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Show THE OGDEN POST The Ogden Post W. P. EITERSON, Editor Member Utah State Preaa Association Member National Editorial Association. Published each Friday by The (Jg Ioat Printing and Publishing com pany, 2428 Kieael avenue. matter Oc Entered as second-clas- s tober 17, 1127, at the post office at Ogden, Utah, under the Act of March ' den 8. 1879. Subscription Price: $2.00 per Year. Telephone 365 EDITORIAL Concerning Bank Taxation more laws tell us what we must do and what we must not do. And in evitalily, the citizen lores his status as an individual and becomes a subject as the clutching hand of the bureaucrat feels its way into human activity, 1ublic servants tend to become the masters of citizens who hire them. Government should protect the lives of its citizens, provide roads, schools, armaments and administer justice. Once it steps beyond the essential functions of governming, it becomes oppressive. It is time the voters stepped up and showed their power, before we have a government "of, by and for the What Is a Mine? The state of Utah is perhaps more dependent on and profits to a greater extent from the operation of the min ing industry within its borders than any other state. How many people know what really constitutes a mine or how taxation affects mining? How is the price or value of farm land determined or established? Disregarding inflated values, it is based on the annual earning power. For example, if a tenant could pay $160 a year rent on a farm, then tho proper price of the farm would obviously be $2,000, if eight per cent was deemed a fair return to rover taxes, Interest or profit on investment "Save in one vital respect, the method of valuing a mine is identical" says U C. Graton, one of the worlds leading mining authorities, in his booklet "Mines and Mine Taxation in the State of Utah. "The one essential difference between farms and mines, so far as valuation is concerned, is In the matter of duration, or life. A farm, if given reasonable and proper management, Is presumably good for ever. "The capital value resides, in the farm in perpetuity. But tho mine suffers injury and progressive destruction through the act of operation. The purpose or operation is to produce metal and each year's operation therefore depletes the mine. In contrast with the farm, whose capital remains constantly intact, the mine becomes less and less valuable until at last, when all of its ore has been exhausted, it Is valueless. Obviously, then, the proper value of a farm yielding $160 a year will not bo the some as the proper value of a mine yielding $160 a year, for the buyer of the farm can at any time get his money back by selling, whereas the mine will be worth less and leas each year." This great difference between a farm and a mine should bo understood and thoroughly considered wherever a taxation program for mining properties is being formulated. The authority of the supreme court to pass on the constitutionality of our state laws has always been recognised, but of late years that prerogative has been assumed by district courts and Justices of the peace; and now comes boards of county commissioners, disregarding not only the state laws as passed by the legislature, but the state constitution as well A few weeks ago at the meeting of tho Utah Dankers' association it was resolved to resist collection of taxes on banks as provided under the state law relating to the taxation of banks. It had been discovered that the Utah law was not in accord with the federal banking law as applied to national banks, and it was also pointed out that building and loan companies were taxed on a much lower haeU. This fact prompted the banka of tho state to go before the county commis sioners; and, after making protest, to to 35 per cent of the amount assessed against the banks as a compromise. In Salt Lake county the compromise offered by the banks was accepted; and on Wednesday night a compromise, whereby the banks are to pay 35 per cent of the tax assessed under the law, was accepted by tho commissioners of Davis county. There is much that ran be said in supporting the contention of the banks. Apparently the tax assessed against them, as compared with other financial concerns, is not equitable; , but the question naturally arises: What right has a board of county commissioners to pass on the constitutionality of a law which provide! that tho capital, surplus and undivided profits shall bo added and the total, after exemptions are allowed, shali form the basis of taxatiolf; and ignore the constitution of tho state which says that 'All monies, notes and solvent credits shall be taxed at their full value'?" Give Tho commissioners of Weber county resolved to refuse the compromise, holding that they had no right to make Mining deserves an "even break such compromise under tho law, and from legislators and the tax collecwere willing to let the issue be de- tor. cided in the courts. This seems to be During the last few years the minthe view taken by most of the bourds eral Industry has been going through of county commissioners. an amazing The argument is made, that in ac- a scientific period of evolution. From and executive viewpoint, cepting tho compromise the county it haa made more real progress than will get what la offered; but in rase ever In its history. It pays before of going into court, the county may receive nothing. Thla is a practical good wages to hundreds of thousands of fulfills necessary indusproposition which admittedly haa trialworkers, needs, and plays a major part do to with the the of waving naught in adding to tho national prosperity. law and the state constitution. There are plenty of laws on the If district courts, justices of the statute books at the present time to peace, boards of county commission- protect the public interest ao far as school attorboards and county ers, is concerned. Mines should mining are construe to own their neys put tion on the laws, why can't the tax pay their full share of taxes but to harry a growing, basic Industry with paying citizen and everybody else! unequal tax burdens la certainly not tho part of wisdom. Mining an. Even Break Why Only One Brand of Hypocrisy One is continually hearing and read ing of the hypocrisy of the man who votes dry and drinks wet, as. if there were anything new or remarkable about so doing. The Volstead law ia not the only law which ia violated in this manner. There is hardly a man living who haa not willingly violated some law of which he approves, and which haa his conscientious support even those who are eternally harping against the Volstead act arc in this class. Assuredly there are hypocrits in this world,, but they are not confined to that class of men who "vote dry and drink wet." Sixty Minutes of Service A Plea From Canada WASHINGTON, D. C., I Ocfcta The Telephone Girl famous satirist says government and de- Is the enemy of cent men. well-dispos- This is an exaggerated statement But it is undeniable that in reernt years government has meddled with Increasing persistence In the business end social lives of citizens. More and J C- - 81 2?5 SSJ5W First publication September is ,m Last publication October is, ik. Work Summons IN THE DISTRICT COURT COUNTY. STATE OF one-ten- th Ahead of 60-5- m, lr Alias Summons trim OP UTAH Annie A. Burt Plaintiff; vs. Arm P David E. Sorensen, John UcWeigh. K. McGrnnahen, also known ss ban: Abram C. Butler, also Butterfield ; E. R. almkLSlf!: R. Ridgley; George SteSin?riiTsU? George Stephens; Delta County Bank poration, and all other persona unknown ing any right title, estate liea till' xJt? Tho State of Utah to said Defender.-Yo- u are hereby summoned to appesr 22? twenty days after service of this upon you, if served within the Cant?? which this action is brought; dSSJVft ftjaa,tr service; and I and in cue of tohuTZ to do, judgment will be renderedyour L2 wuLST according to the demand of which hs. been filed with Ih. CtorHS BOUIts , This action is brought to obtain s title In plsistiff ff Iota I to quieting 8 inclusive. Block 8. Inclusive Block 9; Lots 28 to lwSnli bS '"d Block 8 lUutl inclusive. Lots 16, 18 and 17, all RtoS Lata 1 to 14, inclusive. Block - ImI ?9 and 80 indueive, Block kTloto Inclusive. Block I ; Lob 16 to 27, and 41 to 84, inclusive, Block 6. all b -CaZl rndo Place addition to Ogden City, Utak! Not HM Jk fBdn!S ddition City, Utah. W. R. SKEEN. 14, 2; l$ Plaintiff Addreu, 2875 Kieael - Publication dates October 1 and 8, 1929. Attorney Avenue, Ogdm 11, 1 ss. Old Man Winter Is at Our Door! 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Open Evenings Till Nine Ogden Cos (Conmpoinig if m done wrnsLtt So c& ? thermal property adverse to pUintiffTtaJ Statistics of Progress T1IE NEW AND GREATER W.e sad ,! Putting Dollars JUST ARRIVED ed A. W. Bowman The State of Utah to the Saif You are hereby summoned t t; f on her chair, hto ten days after service of thU The telephone girl sits served if within the sowS"? And listens to voices from everywhere. you, action this lie T brought; otheiwUe knows She knows all the gossip, she ty days after service, and dehad 7l aad in case action; of all the news. do so. the in She knows who is happy and who has apply to the plaintiff ill Court for tho in the Complaint of which a espytK the blues. annexed and herewith served uta? 4 will take against yoa k She knows all our sorrows, she knows with the judgment prayer of the plaintiffs on fils herein. all our joys; esbi Thie action la brought agaliwt chasShe knows all the girls who are of purpose reclaiming one dinimTJ? one bad room set and two ing the boys; ins of with purpose collecting tho baHSe She knows every time we are out " signed by you on AAugustw 16th. iw ...7. .f' n v the boys; od From Individual to Subject A plaintiff va. defendant What motorists are getting for their roads money in the way of improved within each state, and the is that must be taken if construction u to proceed with greater dispatch, shown by progress reports from tne field. These reports are based open approximate figures obtained fjm the American association of state central highway officials, the state organiexcuses each felzation through which hjsbway And she knows the low employs. departments cooperate with each deAnd she knows all our troubles, she and the bureau of publie zoada, knows all our strife; partment of agriculture at Washingto ton. She knows every man who is mean to bis wife. A survey of mileage completed on and the work which state each system Investment has been defined as the to be done discloses the fact She could keep the whole office in a iroductive employment of capital. It remaina the dreadful stew, , public demand for more s nothing more or less than putting that if of the things be met at a more rapid If she told just to is roads work. dollars to is now possible, two steps she knew. than rate As our industrial civilization de- are necessary. Gee, but it puts our head in a whirl, velops and grows more complex, the The first need is to Increase tha When we think what we owe to our need and demand for concentrated annual federal aid appropriation to telephone girL capital grows greater. $125,000,000 in order that the federal The ordinary citizen today plays a government may keep pace with its more important part in industrial fi- part of the work according to the Telephone nance than ever before. The day when original 0 program. The Time great industries could be controlled by The next important step ia to conNo industry is called upon to rea few men of wealth has passed. No tinue to hold federal aid inflexibly to spond more quickly to the progress financier, or group of financiers, could state and interstate systems since and changes made in the world than conceivably possess the amount of these main routes carry from 75 to 8 telephone. It not only gives the money necessary to the inauguration per cent of the country's traffic andj the service required today; it must be and growth of a modern electric util are at the present time but little more ahead of the time in preparing ity, for example, or a autmobile than 26 per cent actually finished. years future. the for manufacturing company. This capi- This point haa been made before. It The telephone achievements great be tal must supplied by millions of will bear continued repeating, howrecent of years, such as international citizens, in ail walks of life, and of ever, until it is thoroughly understood and the general improvedistance long almost every financial status. by the motorists who are paying the ment in facilities throughout the world This modern trend of "speculation lion'a share of road building coats, an inestimably important on the part of our citizens has created that any attempt to extend federal have inplayed of modern the development part a group of critics who see in it only aid to back roads before the main sysBut speculation, in the tems are much farther advanced will a menace. modern sense, means investment of tend to weaken if not actually endangsavings in industries that provide ne- er the whole road building program. cessities and luxuries of daily life. It Montana, with an approximate creates new businesses and aids in total of 4,600 miles in the state ays-egrowth and maintenance of old ones. has improved approximately It is the institution of which our prog- 600 miles. Federal aid was used on ress, socially and industrially, depends. all roads improved. The fact that millions of people are The Wyoming state system is shown buying for investment sound stocks at approximately ' 3,000 miles, with and bonds from reputable brokers and about 2,000 miles improved. Of the IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF, WEBER COUNTY. UTAH bankers is one of the most optimistic improved section federal aid was used times. the Its of . Clyde GO signs possibilities on about 1,700 miles while no aid was Billie O. Gilbert plaintiff. have yet been unimagined. defendant. betrt, used on the remainder. The State of Utah to laid defendant: Utah shows about 3,400 miles in Yon are hereby eununoned to appear within eervieo of thie snanone the state system. Here again federal twenty days after within the County in served if you, upon Those who seek a reason for the aid fell below in mileage, as approxi- which thie action ia brought; otherwise within days after leniei s and defend the above amazing social and economic progress mately 900 miles were improved with thirty entitled action, and in ease of your failure as aid 2,400 approximately against made by the United States in recent to do, judgment will be rendered against is aid. years will find it in recently published milt without you according to tho demand of tho complaint, embraces which haa been filed with tho Clerk of said statistics contrasting onr growth In The term "improved done and work from grading drainage Court with increase the in propopulation This action is brought to recover a judgment While grad-n- g hard to on surfacing. up duction of electricity. dissolving the bonds of matrimony now and and drainage, where it has been heretofore existing between plaintiff and deEighteen years ago each inhabitant fendant, restoring to plaintiff her maiden of this country had at his disposal an well done, may be classed in the main name and for general relief. or the kilowatt-hourfinished as work, wearing s top of elecHYRUM A. BELNAP, average of 152 Plaintiffs Attorney. tric power per year. Last year he had surface of a road Where traffic exP. O. Addrms: UMU Eeclee Building, Og745 ailowatt-hournearly five times ceeds five hundred cars a day cannot den, Utah. be called finished unless it has been as much. Publication dates, October II, 18, 25 ; It is here at this point In 1910, the population of the Unit1, 8, 192. ed States was slightly over 90 mil- where the truth is discovered that the ALIAS SUMMONS project, tak-n- g lion, and the output of electricity was main state as the a 14 billion kilowatt-hourwhole, is but lit-ti- e' IN THE CITY COURT OF OGDEN CITY. country By 1920, COUNTY OF WEBER, STATE OF UTAH more than 26 per cent actually the population had increased to 105 Jack Bell, doing business under the name and style of the Ogden Auction Company, million, a gain of 15 per cent, while electric production had risen to over 44 billion kilowatt-houror 218 per cent. 4 At this time the most pronounced period of electric growth began. And at the end of 1928, with a population 31 per cent greater than in 1910, electric production had gained 540 per cent. These are cold figures with small appeal to the average imagination. But the results of this progress can be found in every phase of our life- -in the high wages earned by our workers, in the overwhelming gain made in manufacturing economy and efficiency in the labor saving devices, and the electric lighting which make the modern home what it is in short, in our vast prosperity and g as a nation. Compared to 1929, 1910 must be seen as a Dark Age. Almost every human occupation and pleasure has been revolutionized by electricity. . trains. In an hour the railroads perform freight service equivalent to hauling life-blo- non-existe- nt. Two Steps Must be Made to Improve The Public Road 24. well-bein- The roads department of the Province of Quebec, in conducting a campaign to reduce automobile accidents, has made the following plea: "If you would help hold down automobile fatalities, have yourself and your machine under control, be more eager to respect rights of others than to insist upon full exercise of your own, do unto others as you would that should do unto you, and always they and ever be careful. The truth in this message is un In one hour the railroads of the United States earn $GJ5,037 from their transportation operations and spend $503,425 in operating expenses. In an hour they pay $320,896 in wages and $41,293 in taxes. In an hour 5,872 cars are loaded with freight and 88,635 passengers board nearly 50 million tons one mile, and passenger service equal to transporting over 3,500,000 passengers the same distance. Every hour of the day, every day in the year this service is performed, that the American public can have the necessities and luxuries of life at its beck and call. Copper from Utah and Nevada, fruit from California and Florida, cattle and grain from the prairie states, manufactured products from New England the railroads carry it all, swiftly, dependably and at a low cost. American civilization could not exist without the service performed by our railroads. Transportation is the of commerce, business and social relations. A nation progresses in exactly the same ration as its transportation facilities. assailable. Care, competence, good judgment these are the Athree graces really unof accident prevention. avoidable accident is almost Behind every mishap, whether its result is a bent fender or a number of dead, is the figure of the careless or incompetent driver. The accident toll can never be reduced without public realization of the facts and willing public cooperation. Every driver should understand that his own life is in constant danger so long as the reckless and incompent crowd the highways. This message from Canada has a personal application to every American motorist. wSm natural gas: |