. Annie Hall, nearby saved from the fate of the other. No definite clue as to how the fire started is known, but as the fire start ed in the roof it is thought it was caus ed by defective wiring. James Kane who has lived there the past year moved to his home on the Loss Creek Thursday, but ali their fruit and part of their furniture went up in. smoke, besides the furnishings be longing to Mr. Rasmussen. The loss as yet has not been totally estimated but the loss far exceeds the small insurance on the building. Mr. Kane carried no i nsurance and his personal loss is estimated to be about $150 town-peopl- ir Missionary Returns Miss Malisa Gribble,' returned to her home Monday night, after spending eighteen months laboring in the Mission fields, for the L. D. S. church. Miss Gribble was released from her work two weeks ago, but remained over in Salt Lake to attend the an nual April conference. She has la bored in many of the eastern states, but spent most of her time laboring in Kansas city, and Topeka Kansas. Go. Board oi Education oi Matter and For it ' neither just, adequate nor economi- cal. Based on this six year experience it is proposed to raise in 1925 the American Legion Endowment Fund of five million dollars as a perpetual tiust from which only the income shall be used as the financial backbone of the rehabilitation and child welfare work of the Legion, the central generating plant for the nationwide activity of 11,322 Legion Posts and 6,500 auxiliary units of women, which together throw more than volunteer workers into this field. The endowment plan is practical and business like undertaking. Hapdo pily the common sense thing:-tis also the thing which appeals to every sound and worthy emotion. It is a right and a duty to core the disable man. The Legions motto of Temporary Care Permanent Cure express the determination that very sufferer from wounds or disease should be made whole, should oe restored in body and mind and spirit, to become selfsupporting and citizens, and not left o perpetual care in a public instifoi-io' That program is as sound and conomical as it is humane. It is right that every child of a v'orld war veteran who gave his life jQ given as good a home, as good an ducation, as fair a chance in Ameri--a- n life as if that fathers sacrifice ;ad not been needed. It is vastly less ostly to save the child now, than to tormit it to grow up in igorance, ioverty or neglect, to a life of vice, auperism and crime. Every needy hild saved to healthy maturity in ody and mind and sound development in character saves thousands of ollars to society which carries the .eavy burden of criminality, pauper-m- i and viciousness. 93 per cent of riminals have a record if neglected hildhood. There are at present 30,000 orld War veterans orphans in the United States. Of this number there re 5,000 dependant. The American Legion Endowment urtd is being raised by national, tate and local committees which nutual services is being givetn by mblic spirited men and women and by members of the American Legion md its Auxiliary bodies. The spirit f public is such that io heavy'expense is involved and the ost of 'financing this work for ,the lisabled and the orphans for all ime, will be smaller than the cost f marketing first mortgage bonds n sound business property. The Legion is justly proud of its own spirit md that of the very fine type of .itizens cooperating with it, which nakes this business-lik- e operation n an endeavor of such importance nd appealing character. Mr. Booth expresses hi?, confidence .hat Utah will raise its quota without having to bog for this need but that its patriotic citizens will give gladly and proundly, being thankful for the privilege of sharing this responsibility to those whose sacrifice to their country was beyond money and beyond price. 900-0J- 0 o Importance to Taxpayer in Sevier tress? and girls in gaining a fair amount of school learning so that they will be prepared to cope with the average boy and girl in lifes contest. It is now pretty generally conceded that President McKinley was right when he said A high school education of every is the rightful heritage Almost evAmerican girl and boy. ery state in the Union now provides free grade schools and free high schools and makes them available, and in most instances compulsory, to all children up to from sixteen to eighteen years of age in, our state the compulsory age limit is fixed at eighteen years. Bonds Twelve Years Ago It is now twelve years since the people of this district have voted a dollar by way of special taxes or bonds to provide school houses or school grounds. Whatever buildings or grounds have been acquired since then, have been provided out of the general state and general county school taxes, which, as above stated, are practically all required from year to year to meet the general maintain-ancexpenses of our schools, although enough has been saved out of these funds during this period to do some repairing, improving and renovating of buildings and to erect the school School Revenues house at Annabella, but no school the for The sources of revenue have been acquired. During maintenance of our public schools in grounds these twelve years our school attendUtah are through state taxation ance has increased from 3,181 to 3,508 which provides approximately twenty-fiv- e the high school students have increasdollars per year for every child 243 to 829 nearly 350 per ed from tounder the age of eighteen years, and cent the number of teachers in e gether with a small additional school has necessarily been the high to each high school student; in16 to 32. In 1913 there increased from terest on public school funds; a small The were 8 graduates from the four year sum from the Forest Reserve. school course this year there balance of the required amount is de- high 135 an increase of over 1200 be will rived from local or district taxation. cent. These sources of revenue are design- per ed primarily to furnish funds for the Cost of Education In school matters, as well as in general yearly maintainance of the kinds of business, the costs of other schools, and in our county, with its limited taxes from the local assess- operations have vastly increased since inment, are barely sufficient for this the opening of the war and this been uniform has crease practically be must levies kept puTpose, since the within the limits of taxation fixed by throughout all the districts of Utah the few which authorizes the State and throughout all the states of the and if our schools were to be Legislature and the Boards of County Union, maintained at a reasonable standard Commissioners to fix the same. we had to meet these of efficiency, However, the law further provides, advanced costs as others have done, the of that wheiV in the judgment cost the and of our schools has yet to is advisable it Board of Ecfucation, not the increased cost with kept pace raise money for purchasing school in of general. A dollar today sites, for building or purchasing school willliving much more nearly buying come houses and supplying them with furna dollars of worth education, compar iture or for improving the grounds, its power now with ing purchasing the it may submit to the taxpayers will buy a doof than it that 1914, bonds or levying question of issuing llars of almost worth any other thing special taxes to raise money to meet we The that buy. price of education such requirements, and it is in refernot with has gone up proportionately ence to prevailing conditions in our of The the other life. necessaries school district as to inadequate of cost in School the Sevier education is it school houses that grounds and in deemed important to present the facts district is below the average cost costs state. the It only $48.25 per for your consideration and determination as to what is the advisable thing capita per year to school our chil in the Sevier district while the to do under the circumstances. It is dren in the forty school districts average to Board prethe prerogative of the of the state is $73.30. We stand sevis it and before sent the situation you, then your duty, if you consider such enth from the bottom of the list the conditions unsatisfactory and remedi- cost ranges from $226.61 in Daggett to $38.94 in Duchesne county. al, to provide the means to improve county Value School Property of all the same, if it is practical under to As the do. to so conditions per capita investment in the existing the various schools districts of our Cause of Financial Conditions Without arguing for or against the Irtate, Sevier county stands sixth from proposition of special taxation or the bottom of the list, ours being only bonding for tne purposes named, in $90.57, while the average in the state view of the fact that the farmers, is $159.41, the range extending from cattlemen, merchants, bankers, day $290.13 in Beaver county to $47.02 in laborers, and every other class of citi- Garfield county. Surely it can not zens have had a hard financial strug- justly be contended that we have been in buildings, grounds gle during the past four or five years, extravagant and supplies in. the Sevier it is nevertheless suggested that you equipment School district. cona and reach consider carefully clusion as to what extent these hard School Indebtedness The indebtedness on the Sevier t?mes have actually been contributed-tSchool district, bonded and floating, decide to and of reason taxation, by in your own minds whether or not this is well nigh at the bottom of the list distress would have been relieved very of districts in the state, its bonded materially had you been required to indebtedness being only $79,134.00 fund on hand is de pay less taxes or even no taxes at all. when the sinking (Continued on page five) Let each taxpayer ask himself the e alow-anc- o J Problems 1TB semi For Aurora every homeless or a veteran. This is the slo-tne. Amercion Legion, that wul be sounded from one end of the People Should Read Think About This nation-wide in the to other .and the is of Vital Every campaign for a $5,000,000 endowBooth Commander ment fund. State County . announces that the drive for Utahs Cth. quota will commence April The American Legion, chartered TO THE TAXPAYERS OF THE question as to how much further he would actually be ahead now had he by Congress, has carried during six SEVIER SCHOOL DISTRICT: Your Board of Education deems it been entirely relieved of taxation and years of reconstruction since the oi ld War, a large load, shared by to be its duty to present for your con- then decide whether or not it is his taxes or some other kinds of expendigjvei mental agencies, in the care sideration the conditions existing tures school that have made it so hard for to as district our and cure of the wars disabled and in throughout to him can that in keep his head above water, the you hopes the care, upbringing and education facilities, we must admit that taxes even some though in aid it perplexing solving of the orphanded children of those Does it not appeal to the are We high. who gave their lives in the service. school problems confronting it. to time will take the thoughtful person that we have unThis responsibility, welcomed by the trust that you duly blamed taxation for our financial article. read this entire Legion, has been shared by the peodistress far beyond its deserts? Let To begin with, it is taken for grantple of the United States. The Legion be with ourselves and with fair us interested we are all equally has spent its own fund, has some- ed that in answering this quesin the welfare of our schools, differ our children times borrowed money, has often not the almost uncontrol-abl- e Is tion. it we may, in some respects, as been unable to see very far ahead in though for desire dispensable pleasures to how best to promote their welfare. the sources offirranceiar Tieeds, lias We are all anxious that the best and luxuries, coupled with the prereceived numerous gifts. The fiscal scholastic results be attained with the vailing high prices, during and since policy back of the largest war relief means reasonably available for this the war, of almost everything we have to buy, that are most responsible for problem in America has been frankly purpose. We all desire to help and dishand to mouth. Such a policy is not hinder the progress of our boys our real or imagined financial n. up-sta- ScM Statement of Sevier and superintendents Principals from Utah, Idaho, Wyoming and Arizona met at the annual conference the Layefette school in Salt Lake April 3rd and bth. Superintendent Ashman nd principal 'Maugh,n of Richfield and C. Ray Evans of Salma 'represented Sevier county at the convention and received valuable information in the educational lines. Officers of the association had assembled a program of lare education-meri- t and some high class musical numbers consisting- of the best individual and group talent in the state were The Boys chorus given. from the East Side high school and male quartet from the Murry high school, comprised the music for the opening session while several individual and trio numbers were given throughout the meetings. At the opening session Friday Superintendent Siders president of the international association of Principals, gave a very instructive and educational lecturer. After his address they separated for department-imeetings. They were divided into three groups, elementary, principals of high schools, and superintendents. Problems of importance, affecting each group was taken up and discussed in the various departments. Differences In Individual Students, Students who came Under The Jurisdiction of Principals, and The care of Sluffers were some of the problems discussed at these meetings. :How to equip the shop rooms so as tojmake the students more interested injtheir work was another vital ques tiejn taken up. The principal speaker at the conception was Dr. Sears of California, who analyzed and discussed the individuality in students who attend ed elementary an high schools. His - -- d min topic was Fin Impressive funeral services were at the Aurora meeting house on Wednesday afternoon for Samuel Harding, the highly respected citizen who passed away at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Heber Taylor, following a long illness. Bishop Levi Sorensen had charge of the funeral, and Milton I vie and Patriarch Lazen-blong time acquaintances, were the speakers. The life of Mr. Harding was highly eulogized and words of comfort were spoken for those bereft. Special musical numbers were given by the Aurora choir under the direction of C. C. Christensen. A solo was beautifully and impressively rendered by Mrs. Clarrisa Sorensen. Invocation was offered by Lee Durfee. The body was laid to rest in the city cemetery. Samuel Harding was a native of Salt Lake, having been born November 5, 1853 In his early life he came to Aurora and has lived there ever since, taking an active part in civic and church work. For past years Mr. Harding has suffered with cancel, and has underwent a number of operations to get relief. During his long illness he fought vainly until death relieved his suffering Monday of this week. Besides the widowed wife, Mr. Hard ing is survived by the following child ren: Samuel Harding of Salina, William Harding of Sigurd, Mrs. Ruth Taylor of Fremont, Mrs. Boyd Ivie of Loa and Ezra Oran, Mrs. Lydia Taylor, and Mrs. Mary Shaw all of Aurora. Also one adopted daughter Mrs. Frank Nielson, thirty-fou- r grand children and seven great-gregrand held y, at Finance, where he children. gave an appealing address to his hearFuneral services were largely aters on the amount of money it will tended and the floral offerings were take to maintain an efficient educational system throughout the United States. It is demanded that our institutions be kept up and each year more students enroll, so that it will cost more each year to maintain our schools and keep them up to the stand ard. Then Dr. Sears compared our educational department with other departments and proved by examples and illustrations that more efficient men and women were produced in the educational department than in any other department in the United Sta tes. To eliminate crime and delinquency, each state must finance their educational instulions so that the United States will rank first in education, among the nations of the world. many and beautiful. Name Iters Extension For Smite Representatives of the Womens farm bureau, of Richfield with the Literary club at the Social hall Wednesday night and chose board members to take care of the work which will be given through the U. A. C. Extension service. Those who were present were, Mr. Boswell, county agent, of the farm bureau, Mrs. Chari ton Seegmiller, president of and Community club of .Rich field, Mrs. John Ross, secretary and treasurer, and Mrs. Jonh Burgger of Central. The board members who were then chosen to take care of the work in this division of the county were, Mrs. James Monroe, president, Mrs. E. W. J5k.s' Stena Crane, and and treasurer, Scorup, secretary Mrs. J. T. Crane and Mrs. Ira Rasmussen directors. These board members will elect project workers from the different organizations and will be prepared to take up all the differ-n- t projects as they are sent out from the U. A. C. Miss Odell will be here during the first of May to give a course in Millinary. Salina is chosen to the the center of North Sevier. the-Hom- Easter For Kiddies Here is where the old men and women, bachelors and old maids, will be counted out at the Easter celebration in Salina next Sunday. Those who will be the special guests are those who are able to walk and are not over twelve years of age. The festivities will start promptly at 8:30 the Serial hall Sunday morning grounds. Throughout tne grounds will be hidden beautiful colored eggs and it will, be up to the youngsters to find them. Be there promptly and go after the eggs there will be plenty of them. The movement is being sponsored by the Salina Lions club with the following committee in charge. Dr. C. E. West, chairman J. W. Gribble, G. M. Wright and Emmett Robins. 't Attend Water Meeting Hon. S. M. Jorgeson and June Webb, secretary for the Piute Reservoir and Irrigation company, motored to Salt Lake Monday to attend the meeting of the Upper Sevier water users association which was held at the capitol city last Tuesday. Mr, Jorgenson also attended the meeting of the presidents and secretaries of the! state for the state land bank. Tom Humphrey Dies Thomas Humphrey, who has been confined at the Salina hospital for the past two weeks, died Wednesday night. Mr. Humphrey was well and favorably know here, it being his native town, and he left hosts o warm friends who will mourn his untimely calling. His biography will be publish ed in the next weeks issue of the Sun. Vice-Preside- nt Pleasantly Surprised A pleasant surprise was tended Mrs. Charles Henry Gates last Sunday evening in honor of her birthday anniversary. The evening was spent enjoying radio and playing progressive 500. High scores were cap tured by Mrs. Dave Evan3 and G. A. Gates while the consolation went to Mrs. Eliza Gates and Edmond Martin. At midnight a delicious luncheon was served to the following: Mr. and Mrs. Carlson and Mrs. Young of Richfield and Mr. and Mrs. Reid of Manti. Also the following Messrs and from Salina: Ira Rasmussen, Lucian Martin, June Webb, E. C. Wright, G. A. Gates, R. B. Evans, Edmond Martin, Charles Nielson, Carl Anderson, Gilbert Larsen and Mrs. Eliza Gates. Mrs. Gates was the reeepient of many beautiful and ornamental gifts. Mes-dam- es |