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Show Thursday, April Page Eight Jones, the great expenditure in the athletic departments is traceable to the fact that during the past few years the schools have been unable to purchase athle'ic equipment and consequently this year much of the equipment had to be replaced with entirely new material. This, coupled with the fact that equipment prices, in line with everything else, have gone h, has resulted in a greater PRICE TELEPHONE WIRE CHIEF, PLANT FORCE GAIN AWARDS Edward L. Quinn, wire chief of the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph company, has been a certificate acknowledging 30 years of service without having been involved in an accident. In line with this award, the Utah Plant Department of the M. S. T. & T. sky-hig- expenditure. In addition, the two activities mentioned in the sports department entail a greater expense in trips for the teams. As an example, Dr. Jones pointed out that a single trip for the high school team costs from $205 on up. The college situation is the same with the trip to Boise this last season amounting to $706. The expense of equipping the high school football team this past season amounted to $3,-362 with the college expenditure about the same. Dr. Jones pointed out that if the college could secure a passenger bus for team transportation purposes the costs to that school could be lessened consid erably. The school district furnished a bus for high school ac tivities with the only expense to the school being the driver's wage and extra gas and oil consumed. has been award e d the Mrs Elsie Brotherson Cook, 70, wife of William N Cook, died at her home in Boneta, Dtuhesna county, Sunday at 7 05 a m , folof several lowing an illness months. Mrs. Cook, who W'as known as Aunt Elsie, was born on Dccem-be- r 25, 1877, at Mt. Pleasant, a daughter of Barton and Janett Rowe Brotherson. She was reared at Mt. Pleasant and was married to Mr. Cook on October 20, 1807, in the Manti temple of the L. D S. church. They had lived at Moroni, Gun-niso- h, Redmond, Price, Helper and for the past 16 years at Boneta. Mrs. Cook was a devoted and active member of the L. D. S church and had served in the Primary, the Relief society and other groups. Of nine children, six survive, as well as Mr. Cook. They are Mrs. Eva Stapp, Provo; Mrs. Ray-ol- a Turner, Delta; Kenneth M Cook and Ray Cook, Boneta; Dick R. Cook and Daniel H. Cook of Dragerton. Also surviving are 21 grandchildren; five brothers, J. C. Brotherson, Mt. Pleasant; Lafayette Brotherson, Spring City; Que Brotherson, Magna; Taylor Brotherson, Boneta, and two sisters, Mrs. Nettie Swasey, Boneta, and Mrs. Candace Mickelson, Rex-bur- g, Idaho. Funeral services were conducted yesterday at 10.30 a m. in the Boneta ward chapel by Mons Johansen, bishop. Burial was in the Moroni, Sanpete county, ceimtery. annual safety trophy for having the lowest presented with in use throughout the company, accident rating in the intermoun- their safe operation playing an tain region from Canada to Mex- important role in this program. ico during 1947. This is an area The rivalry towards the serving over a quarter of the en- achievement is great which is intire United States in a territory dicative of the interest taken and where the hazards of telephone effort put forth in the cause of operation are perhaps more se- safety by the employee body. vere than in any other major The safety award was presection of the country, which add. sented to the Price plant force to the significance of the award. through Arthur Brown, Provo There are 18,000 telephone em- district plant superintendent, by ployees, 5000 of whom are in the J. J. Corlett, general plant safety plant department competing in supervisor, and R. II. Jones, Utah He that by far the greatthis activity. There are also ap- plant employment supervisor, at est repeated expense to the athletic proximately 1200 motor vehicles a meeting in Price on April 10. pai tment is the cost of transpoi ta- -l lion. Among other items increasing the expenditure is the increased cost of hiring officials Uncle Sam and the state of Utah also benefit considerably through s the taxes on the various to the school events. During To anyone who has any doubts from other sources were not the past year high school game., that the operation of student ac- enough to cover the costs. Conse- netted the U. S. treasury $864 50 tivities in a high school and jun- quently, the high school football and the state treasury $76.42. The This charge is made only because ior college is not big business, a and basketball departments were college games netted Uncle Sam the athletic outgo exceeds the report issued by Dr. Aaron E. in the red to the tune of $456.44 $705 10 and the state $65 91. Dr. Jones, Carbon college president, and $556 52 respectively, in the Jones is of the opinion that these Com envelopes, all sizes at The should hold in store a woild of high school, and $569.84 and taxes on school activities are uncol$321. C0, respectively, in the surprises. just and even illegal in that they are charged of a tax supported According to the report, which, lege. institution. Along this line, he was each to items Other school incidently expense presented student at the school in order to were also listed including the stated that he has written Utahs g show him just how much the va- yearbook, band, speech depart- congressional representatives that they propose a remedy to rious activities cost, the athletic ments and in addition, for the bill at the high school for the college, the literary magazine. The the situation. If the schools could school year up to April totaled expenses of all the clubs were jietain the monies collected in $5,939.53. The bill for the same also listed but the funds for these taxes, he stated, the departments in the college activities are not appropriated oul affected could go through their expenditures amounted to $7,141,42, Of these to- of student funds. Of all expendi- seasons with money to spare. In order to bolster the finances tals, the report indicates that both tures, only basketball and footbasketball and football, the two ball in both high school and col- of the athletic department, he anmost expensive sports pursuits at lege showed deficits up to April nounced today that henceforth an the schools, the receipts, student 1. admission would be charged for body appropirotions and receipts However, according to Dr. the first time to baseball games. Student Activity Financial Report Shows Athletic Departments in Red adnvs-sion- .' Last Rites Yesterday State Truckers Pay For Mother Of 70 Per Cent Of Dragerton Residents Registration Fees -j te. In the last issue of The April 22, a story apGulanis, Nick which in peaied Motor president of the Utih owner and associut.on Transport of the Carbon Ft eight Lines, took to a recent pioposal advanced by George M Miller, former Carbon county state senator, trucks on the to tax trun.-poof trucking mdus-- ti gross proceeds ' 23 jg , 'lit ifr tvUU YloY it les. In this a i tide Mr Galnnis pointed out that there are 37,000 trucks registered in the state of Utah and this total constitutes veonly 20 per tent of all motor This the state hicles reg.stered in 20 per cent, however, contributes 70 per cent of the total registration fees derived from all registrations. This latter figure was mistakenly stated as 2 per cent of the total registration fees in the former story. Mr. Galanis further stated that his organization does not object to paying a tax for the construction and maintenance of highways but he said the objection lies in the practice of the state to use monies collected for highway purposes for other uses. iTY I! A total of 122,038 veterans in Utah, Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico had entered instituor form traintional, start of the program from the ing until Febiuary 1. Of this number, 84,078 had enrolled for studies in schools, colleges and univei sities. Another 33,434 had erjteied training in business and industrial establishments and had been accepted for farm training. Included in the 122.038 total were 9,761 disabled veterans receiving education or instruction under Public Law 16. - - . i , . v I ob ' f Af ; '! vHs I 4 ? 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