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Show SA U EA 3 , i L 333 SO. CI1Y, VIMI BUI I fa NUMBER FORTY-EIGH- VOLUME T SEVENTY-NIN- 0 A A Cmw Nouit Pmotl U r . - 544-913- 3 XX 546-473- I UTAH J f - (USPS 1492-6000- - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1984 18 PAGES ) aJtwEt "Tk ,4 Iks? CJPi trol fireworks sales is the city taxing power. If a special tax were placed on fireworks outlets dealers might be discouraged from selling the dangerous product. By DONETA GATHERUM LAYTON - Can people use safe and sane fireworks in a safe and sane manner? THE ANSWER to this question appears to be. no." Last year for the first time in many decades the Utah State Legisl- ature relaxed the state fire code regulations to allow people to purchase Class C fireworks. The definition of safe and sane" was mentioned in the vague law that listed de-- scriptions of fireworks that were legal and items that were unlawful. Interpretation of the law is difficult because fireworks are STUMPED Can you name these students? Two weeks ago, Dr. Ross Poore was browsing through an assortment of pictures and books that were for sale at a gun and antique show in Salt Lake. He turned one school class picture over and read this information, Layton, Utah class. . . Early 1900s. Sarah J. Adams class. Dr. Poore purchased the photo. He also bought some school text books that had Sarah Jane Adams name written in the front. We would like to be able to identify the children in the picture and the year and grade in school. The steps and the doors tells us the picture was taken at the Layton Elementary School. Any reader that recognizes We will print the idenfaces in the photo can call our office at tifications at a later date. packaged under different , names. It is impossible even in lengthy law descriptions to clude every name and type of firework manufactured. Policing fireworks stands was difficult. Firemen throughout the state became very frustrated. THE NUMBER of fires in Utah caused because of firein- works increased greatly. 544-913- 3. Statewide there were 402 fires causing $t 12.980 in damages and resulting in 81 reported injuries. The largest fireworks caused fire in the state probably occured in Layton. Vandals broke into the old sugar factory and set off bottle rock-e- 1 s that destroyed packing pal- By DONETA GATHERUM Even before the St. Judes church burned down in March of 1900, trustees from the 8th school district were negotiating with officials of the Episcopalian Church for the purchase of the St. Jude property. There was a need to build a new1 school. Consolidation was the lets and crates valued at 5x5.000. ly fire, there were Sixteen people opposed the plan. On the same ballot was the question of a mill levy for the school district. People voted to pay from 1 to 1 Vi mills to support their schools. This SUNSET CITY has a unique was not enough money to pay for the property purchase. Eighth school district trustees were in a difficult position. They had signed an agreement with the Episcopalian IT WASNT until April 5, 1901 that District 8 voters by a margin of 46 to 25 agreed to be taxed 5 mills to build a three-rooschool and purchase the St. Jude property for a sum of $625. School in 1900 and 1901 was held in the William A. Hyde building on Main Street, the same building purchased by the Episcopalian Church for a new St. Judes chapel. A.B. Cook was the teacher in this small but graded school. location along the highway that makes it an ideal place to EARLIEST PHOTO fession, Supt. Whitesides believed that a school system could be' better managed and children would learn more if consolidation and a graded system based on age were put into the county system. OPPOSITION to consolidation was great. Being a school trustee was a position of influence and power. People didn't want to give up their school that was within prom-inanc- OPPOSITION to the buildthree-roo- school m which would draw pupils from outside the 8th,district was great. The Clipper of Sept. 21 , 1900 tells of the reaction of people in the consolidation, Some of the taxpayers in the 16th district complain that grading of the schools in said district will work a hardship on them. They think that mixed schools would do them much better service. Work on the new school progressed during the year of 1901. School officially opened on Monday, Oct. 12, 1902 with Joseph A. Sill as teacher for the intermediate grades and Principal and May Gibson as teacher for the primary grades. The 9th grade started onei month later. When a third room in the school was com-- 1 pleted, Maetha Smith closed her school and moved into the new building. A FOURTH room was quickly added giving this consolidated school two rooms on ground level and two rooms - upstairs. More additions quickly followed after E.M. Whitesides became county superintendent in 1911. Mr. Whitesides favored closing the one-roo- schools and eliminating the school trustee .system. A school teacher by pro-- three-ma- n e, walking distance of their homes. Many questioned the superiority of a graded system over the one-roo- . concept. Emil Whitesides, the son of Supt. Whitesides, remembers how difficult it was for his father to establish the consoliHe knew he dated system. would lose his job as superintendent over this issue, Emil Whitesides recalls, It was something he believed woyld be best for the county so he worked for it even though it cost him his job and the loss of many friends. THE LDS Church and Layton Town purchased prop CHS Scheduled Business Glasses y accounting class which will be taught Thursday afternoons at 3 p.m. for the next nine weeks at the high school, 930 S. 1000 E.. Clearfield. of proficiency may be earned for employment purposes in this business skills class. Business machines will be taught the first half of the three hourclass. Accounting will take up the second half. Touch keyboarding necessary for efficient machine operation will be taught. Business requires the touch method. Accounting A CERTIFICATE will stress keeping books for the small cash business with double-entr- y accounting principles. This is a beginning class. Registration will take place at the first class, Thursday, 3 p.m. Fee is $35 which includes all March 15, room books, materials, and supplies. The general public is always welcome to attend the community school at have already adopted a restrictive tax. West Valley. Roy. Clearfield. Kaysville and Sunset are UTAH DATA a few of the cities that require a business license for fireworks stands plus a special fee The INJURED amount of the special assessment varies from city to city. The range is from $ (X) to S5(K). Kaysville City requires a $300 cash deposit for all stands. If LATT0N DATA the area is left clean after the selling season then this 53(H) is refunded. Kaysville has a speDOLLAR LOSS NO. FIRES cial 5300 license that is not refunded. The state law says fireworks can only be sold between June 20th and July 25th: between Dec. 20 and Jan. 2 and 15 days before and on the Chinese New Year. CAUSED THE $250 to 5500 license for selling during this very limited time period is intended to be prohibitive. Chief John H. Adams of Layton says he isn't sure how many vendors w ill he eliminated through the imposition of an expensive license. Some of the stands last year faced fireworks a ordinance, pondering Layton Citys with injuries and thousands of dollars in fire damage were operated by civic and church groups that wanted to theyve caused. earn money. The license fee rate. might eliminate these people set up fireworks stands. Five from selling." the Chief says. stands and a few other businesProfits in established stores WHEN THE state legislases sold fireworks in Sunset in the larger stands seems sesand in their met ture Chief last summer. budget Arley City to be high enough to make the Wallace reports policing the sion, the State Fire Marshall's increased fee something that Association requested the legstands was almost impossible. islature pass a new fireworks can be paid without cutting too Two grass fires started by fireworks were reported to the law. Because of the many bills deeply on the net profit ficonsidered by the legislature gures. Sunset fire department. There THURSDAY evening the and the short session, the firewas no property loss in these works proposal was never confires. Layton City council members will consider adopting an ordiThe fireworks problem is sidered. In 1984 the potential for nance similar to the ones that the same throughout the entire state. Policing the stands was more serious problems with have been passed in other Utah cities. Layton fire offnot effective. The law was no fireworks sales and use still exists. Since cities cannot pass icials re asking for a 5300 vague enforcement was imordinances that conflict with license fee per fireworks outlet possible. The number of restate law, the only policing plus a 5300 refundable clean up ported fires and injuries infee for a temporary stand. creased at an unbelievable power that can be used to con N0.FIRE5 ( poumass 402 mm.oo si I , ;0 INJURED 17 mmoo s nmnmoNcnrii.m.oo. wrm FIRES 8T FIREWORKS o FIREWORKS BURN - the second story of the building. IN 1950 the cafeteria was built onto the west end of the school. one-roo- school closed in 1921. Before this school closed many 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students from outlying areas attended Layton Elementary, dmg MONEY RAISED through the franchise tax would be for capital improvements. Layton has never had an organized savings plan to accumulate funds for capital improvements. For the next two or three years we will have to catch up with the replacement of old equipment, the councilman explains. Capital needs in Layton include repair on the city hall, replacement of 10 police cars that have been driven over 100,000 miles, construction of a fire department construction of a new swimming pool and replacement of public works equipment that is out dated or in need of expensive repair. No franchise tax money would be used for increased wages or employee benefits. LAYTON IS one of a number of large and medium-size- d Utah communities that have considered adopting a franchise tax. Bountiful, Clinton and Farmington have had franchise taxes for at least one year or more. Other Utah cities comparable in size to Layton that have a franchise tax include Roy, Tooele, Murray, Brigham City, Sandy and Orem. In Layton ikmofrik By DONETA GATHERUM Clearfield High Shool Community School program announces a . electronic calculators, key punch and MANY CITIES THEY BURN TAX DOLLARS LAYTON On Thursday evening, March 15 at 7:15 p.m. a public hearing will be held in the Layton City Council Chambers to consider the adoption of a Franchise Tax by Layton City. The motion to hold this hearing was made at the last city council meeting by Councilman Kent Smith, the elected official assigned to the police department. COUNCILMAN SMITH explains that a franchise tax is a users tax as opposed to a property tax. The city would be allowed to tax up to six percent of the money a person pays to the utility companies, Utah Power and Light, Mountain Fuel Supply and Mountain Bell. The tax would not be placed on equipment purchases or rentals, service and maintenance or state sales tax. According to Councilman Smith a franchise tax is more equitable because all people pay. Renters, military people living temporarily in Layton, home owners and business owners would all be assessed equally. The taxpayer would have some control over the tax. If a person used less, the tax would be less. Mr. Smith admits a franchise tax would affect people on fixed incomes. All taxes do, he states. erty near the school and soon a good baseball diamond and a bowery were included in the school complex. A gymnasium was added to Laytons last FIREWORKS Franchise Tax Pondered This is the earliest known photograph of Layton Elementary School. When first completed, the school has two classrooms but a third was added in a month with a fourth completed in time for school to start one year later in 1903. m ing of a 16otherfire-work- s caused fires reported in Layton. Eight injuries were treated at the Humana Davis North Hospital. Most injuries were burns. One girl suffered an eye injury when a bottle rocket hit her face. There were nine outlets for fireworks in Layton last year. This included five stands. ON MAY 4, 1900 a vote was held in the 8th school district to consider purchasing the St. Jude site. 51 votes were cast. Church leaders to purchase some property. The voters would not raise the mill levy to pay for the purchase. BESIDES the one very cost- . trend. i MMI By Layton Council i&w mm, tM. HATE 5 1 i, ogt PAID PC MftlT NO LAYTON Voice Of Davis Countv E XB'4mm9m fit S U.R LAYTON Layton City council tabled a discussion of bookmobile service until information about proposed stops in Layton is furnished by the Davis County Library Board to Layton City officials. This actioh was taken at the last city council meeting. ABOUT ONE month ago, Layton City Mayor Lewis G. Shields received a letter from the county library board indicating the board members were studying the bookmobile stops in Layton to determine if all stops were needed. It was felt by the county library board that some realignment of stops would be beneficial to the residents of the county and especially the residents of Kaysville because this community with an independent library system is without bookmobile service. d service The bookmobile is a state-funde- ccffle operated by the county. THE LAYTON Council members requested that the Layton Library Board study the use of the stops in Layton to determine if some could be eliminated or combined. The cost of this service was to be researched by the Layton Library Board members. Since the county library board has not yet presented Layton officials with a new proposal, there is little to study. ACTION WILL be taken when the county people determine what changes the bookmobile service they recommend for Layton, In other council action, a public hearing was set for April 5 at 7: 15 p.m. to consider a rezone request made by David Early. The acreage to be considered at the hearing is located at 1200 W. 1280 N. behind the Huskie station and the Royal Siam Cafe. The request is to change the Mr. Early wants to to C-zone from 8 Tabled. build apartments on the ground. A SECOND public hearing was set for April 5. The purpose of this hearing will be to establish an improvement district in the Snow Creek subdivision. There are 43 building lots in the project. Five homes have been completed. Curb, guttering and sidewalk is needed on the remaining 32 lots. This unfinished subdivision was part of East Layton City. Scott Carter, city planner, indicated that the people he contacted in the area favor paying the special improvement district tax in order to get the improvements in so building can take place. FINALLY, THE city council members unanimously approved the appointment of Barry Flitton and Steven Adams to the Parks and Recreation Commission. The men will serve three year terms. |