Show RADIO LOG LOCAL NEWS SECOND SECTION PAGE 14 Home Buyers Warned on Street Rights y aw ’gemy J ' J -- Auditors Seek Changes in City’s System ’ y 1 M Planning Engineer Cites Examples Of Private Areas - r I! a- - EDNA DRAPER Report Says Asset Accounts Wrong Okehs Cash Records u- - r J ’ 1 Bj PAGE SEVENTEEN SALT LAKE CITY UTAH FRIDAY MORNING AUGUST 15 1947 r- r f Ji-r- i i!Mi - 5 - m Some veterans and other home owners are buying properties in Salt Lake City unaware that streets are private adjacent rights of way and not entitled to the usual city services City Planning Engineer C G Woolley told members of the city commission Thursday Mr Renewing a former recom mendation for establishment of an adequate system for accounting control of movable equip ment and similar assets but approving present methods of handling of cash receipts and disbursements the audit report i 1 of Beesley Wood & Co covering Salt Lake City accounts for the year ended Dec 31 1946 was issued Thursday- Accounting records relating to the actual handling of cash receipts and disbursements generally are in good condition and well kept The filing system is well maintained Good Internal control is established on the cash records of various departments the report stated Periodical Checkup “We have visited departments at times during the year and made tests of the departmental accounts reconciling them with the city auditor’s records Pay rolls warrants Invoices and other supporting data have been examined and tested in the confirmation of recorded disbursements Minutes of the city commissioners’ meet- 1 Woolley urged a change In the city's policy to prohibit installation of watrma!rs or seven until streets are dedicated to the city under usual conditions Can’t Be Maintained The present poLcy of granting waterroain and sewer extensions in private streets has made it possible lor de elopers cf some of these properties to construct homes and aell them without informing buyers that the city cannot maintain the streets and give them the usual services Mr Woolley said “Last year 27 houses were erected on Paxton ave between 6th and 7th West most of which were sold to eterans This street was not dedicated as the promoters of this project would not put In the required Improvements for acceptance cf the street however the waterraain was laid and sewer constructed under prhate contract making possible the construction cf the houses Mr Woolley said Regfuses Bond “Berkeley Circle running north from 27th South was developed as a private street because the builder refused to put up the required bond guaranteeing installation of and prostreet improvements ceeded’ to put in curb and gutter Sidewalks and pavement without city inspection or giades after which the dedication was again offered "Because these improvements were put in without inspection and knowing that at the time cement in this territory was deficient and causing consderable trouble on public improvements the builder was advised that to have this street accepted a bond would have to be ported to insure the stability of Improvements for a reasonable period Thus was refused and the y street is a private only with the result that no maintenance can be done thereon and next winter the new owners will besiege the street department for snow removal and other services Other Examples to these two exam“In add-tio- n ples there are several other such streets namely two circles running east from 8th West south of 13th South one running east from 9th West at about 1591 South and the most recent development known as Ashton circle running west from 21st East south of Wilmington ave Owner of this property deposited money for construction of a water-mai- n on a private easement and is now preparing to build houses in the rear of homes on 21st East fronting them on this private street The street comes to a dead end with the slope toward the west and the drainage problem will be serious for the owners of these rear lots” Mr Woolley said Salt Lake City commissioners took the problem under advisement for study as a committee of the right-of-wa- 26-fo- ot w hole Suspect 21 Faces Morals Charge Arrested Wednesday and held in jail for investigation George ety P Brown 21 274 E 9th South was charged with criminal assault Thursday in a complaint signed by the victim of his alleged attack Cty Judge Arthur J Mays ordered the defendant transferred to Salt Lake county Jail He later posted J 2 000 bond and was released Brown was apprehended near his home by Det- - Ed Jackson after from the detective traced his auto coma description given by the Police reports state plainant Brown admitted he attacked the girl in the southeast section of Salt Lake City He was reported to have beaten the girl severely about the face and head so that she needed hosalso pital treatment Police reports revealed Brown allegedly stole the victim's purse containing $37 The purse and money were recovered and returned Print Shops Union Agree on Wages Members of Typographical un!on No 115 (American Federation of Labor) who walked out of six Salt Lake City commercial printin a wage ing shops Wednesday Thursdispute returned to work day afternoon when a settlement was reached F S Shelton chairman of the negotiating committee for announced mercial shops the agreement and said the union’s wage demands were met George L Crowther and George W Cliff represented management in the com- egotiatioEju V"“ y r ings also were inspected HEAD STATE ASSOCIATION FOR COMING YEAR Newly elected officers of Utah Association of Insurance Agents confer after convention Left to right are Adrian W Hatch Logan president Utah Insurance Agents’ Unit Elects Officers Carlyle C Eubank Ogden Utah national director and Sherman T Hunter Salt Lake City secretary-treasurElections were held at Hotel Utah er ‘BUT WE’RE IN DEBT’ All sub- records relating to assets sidiaryiiabilities and have either been tested or reconciled with control account” it said The audit disapproves of the city’s method of handling accounts for fixed assets pointing out that investment in fixed assets appears on the balance sheet in accordance with the ledger of the city auditor and is intended to reflect gross cost of physical assets owned without adjustment for depreciation or other value changes or retirements ' State Tax Officials Reject S L County Welfare Levy Unsound Bookkeeping Adrian W Hatch Logan ThursOther fixed assets were purtax state The commission on advice the chased but the city auditor does acting Thursday was of elected the day president new purchases if not capitalize Utah Association of Insurance of the state attorney general’s office refused to approve the Salt are replacements of similar they meetLake county property tax levy of 76 mills because the total items that are being retired the Agents during association ings in "Hotel Utah He succeeds included a 12-mi- ll report states levy for public welfare expenditures “We do not agree with the proLa von E Payne Provo Salt Lake county commissioners were the first of several priety of this method” the report Other officers elected Thursday "especially since no attempt were Francis B Goeltz vice presi- county governing boards to submit total levies containing a states is made by the auditor to eliminate state welfare funds dent Carlyle C Eubank Ogden tax item for participation in from the fixed assets accounts the Utah law requires the approval Utah national director Merrill K items which are retired and not Davis executive secretary Sher- by the state tax commission of replaced at all” r man T Hunter secretary-treasurecan before The city auditor also classifies limits they levy county and J A Ottenheimer Mr under the fixed asset secbe supplies Imposed upon taxpayers Payne William J Holmes Ogden his ledger reflecting a of tion In a letter to Salt Lake county J Edwin Stem Provo Earl B of value $56055 27 However no Leland Paxton Roscoe E Hammond said: Jones Ogden inventory apparently was taken “Please be advised that the Henry Johnson Logan and Ray the report notes Carr Richfield executive commit- tax commission has examined the Values Unlisted tee members for list of levies submitted A resolution was passed by the Salt forMurdock W Abe PROVO— mills 76 no knowledge of the Lake “We have county totaling association asking that the execu- and has concluded come mer Utah senator and recently ap- value of the supplies on hand as of that they tive committee request the state within the limit prescribed by pointed member of the National December 31 1946 in any of the insurance department to continue law with the exception of the ll Labor Relations board will be a city department If inventory aca waiver on filing of photographs on farm risks The waiver had fund levy for the public welfare guest speaker at the state Amer- counts are to be usedatat all they least anican Federation of Labor conven- should be adjusted been permitted during the warOpinion Cited tion which will open Sunday night nually to physical quantities on time emergency The association hand “The tax commission’s disap- in Provo asked the reprieve to permit an The report lists receipts for the association committee to make a proval of this levy is based on an Although the topic of Mr Muranat $797994128 and disbursenot been beyear dock's has address to the facts genattorney by placing opinion study prior nounced it is expected to deal ments $651837199 showing an fore the far west conference next eral” The problem of taxing for state with labor relations Sponsors of available cash balance on Decemspring at which time it is expected Thursday they ber 31 1946 of $146156929 that permanent elimination of the welfare purposes arose out of leg- the convention said will The city’s bonded indebtedness outline his clause would be asked islation passed by the 1947 legis- hope Mr Murdock as lature policies in connection with the on December 31 1946 is listed inTells of U S Session Under Utah’s old welfare act labor relations boardy and opera- $4524800 compared with an labor debtedness of $4717900 on DecemMr Eubank reporting on the which was operative until July 1 tion of the new ber 31 1945 50th national convention at Den- 1947 the various counties were act The date of Mr Murdock’s adver last year described the forma- required to pay for 157c of the tion of the new far west agents expenditures of the state welfare dress has not been announced alconference commission withm each county though C R Van Winkle of Provo Mr Payne in his annual presiThe legislature passed the new secretary of arrangements said dent’s report lauded achievements welfare act repealing the power the former senator has definitely to appear during the past year of the legis- of counties to tax for welfare pur- promised Three prominent Utah men wh5 lative educational and accident poses and gave it an effective also will address the convention and fire prevention committees date of July 1 M A “clothes changing burglar” "Inasmuch as the county wel- are Gov Herbert B Maw E InMervyn Collopy San Francisco State who has eluded police for several marine department Aetna Insur- fare levy must be made between Royle chairman of the ance group said the United States the last Monday in July and the dustrial commission and Mathew weeks while becoming known for had taken over many of the unique second Monday in August of each Cowley representative of the Utah his habit of switching costumes commission and mem- while “at work” Thursday added policies once handled only by year the levy for public welfare Centennial of twelve apos- another burglary to his record of council ber the sucHe noted London of could incurred Lloyds expenses already Det E J Blazzard investigated cess of inland marine insurance not be made prior to July 1 ef- tles of the Church of Jesus Christ Saints the report that the home of Dr which has comprehensive cover- fective date of the new act Since of Latter-da- y First official session of the con- C Lowell Lees 55 Virginia st was age of cargo in transit compared the new law eliminates the power vention will be a state executive broken into between 7 and 9 pm to individual policies covering and authority of the county commeeting Sunday while for- Mr and Mrs George H Taylor missioners to make a levy for that board separate risks sessions will start Monday at caring for the home while the Lees purpose it does not appear that mal Values Discussed 10 am and will continue Tuesday family is on vacation told Det can be made" and Wednesday levy properly and possibly Blazzard that the burglar had E Virgil Norton general agent any the attorney general ruled depending upon the broken a window to gam entrance Thursday at Salt Lake City discussed Must Paw Off amount of business to be handled During his stay in the house the changes in property values which have resulted m a high number changed clothes taking a burglar counties Under the ruling the of inadequately insured losses now are faced with the problem of sport shirt and a pair of trousers "For example” said Mr Norton meeting an expense required by belonging to Mr Taylor and leava pair of army officer's trousers increased have values ing act old Utah’s while at welfare the “property and shirt handkerchief tie and 5 O'"! in the past few' years and same time they have been deconstruction costs have doubled prived of taxing authority to raise sport coat The Taylors found nothsince 1940 and have trebled since the ing else missing funds by the Det Blazzard identified the 1917 Agents should keep their new welfare act The state board of health as those of Col J A Johnsclothes clients informed of fluctuating Beck’s Hot To county commissioners ingave Thursday 178 ton Alta st whose home was to install until how should the property values” he advised Sunday Springs impasse quiring W H Erewster New York City be burglarized Monday overcome the tax commission chlorinating equipment or close manager of automobile division advised querying the attorney A test of water at the swimof National Bureau of Casualty general ming pool by state laboratories and Surety Underwriters told the indicates it fails to meet the group that claim costs were up minimum health standards set 30'"! over prewar figures due to by the state of medical care Dr Welby W Bigelow actrising cost of — inaccidents not Number state health commissioner ing El Kalah temple's nobles of the surance companies— is responsible said the order to correct sub- Mystic Shrine and their families for increased cost of accident inor was conditions close standard a time Friday at their plan gala surance on automobiles Harold D Floyed G Eyre new president issued by the state board of annual summer outing at Lagoon Sammis San Fnneisco branch of the Canadian mission Church health on 1 with a deadSome 750 families are expected to Aug UnderAutomobile secretary line of Aug 17 to give the opof Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y participate writers Assn declared The families will take their own Saints and his wife who will erators time to conform The issue of public swimming basket lunches with El Kalah head mission women’s organizasanitation has bounced besoft temple providing coffee Set Field tions and daughter Lael Eyre pool tween the state department of drinks and refreshments After a n a magneaium-lron-boro19 will leave Friday for Ottawa health and the city for several children's racing program at 4 Ludwigite The state however pm the El Kalah band directed months compound will be collected to take over their new duties after legal opinions from by Guy W Heric assistant diby members of the Mineraloglcal Mr Eyre whose home is Ogden agreedand state- attorneys to rector will present a concert Jack Society of Utah at their monthly succeeds city Octave W Ursenbach of shoulder responsibility field trip Sunday at 8 a m at Dog hairman anfor the Lawrence picnic enforcens-enlake in the Brighton area nounced Thursday program Lethbridge Alberta Canada AFL Parley Sets Talk By Murdock 12-mi- Taft-Hartle- Burglar Plays - ’Chameleon’ BECK’S GIVEN ULTIMATUM debt-defrayi- ng El Kalali Temple Picnics Today Utahns to Leave On LDS Mission Trip - t APPOINTMENTS TO BOARD INVALID: GILES Gen A letter from Atty Grover A Giles Thursday notified House Speaker Rendell N Mabey Senate Pres Alonzo F Hopkin and Gov Herbert B Maw that their appointments of 1947 legislators to the Utah water and pdwer board were void and new appointments should be made Affected by the ruling are Reps Reuel E Christensen (R Sanpete) and Erastus C Gardner (D Washington) appointed bv Rep Mabey Sens J Welton Ward (D Willard) and Mitchell Melich (R Moab) appointed by Sen Hopkin and Rep Horace L Allred (R Duchesne) appointed by Gov Maw In declaring the appointments null Atty Gen Giles cited a constitutional prohibition preventing any member of the legislature from holding an office of profit “which shall have been created during the term for which he was elected” Bountiful Girl 10 Drowns In Reservoir $30000 Deficit Approved for Welfare Inquiry Maw to Probe ’Chiseling’ On Assistance Rosters The state board of examiners Thursday approved a $30000 deficit to the governor’s office to permit him to employ an investigating committee specifically aimed at removing possible “chiselers” from state welfare department rolls Members of the board — Gov Herbert B Maw Secy of State Heber Bennion Jr and Atty Gen Grover A Giles — approved the deficit unanimously Gov Maw said the new investigating committee ne intends to set up has “no connection” with his “rehabilitation service committee” which was recently outlawed in an opinion of Mr e Giles be the “Some of the membership of the committees will ' same as there were good investi-- J gators on the old committee However this committee will be primarily aimed at removing from welfare rolls those persons who do not legally qualify for aid” the Welfare Chief Backs Maw Plan in Probe governor said Old Unit Abandoned The old committee was abandoned when the attorney general ruled that the governor no longer had Gov Herbert B Maw’s reasonpower to spend the funds set up by BOUNTIFUL — A him for its operation At the time ing that he needs a special comBountiful girl Geraldine Maie of the attorney general’s opinion mittee to investigate “chiselers” Smith daughter of Mr and Mrs unexpended t in on state welfare rolls was tacitly Marvin Smith 65 W 7th North $31000 remained committee’s-accounBountiful drowned Thursday at the rehabilitation acceded to Thursday in a letter 5:45 pm in the new Bountiful board to a In the supportletter from the state welfare commission reservoir east of town while on a his plea for a deficit the gov- signed by P T Farnsworth coming several with other hiking trip ernor wrote: mission chairman children “The Utah constitution provides In a letter dated Aug 13 and Geraldine reportedly climbed that governor shall see that the introduced to support the govover a seven-fpfence topped laws the are faithfully executed ernor’s plea for a $30000 deficit by three strands of barbed wire instances of violation "Though said: enclosing the reservoir attempt- of the laws of the state repeatedly Dr Farnsworth our is that so “It a to judgment drink the get ing Reaching come to my attention it is imposas rumors are long onto running high an top she apparently fell for me to carry out my con- (of ‘chLselers’ on welfare rolls) oval siding surrounding the reser- sible of because stitutional it would be well to investigate voir and rolled into the water a shortage responsibility of funds” Our reduced staffs hardly about 10 feet deep at that spot He pointed out that the 1943 them can take on new and additional The other children including legislature a with him provided brother $500000 contingent Boyd Smith fund and the work It would be well to have by an of the victim and two others ran 1945 legislature with a similar these things investigated to a near by house from which fund for the board of examiners agency independent of our present the Bountiful fire department was but that the 1947 legislature had workers “Because the extent of ‘chiselsummoned After sawung through made no such provision a chain that held the reservoir ing on public welfare funds is ‘Numerous Charges’ unknown and because our staffs gate firemen attempted resuscibeen reduced to the point tation “Numerous charges have come to have The Smith girl was born April my attention during the past two where they can take re additional it is believed that 13 1937 in Ogden a daughter of or three months to the effect that responsibilities Marvin M and Alta Marie Peter- large numbers of welfare clients these investigations should be sen Smith The family had lived in who are not eligible for assistance made by an independent agency Bountiful for several years She are receiving relief from the state in conformity wuth federal reis survived by her parents and quirements “The welfare department “We also wish to have such brother and two grandmothers has requested that an independent Mrs Beatrice E Smith Bountiful investigation be made investigations conform' to federal and Mrs Inez Petersen Tremon-to- n “Statements that citizens who requirements on the use of our have sufficient private income to records so that no violation will A student of Stoker school maintain themselves are receiving be made of their confidential nature I feel sure you will Geraldine was a member of the monthly grants and that many the limitations of the use “chiselers” are receiving see Bountiful 5th ward Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints public assistance undoubtedly have of our files” the letter concluded a discrediting" effect on the public welfare department “Such an investigation cannot be carried on wdth the revenue apoffice propriated to the governor's by the legislature” he said Introduced with the governor’s letter was a letter from P T Farnsworth state welfare commission chairman The state board of examiners The authority of the state finance commission to refuse to Thursday approved tne transfer of $150000 from the state buildallow state department of public ing fund to meet additional costs instruction directors and superof constructing the Daughters of in excess visors salaries of state Utah Pioneers’ memoral building department maximums was upheld between United Thursday by Atty Gen Grover Negotiations It also approved a transfer of A Giles States Smelting Refining & Min- $105000 to the University of 331 at Dr E Allen Bateman requested ing Co and locals 2 91 and the opinion after the finance com- Bingham Lark and Midvale re- Utah $1300 to Weber college mission had refused to grant in- spectively International Union of and $40000 to Snow college for creases in the salaries of 35 state Mine Mill & Smelter Workers repairs and alterations education officials Organ(Congress of International successThe additional $150 000 for the Dr Bateman maintained that izations) were concluded the power to set salaries was fully Thursday subject to local memorial building will be added vested in the state board of eduto $225000 appropriated by the ratification cation by a constitutional provi- union announcement was made by 1945 legislature and $73000 raised This sion president and by the DUP The building is The opinion written by Calvin F S Mulock vice of the company planned for the triangle southwest manager general L Rampton assistant attorney and Kimble Kane chairman of the of the capitoL general said Utah statutes giving joint council negotiating commitThe board also approved travel the finance commission control tee for Dr Robert A Clarke Weber over salary schedules were not in The company and the union college to attend a “workshop” conflict with constitutional pro2 Denver Aug Oscar E agreed upon a general wage in- at visions vesting the power to super- crease Low'd er chief adult probaand 12c six of agent hour paid per vise education in the state board following the ’general tion and parole department to holidays of education in the agreement be- attend a Western Probation and set Jerrold P Beesley finance com- pattern conference Sept at mission chairman said the ques- tween Kennecott Copper Corp and Parole Beach Cal J Melvin Long tion arose when the department union representatives bank ccmrnissioner In addition agreement was Knapp state of education sent salary increases attend a National Association that contract mining rates to through ranging from $40 to $60 reached will reflect fairly the wage in- of Supervisors of State Banks monthly for directors and super- crease 7 at Washirgton D C Sept visors an and American Bankers Assn ratificontract Kane Mr said Dr Bateman said state personCity N J nel are not receiving as much for cation meetings will be held at convention at Atlantic their services as persons similarly Lark Friday at 4 pm at Midvale Sept 28 to Oct 1 John M Flemcommission pubqualified holding executive posi- Friday at 8 pm and at Copper-fiel- d ing Centennial licity aid to travel to Pocatello tions in the state’s school districts Saturday at 4:15 prq to get publicity material for a professional football game in Salt Lake City Aug 23 State Engineer Ed H Watson to attend a meeting of the governors of the four Upper Colorado River basin states Sept 8 at Cheyenne Wyo and William H Leary Utah commissioner on uniform state laws No longer does the working girl to attend a commission meeting “look to heaven for protection” Sept 15 at Cleveland O because retirement policies will acsame end Thursday complish the declared J C Higdon Kansas City Mr Higdon president of the Business Men’s Assurance Company of America arrived in Salt Lake City preparatory to addressIt was “wild animal night” for ing an intermountain branch sales Salt Lake City radio patrolmen conference of his firm Friday and Thursday evening as several calls Saturday in Hotel Utah pt$p sent police scurrying over the city Mr Higdon predicted that slightin search of a skunk and a porrates for ly lower insurance cupine Jr younger age groups will go into Patrolmen disposed of the general effect the first of 1948 due to a new table of mortality He “porky” but didn’t mind too much when the black and white kitty also explained a new polio policy eluded them A caller said the which augments aid given by the skunk was in the garage of Arch National Foundation for Infantile G Webb ave but when Paralysis police arrived the interloper had Among new types of insurance vanished A which are gaining favor with large kitty” with a collar the animal is believed to are said annuities he employers be a pet of John Thomas 12 147 given to key employes in lieu of 10th East who reported last Satsalary raises Under this plan he Insurance urday that his skunk had taken a noted increased tax rates are J C Higdon walk and had not returned executive to address conference avoided ld ‘ ot nine-year-o- ld so-call- ed Utah Supplies Additional Fund to DUP Finance Board Upheld in Wage Contest U S Smelting Union Agree 18-2- 9-- 12 23-2- Insurance Executive Relates Reasons for New Policies Patrol Cars Busy On ‘Animal Calls’ ) 637-10- th "de-scent- ed |