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Show CONTINUED FROM PAGE Coonvillo - Pleasant Green. Numerous springs' flowed and green grass and hay could also be harvested. In the late spring, when the heavy winter snows had been melted away by the sun and steadily warming days, the cowboys would drive their cattle into . the foothills Of the Oquirrhs. The boys tell of tracking a mountain lion in Coons Canyon and killing the big cat above Wildcat Rock. Wild buckskin horses, roan colored, splayed with gray, white, red, and yellow, were commonly seen running The settlers of Coonville and sanl Green were primarily ranchers in the early days. First, they established ranches (such as Abraham Coon did in 1832) and maintained a home in the city. Daniel Spencers ranch north of Millstone Point was another example, and Frederick Kesler's ranch near Garfield. But by 1880, most were living permanently in the shadow of the Oquirrhs. Their cattle ranged across thousands of acres of high mountain pasture in the summer and foraged lower down in the Spring and Fall. In Coonville, most were excellent horsemen. All of Abraham Coons sons had a black stallion. There were periodic roundups as heads of wild horses were driven from Coons canyon and some stolen back from Old Seven and his mares who eluded capture. Jake Coon, a cowboy bom in the saddle, was fatally injured while attempting to break a wild stallion in the twentieth century dawned. He was their vivid and still living sense of the mores of the old west, a cowboy who hunted buffalo on the Little Missouri River in the Dakota Territory at the age of 26. A fearless hero who, at 40, led his 1 ,000 cowboy rough riders against the Spanish armaments and fortifications surrounding San Juan Hill, Cuba, on July 1, 1898. The families of Coonville and Plea-- . sant Green combined to form the Pleasant Green Cattle Company. Grazing was good on the flatlands north of 1 , 1885. free on the distant ridges in Coons Canyon and across the lush meadows at the north end of the Oquirrhs. Even buffalo were reported to roam the area til the turn of the century. Coonville was still a pioneer settlement when the old Rough Rider, Theodore Roosevelt, became the 26th president of the United States. And he; like the residents of Coonville and Pleasant Green, possessed that Quixotic blend of past and present that was the embodiment of what Americans thought of themselves as 1900 Income Tax Forms on the way The 1988 Individual Income Tax Long Forms are on their way to Utah taxpayers. The Tax Commission mailed 462,000 long forms on December 16. The Income Tax Short Forms, 133,000 will be mailed later in December. Every taxpayer who filed a return last year should receive a 1988 tax form in the mail. Utahns will note some changes in the 1988 form. Personal Exemption: The Utah exemption is now 75 of the federal, or $1,462. Standard Deduction: Utah now allows the federal standard deduction or itemized deduction as allowed on the federal return, including adjusment for taxpayers age 65 or over, or who are blind. Federal Income Tax Deduction: Utahns can deduct d of their federal income tax liability. Retirement Income Deduction: There are new limitations and re one-thir- quirements for this deduction. Because of the complex nature of this new statutory requirement, it is important for the taxpayer or tax preparer to follow very carefully the detailed instructions on the worksheet in the tax Hug-A-Be- ar T.R. almost singlehandedly . booklet. Homeless Checkoff: Utahns may make a voluntary donation to a state fund to assist the homeless. Federal Return Not Required: Taxpayers using the long or short form do not need to attach a copy of the federal tax return. Nonresident and part-yeresidents, however, must attach a copy of the federal tax return. ar The Tax Commission prints over one million tax booklets as well as long and short forms. Extra copies of the tax forms and booklets will be available in January at post offices, libraries, and the Tax Commission offices in Salt Lake City, Ogden, and Pollution Fighters In cities around the world theres a growing Appreciation for the role of trees as the guardians of fresh air. National Wildlife magazine reports that a healthy urban forest has awesome air scrubbing potential. Researchers estimate a single acre of sycamore trees could help capture 15 tons of pollutants a year. Provo. Hug a bear Program West Valley City Police Department, in cooperation with Lorraine Press, is participating in a program. Lorraine Press has donated several dozen stuffed bears and toys to the department, who will in turn given them out to juvenile victims of traumatic accidents. This gesture is in keeping with the spirit of the season, and intended to ' organized the first U.S. volunteer cavalry, as the Rough Riders were officially known, himself. He was determined to personally avenge the destruction of the U.S. battleship .Maine by the Spanish in Havana Harbor, something Americans,' and residents of Pleasant Green and Coonville, could related to. After all, in those days, America was a nation of good shots and good riders, a country characterized by spontaneity. For instance, when a man gave his word, he kept it. Or, if there was an injustice against one American, it was felt by all. . Naturally, when the weekly newspaper from Salt Lake City arrived in Coonville, everyone paused from their chores to read the headlines Colonel Teddy Roosevelt and Rough Riders Defeat Spanish at San Juan Hill. And why not? Hadnt Roosevelt once ridden with lawmen to hunt down a band of outlaws terrorizing homesteaders in the Dakota Territory? And when, three short years later, news reached Coonville that the old Rough Rider, T.R., had become President of the United States, there were vigorous nods of approval. America was a nation of villages like Coonville and Pleasant Green, and Teddy Roosevelt was someone they understood and trusted. They were his conscience, and he was their voice, a spokesman who understood their yesterdays and could dream with them of their bright tomorrows. THE MAGNA TIMES, THUR Just call us child-victi- Nine million tons of salt are applied to American highways each year for road 29, IBM PAGE S Sprouse SPROUSE REITZ LAUNCHES 80TH ANNIVERSARY YEAR WITH NEW TRADE NAME AND IMAGE The new year will be a year of new Stores directions for Sprouse-Reit- z Inc., the pioneer variety retail chain that began in Tacoma, Washington, in 1909. The company is launching its 80th anniversary year celebration with a change in trade name, a new logo, and a new look for stores opening in 1989. is As of January 1, Sprouse-Reit- z becoming SPROUSE!, explains President Robert A. Sprouse II. Major changes in the companys marketing strategy have been in the works for the last several lyears, and we are signalling our new direction with a comprehensive new corporate identity that reinforces sour image as a modern, upbeat hard goods and soft goods retailer. Our new trade name and the new logo weve selected for use in stores throughout the chain will be the most obvious change from our customers point of view. The shorter name, the bold design of our new logo with its exclamation point, and the bright blue and red which will be used consistently for die logo all make the statement that the new SPROUSE! is an exciting place to shop, Sprouse continues. Our 1989 advertising slogan Youll like the difference! further reinforces the livelier image the company wants to convey to our shoppers. While we will continue to offer a broad range of general merchandise in our stores, well offer our customers a wider selection of our most popular merchandise including apparel, fabric, domestics, and housewares at competitive prices. The new Corvallis, Oregon, SPROUSE!, the first store in the chain to operate under the new trade name, opened Nov. 2 in the Timberhill Shopping Center. According to Vice President - Store Operations Jerry Downer, the Corvallis SPROUSE! will be used as a proving ground for a new approach to store layout, decor, and merchandise mix being tested for use in future new stores. Every feature in the Corvallis SPROUSE! - the layout, interior colors, signs and banners, display fixtur-inlighting, and store graphics - were all selected to make shopping easier and more enjoyable for ou' Downer says. Were customers, also testing a new merchandise mix and a boutique style of merchandise display in that location. Well use the results to refine our plans for new and remodeled stores scheduled for g, ottset some of the unhappiness that experience during the increase of injury traffic accidents and incidents of domestic violence during the holidays. Similar programs have been very successful with patrol and traffic divisions handing out most of the bears, followed by juvenile divisions that investigate child abuse cases, ( . DECEMBER J989. John Augustin manager of thtTJigna Sprouse store which has lost Reitz but not It large selection! r good buys. The company has also planned a full schedule of promotional events, J celebrate its 80th year in business the West. Special signs and banners, a new anniversary year graphic, customer contests and drawings, premium giveaways will be useL4p, call shoppers attention to the 80th sapf niversary celebration throughout the year. Established in 1909 as Sprouse Son by Robert Allen Sprouse, Ink father John Allen Sprouse, and Fred L. Reitz, the company originated as wholesaler to independently owhad variety stores in the Northwest.! ; In 1912, the firms principal organized a second corporation ,. Taylor-Knobe- ll Co., and opened their first retail variety store on Marclvl.-iBaker, Oregon. Signs out front announced Nothing over 15C But in those days, nickels and dimes could be big business, and soon five more Taylor-Knobstores were addled in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. f. . warehouse was built in Portland, and in 1933, Sprouse-Reit- z wholesale warehouses were also operating in Los Angeles and Oakland, California. In 1947, two years after World War II ended, the wholesale business was discontinued. The world was changsaw its future ing, and Sprouse-Reit- z not in wholesaling to independents, but in committing itself to its chain of retail outlets which by now was pioneering a permanent change in the way variety stores would display and sell merchandise. That change was the introduction of self service a concept that had become common in the grocery business but had remained untried by -- , pit)--ud- ly el V' By 1919, Sprouse & Son had chang- ed to Sprouse-Reit- z Co., and headquarters were moved from TacomMhl Portland, Oregon in 1925. TaytaN Knobel Co. was merged into the ' Co. Sprouse-Reit- z As the wholesale operation co tinued to prosper from its new hoffl6 in Portland, the retail side of the com-- ; pany continued to expand. Sprouse Reitz stores began to open in Califofr hia, and by 1920, Nothing over 13C? S was changed to Nothing over 49C? Direct importing of merchandise from the Far East helped the company weather the Great Depression urigl black ink on the balance sheet, and stores number 1941, Sprouse-Reit- z 178 and spread across ten Western' states. ,j' , During those early years, fhe wholesale side of the company also saw major expansion. A new variety retailers. While most fought the es idea well into the late 1940s, Sprouse-Reit- z was the first variety chain in the nation to adopt the concept, introduced at the opening of the Redwood City, California, store in 1936. Sprouse-Reit- z was also one of the Sprouse-Reit- z first in its field to employ women in management positions, a practice that began with the hiring of store manager Jessie Raymond in Marshfield (now Coos Bay), Oregon, back in 1923. is today a Although Sprouse-Reit- z self-servi- d corporation with the shares traded Sprouse family still retaines controlling interest and is active in the management of the company. Robert A. Sprouse n, grandson of the companys founder, is President, and his brother, John E. Sprouse, serves as Vice President - Merchandising. Their father, J.A. Sprouse, serves as Honorary Chairman of the Board. A fourth generation family member, Robert A. Sprouse m, is a buyer for the company. The company currently operates more than 300 stores in the 1 1 western states from corporate headquarters in Portland. Oregon. publicly-owne- a. First Security Financial News Utahs economy strengthened in the third quarter, and that improving growth trend should continue through the holiday season and into next year, according to the First Security quarter- ly economic newsletter. Insights. Quoting from the publication, written by First Security Corporation economist Dr. Kelly K. Matthews, James R. Jeppson, manager of First Security Bank in Magna, said, The in-- states index of leading economic 1 ' dicators in September had increased an inflation-adjuste- d 4'A , which points to further economic expansion in the months ahead. The newsletter noted that job growth in Utah accelerated in the third said First quarter. By October, Security, nonagricultural employment had reached 668,400, an increase of20,400or3.1, the highest growth in more than three years. Further- more, Octobers 4.8 unemployment rate was generally unchanged from the previous three months, despite renewed growth in the labor force. Total personal income in Utah in 1988 has strengthened impressively, increasing an estimated 5.9, compared with the 4.6 gain in 1987. The 1988 forecast for total personal income, according to the publication, is $20.22 billion, an increase of $1.13 billion over 1987. , Utahs construction industry seems to be stabilizing, which is good news when viewed against the significant declines experienced in recent months. Retail sales in the fourth quarter in Utah are expected to record substantial gains over the last year. Increases in employment and income, along with the $80 million tax rebate and a potential $44 million thrift settlement payment, should contribute to the expected growth, noted First Security. Net sales tax collections in the second compared with quarter jumped a 1.8 gain. On the national economy, the newsletter said that the underlying 8.1, first-quart- er growth momentum in the U.S. economy continues, despite a sputtering in investment and net exports which are the primary engines of growth. Adjusted for the drought-induce- d said First Security, the distortions, economy appears steady on a 2)4 - 3 growth track. The October employment data painted a uniformly strong picture of die economy going into the er fourth quarter. Included in the 323,000 employment increase were 99,000 new manufacturing jobs, a number more than sufficient to offset payroll the prior three months of decline. With the nations unemployment labor-markrate now at tightness pushed the October hourly earnings index up 0.8 and was 4. 1 above last year, First Security added. 5.3, et First Security said the rate of inflation appears to be stuck in the 4 'A to 5 range at least through early 1989. Against a background of soaring . debt in all segments of the economy, a nearlyl Hull capacity utilization of both human and capital resources, rising foods costs, and higher wage rates, have all contributed to the price concern. An apparently firm commitment by the Federal Reserve, resulting in higher short-terinterest rates and substantially reduced monetary growth, has, however, helped contain the pace of price increases below explained First Security. The dollar exchange-rat- e noted the newsletter, weakness, will likely push interest rates higher into the first quarter of 1989. Shortterm rates may rise an additional Vi interest point, but it does not seem likely the markets will experience a rapid and sustained trend toward higher rates. m 5, If you enjoy the the Magna Times Tell your friends and neighbors! Subscribe for $12 a year!! PUBLIC WELCOME PUBLIC WELCOME Lines Beauty Supply Beauty Next to Albertsons Phone 3396 S. 5600 West, 964-860- 0 DECEMBER SPECIALS HAPPY NEW YEAR FREE EAR PE1RCING (with Never sticky. purchase Of studs) $3.00 and up! 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