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Show L.13BAJC . p.vr- - UK - art : f ' , e . h i . a . ... .A . :. .; . . : . . The Utah Statesman Is Endeavoring To Give a Correct Record of Public Affairs Without Regard to Party Lines fur VOL 8 NO. 4 SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, JANUARY 24, 1929 Commissioner Howe Plans Annual Invoice , Of All Road Equipment - Will Make Inventory an Annual Duty With the Co. Highway Workers. Twenty Trucks, Twelve Sprinklers, Five Pass enger Cars Head LisL CommiMloner 13. E. How and Aliditor Jam ca H, Sullivan haw lust completed an Invoice of the equipcounty road department ment. Thte 1 the flret invoice which he been token for many years but Hr. Howe announce that the invoice will be an annual tdilr from now on. Twenty trucke. II sprinklers, live passenger care, four tractors, six power graders, ine (team ihovcl, three steam rollers and on oiler head the list A list of equipment end supplies, with the email Items omitted, fol- - The road district equipment by district!. , ra. Machine Shop. Various machine shop tools and equipment including 1 weaver so tons. 1 Firestone press, 100 tons; 1 A. C. screw Jack; 1 duff Norton 26-t- screw pack: IVeetinghouse air compressor, 1x8, with power electrio motor; a five horse power shop motor. expansion reamers, pilot copper hammers, grinding machine, sack saw, lathe, wrenches. Blacksmith Sliop. Various blacksmith tools Indud- ig two anvils, cutting torch, welding torch. Faint Shop. Fifteen pounds of dry lead, 10 pounds of putty, 4 pounds white jead. II pints of paints. S brushes, to finished street signs, 41 unfin-Abe- d street signs, 4 unfinished sail bearing 25-to- n ten-hor- 91X0 A YEAR Taxation Measures And .. Boulder Dam Head Listl In: Legislature to Di Salt Lake County Road Districts (And Supervisors, Addresses. end Telephones.) . Hospital Costs $2.83 Per Patient Edward E. Howe Names County Road Workers The Salt Lake general hospital. was run at a saving of 11,411 of the amount allotted hy the 1128 budget, at a per diem cos! of 11.81 per patient which lg the lowest cost per patient In the history of the institution. Dr. F. E. Slraup, retired county physician reported to the Twenty-fou- r county road supervisors were appointed Friday by Commissioner E. K. Howe, head of iha roade and bridges department. The supervisors replace men hired under the administration of Commissioner Rulon H. The appointees and districts are; W. J. Beardall, Farleys; Arthur J. Fagg, Entt Mill Creek; M. J Miller. Winder; Rulon & Newman, Holla-da- y; oounty commission Wednesday. A little more than 1167,-00- 0 waa expanded during the year. A total of 2.018 patients were admitted; 12.814 patients were treated In tha La-bru- out patient department, and 1.160 surgical operations W. Goodrich, Butler-vill- a; George Proctor, Big Cottonwood; Orson E. Jenaen, Union; Xel A. Anderson, Bandy; L. E. Despaln, Little David ArchiCottonwood; bald. Jr., Granite; Samuel C. wero performed. House Names Bay. Draper; J. A. Lancaster, Crescent: Bert Crump, Bluff dale; A. P. Hemingson, Fort Heriiman; T. A. Cal Riverton; Arthur Cook, Bingham: Joseph N. Hutchings. South Jordan: IJyrum A. Jenaen. West Jordan; Alma Mathews, TayiorsvIlle; W. G. Bowden, Granger; W. Its Members To Committees J. (R). Agriculture J. Thompson s (R), T. chairman; H. L. J. Tlngey (K), N. F. Bullen (R). Lester Bpencer (It), O. A. Fuller (It), F. Badger (It). D. H. Robinson (R). Niels Fugal (D). William C. Crump Jr. (D). Oliver Johnson (D), and It. T. Fry (D). H. P. Leatham Appropriation (R), (R), chairman; G. A. Fuller James B. Wilson (R). 8. M. JorL. If. Richards (R), gensen (R), Jones, Hunter; Robert Bradford. Magna; Alma Baldwin, North Salt lake; George F. Taylor. Mill Creek canyon. Supervisors ror the Mil! Creek, Farmers and South Cottonwood districts are yet to be appointed. Ilk-hard- 0. R. Mickeisen J. 8. Woodbury (R. M. II. Ellison (R). F. Badger (R). Charles 1.Redd A. (R), W. D. Hammond (D). Smoot (D). P. P. Ludwig (D), 'Austin P. Miller and (Dk Banking M. H. Ellison (R). chairman; CTiarlea Redd (R), B. J Dart (BhkJJ-xHpgkLJIifc, Named To Fill ari'A'siisa6 iTwo drum gear gallons of grease, ill, SOI gallons of Hoctrkwl Eleven Else min Soseh magneto. 7 lubricant, 110 ISO gallons of gasoline. Shop. magneto, four Splltdorff mag. aetos, 7 battcrierf, one set magneto '.oils, battery charger, one terminal puller, one .lead burning trans former, one electric soldering iron, mag chargers. Carpenter Simp, Vlsem sewing machine, grinding wheel, master wood working mi thin. Stockroom Supplies. Three hundred forty-nin- e plecee f lumber including 103 pieces of 1x4x14, 71 pieces 2x2x12; 76 pieces t 4x4x14 and 4 pieces of Sxtxl. nrloua couplings, pipe fittings, tips length, screws, nails, etc. Trucks and Sprinklers, One Moreland sprinkler. Twelve Moreland trucks. Four Federal trucks. drive. One One White two-to- n truck. On Chevrolet truck. Five F. W. D. sprinklers. Bix Vella sprinklers, Ona Ford roadster, Ona Reo Truck. Ona Fordaon tractor. Thrsa Willy Knight touring four-whe- el lars. One Willy Knight model 30. Ona Bulck aedsn. Stockroom. One little weed burner complete, tilacelianeoua parts for automo. He. Timken roller bearings. New departure ball bearings, about 12S feet of brake lining, sand paper, osp, 60 shovels and numerous ither things. Hectrlc Supplies. SS0 Two great western fuses, rolta. 10 Maids 100 watt globes, 14 Masds ZOO watt globes, 100 fuse. Stockroom Steel. Miscellaneous pieces of tool steel, icrew, bolts, etc. District Road Equipment. District No. 1 (Parlay's canyon) -King Junior grader, poor one road scraper, good coalition, one road scraper, poor condition, one plow, one road drag, two shovel, four picks, two pair lubber boots, ether hand tools. District I (East Mill Creek) con-lltlo- n, (Continued on Pago Four) Wadley Heads State Farm Board A Activity Shows Some Increase' UTAH SPENDS $27,000,000 VEARLY Statesman Radio Talks Popular ELECTIVE OFFICERS RESPONSIBLE Tax Unit Officers bulli-twel- va con-tha- ' Bur-numb-er ' tr ! ; ; . jaw - . !??!! leg-bael- in-n- et two-tent- state beard of agriculture at Mr. a meeting held Friday. David F. succeed 8tnhh who resigned from that position before taking hla seat aa a member of tho state senate. The reorganlxed board se- Wadley lected Mr. Wadley, Mr. Musa s and R. K. Judd or Grants-vlllaa the executive committee of the department L E. Iverson was retained la the position of secretary of tha board. Special Committe Tackles Boulder Dam Problem; .Two Bills Made. 'Classification Proposal List ' of Tax Bills in Lower. House. Heads (Legislative calender complete to Wednesday on Page 2.) The three biggest things which will coma before tha legislature at this session without question ere: Whether or not to enter into the lx cute compact and have list Boqlder dam unites Arlsona cen find eoms way of stopping lt7 . What to do about taxation? What to do about tho building program? Up to Wednesday there lied been Introduced sixty bills and aeveral resolutions, eoms .of which pertained to the above toplee and some of which did not. No building program hoe been offered. Two Boulder Bills. Two Boulder dam bills were introduced In the house, one by I. A. Eepelin of Ken county. Republican: the other by I. A. Smith of Belt Lake county, a Democrat. The bill wee referred to a special committee composed of Holther of Wi-be- r; Mellor of Ben pete; Herechl of Washington ; S- - M. Jorgensen of Bevier; Rmoot of Balt Lake; Hammond of Grand-Be- n Juan. Tha senate haa not yet appointed a special committe but haa hod th Irrigation committee function. Th sensls committee on irrigation la: Owens of District 10 (Fangultch); Griffin uf Cache; Dlllmon of Duchesne; Egan of District 0 (Park City); Evans of Utah; Patterson of District 18 (Moab); and Smith of District It (Centerville). Governor Dern haa urged that Utah take its time about going Into the six state compact. Dwight B. Heard Oliver Hodpon D, A. it. Crr have been in Balt Lake endeavoring (D). R. T. Fry (D). to get Utah to. take th time end Corporation U. W. Okerlund trouble to get Arlsone. California O. E. Bates (R), chairman; (R). and Nevada together in a three O- - R. Michelsen of Richfield was A. Fuller. (R), J. Thompson iR). state agreement, and In turn have Grant MuFarlana ID). U. A. appointed district attorney for the Arizona coma into th seven state F. vino (D). P. Ludwig (D). sixth Judicial district, filling the compact. The matter rests now in Education J. If. Kemp (R). committee. New developments may vacancy caused by the death of rhaJrman; T. J. Tlngey (R), J. be expected from day to day. Parley Magleby, a ho waa elected Thompson IR), 8. M. Jorgensen Many on Taxation. to that office last fall. Governor R). J. 8. Woodbury (R), I. R. now to taxation, we find Turning M. Carlisle many bills which ere of Importancs Kaplln (R). Mrs. E. Dcrn announced the appointment I- Mrs. Stewart tD), end many more to com. At tho D), Frang Monday. Plercey 1) time there seems to be no Bueineee activity In Utah dur- - Mr. AnnaT. Mr. Mickelaen haa been active In 8. H. Jorgensen (R). present ' Electipn opinion of Just whet cryetalllxed December was 14.8 tate and county politics for 20 cent Ing per chairman: I Hi Esplln (R), John should be done In thle Important years, and has f.lled the office uf above that of December, 1827. while Holley (D). matter. The b'c taxation bill t county attorney of Sevier county 1828 showed an fnrreaa of 4.1 per Engroaalngll L. Rickards (R), the Resolution by 8. M. Jorgenand haa been city attorney of many Mrs. A. Grace Cooper sen which would emend the concent above tha preceding year, ac- - chairman; of the cities In the county. Au-- In Miller (D). r stitution of Utah end permit tlie (Dt Last August he waa nominated cording to a report Issued Bunday, Fish and game J. F. Killian legislature to levy taxes on all for Congress on the Democratic hy O. H. Barlow, Balt Lake atatla- -' (R). chairman; J. H. Kemp (U) property. Including privileges, liticket but later resigned at the call Arch M. Mellor (R), B. L. Dart censes end franchises end would ticlan of his friends In Sevier county and W. Okerlund lR. A. E. permit a tax on incomes. This, if (R). O. . H The 8.8 le baaed on a.8 metal Bw?k.report took up the task of running for iR), a. II. freer (Di, by tha two thirds vots of county attorney. He was beaten prices retail trade, bank debts, coal Chris Greenhagen (D. William C. psssed each house, will como befora th nine votes W. Lo people at the next general election, by seventy production, postal receipts, general Crump, Jr. (D). George Mr, Mickelaen has been chairif the people vote the amendment merchandise prices, cars registered Baron (D), John Holley (D). man of Sevier county for the DemoJ. C. then it will ha up to the succeeding and bridge Highway December Hackine and building permits. cratic party for tha biggest part D. If. (R), chairman; legislatures to pass anyThlegislation of 20 years. He waa ona of the bowed a rise in activity of 1.2 permitted thereunder. taxes present note Below is an article on taxation taken from tho Utah Statesman's regular Sunday delegates to attend the national night(Editors over cent auNovember except and if per legtelatur can levy no radio political reaums glvsn over KSL, 8s.lt Lako City. Readers are urged to tuna In on K8L on convention at Houaton last year. under the perrogatlvss already givtomobile reglatratluna, which showBunday nights at seven o'clock and hear this resume. During tha session of the legislature the Utah It en them by the const utlon. Statesman la on the air almost nightly with a abort resume of what has been going on in the legised a eeaaonal decline ara left out Next we have a bill In the senate lature during the day.) of the calculations tha la increase which would permit a change in Picks The Boulder Dam bill aa signed of Balt Lake county. At the pres-- tho general fund by surh action, II. I par cent, Mr. Barlow points R). chairman; L. F. Jensen (R). the maximum mill levy In most M. H. Ellison (R). A. E. Becker of the smaller counties. This t by President Coolldge calls for an ent time, In counties which have and making tha already Inadequate out. New : uf One of tho moat hopeful aspects (R). Mrs. Martha lurcer ID). Mrs the bill by Renator Mareden expenditure by tha federal govern- an assessed valuation of mora than poor fund still smaller, Mr. would M. P, bill Frank E. Carlisle Mrs n of last year, according to tha report Parowan. Fart of the ment of 182 million dollars. This (D), million dollara not mors van and Mr. Quinn are a bit ona half a mill can be levied cerned about the charities work waa tha ded.ne m business fall- - Htewnrt (D). permit a raise in the levy for genLOGAN The Utah Taxpayers' la quits a aum and yet la not so Insurance and real estate1T. J. eral tax purposes and part would Tha number of insolvencies Suggeatlons have been made that urea aasoclat.on of Cache county haa large whan ona considers that each permit Increases In levy for th possibly big cuta could be mads in 1821 waa only 41 per cent of the- Tlngey. (Ri, chairman; T. H. been organised with new officers, year the elected officials in the in this department for 1827, while the lose In- ton IR). Lester Bpencer (R). C. poor fund. There ai about fifteen were more counties, schools and atate ss follows: John A. Hendrickson, cities. volved Chris waa last year of Utah spend in excess of 27 mil. . . Ilrht shed upon those who are get-- , Greenhagen counties of the state concerned with only 16.5 per Jefferson IH). Logan, president; J. W. Funk, lion dollars. Of this 27 million alve of the 850,000 raised by the 'ting public money, the Idea being, cent of that In the previous year, D), Grant Young (D), George A. thle bill at prevent. Countie above Richmond, vice president; H. J. dollars Borne of the outstanding Increas- - Critchlow (D. 20 112,000,000 valuation and one or are raised by widow pension levy. For 1828. advanced that In aa much as char-- 1 Hatch, Logan, secretary and treas- the general millions for 158 over 1527, aro given Irrigation Arch M. Mellor (ID - two below are not Interested. property tax of the 5261.000 haa been set up In the lty work has always been regarded urer; A. H. Thompson. Logan; various counties. Mr. Barlow aa follows: Metal chairman; T. H. Burton (R), LevOf this 20 mil- budget. This means that tho Balt as a work of a more or less con-'b- y Weber, Utah, Boxelder, Cache, Ephraim Bergeaon, Cornish ; D. M. lions Balt Lake county raises al- Lake Bpence (R), J. F. Killian (K) Carbon. Davl. Juab, Millard, Balt poor fund will be more than fldentlal nature the entire system prices 2.7 per cent; retail trad. Bickmore, Paradise: G. A. Hogan, most nine million, on tha 1200.000 A San Pete, Summit and Tooelo H. In aB'.es deMls Lake. E. J. short. bank l the past the: of charitable organisations havej-(Balt (R). per cent; Kemp (R), general Lewiston; H. C. Parker, Wellsville; tmk county has been able to divert not rared to give tha unfortunate I Lake and Ogden), 4.8 per cent; It. Crecr (D), William Crump, are some amung those which ara Lorenzo Hansen, Logan; T. A. Farr, property Balt over 012,000,000 valuation. One can realize then that this aome money from the general fund people any more publicity thanlroal production. 1 per rent; eatl- - Jr. (D). G. A. Critchlow (D) 8mllhf.eld: T. A. Peterson. Hyrum; matter of government la big busi- to tha poor fund. This, added to was necessary. Whether or not (his mated prices paid December 15 to Judiciary L. J. Holther (ID l,ake county is asking, however, for and E. J. Kevern. Logan, directors ness and that came to to the county privilege has been abused Mr. farmers (eight animal productn chairman: B. L. Dart iRi. T. It the right rats its levy for the aa long aa the peo- money which According to Mr. Hendrickson, at ple of tha state have to foot the Quinn proposes to learn, and If, and seven crop products); 4.2 per Burton (ID, J. H. Kemp (R), IV poor fund and will probably inthe last meeting of the association Mil measure bill which will effect anwhich troduce of G are cars a number Hates who there E. A. any been llcrschl cent; have any pertains registered, iR), (It). there were about 1 taxpayers pres directly or Indirectly to the McKarlanc (D). Grant Young ID) counties having over 100.000,000 deservedly getting county money ! II .8 per cent. ent and a number of new membera ting or spending of tax moneygetla valuation. they will le immediately taken! There waa a decrease of 2.7 per George A. Critchlow. Jr. (D) of vital importance. Senator Candlanda hill, giving from the Hits. This will bo a long cent in the number of building Labor D. A. llerechl (R) Measures in Legislature the Kchuol districts the right to deIn cent A. W the rhairmiin: E. Becker (R). G. Job, however, and the charities permits and 1.8 per Measures which are already befor themselves a junior uf maintain will cities Involved amount In Its C. the full hands have Okerlund. Hansen I. partment (H). (D) fore the legislature and which per Balt Lake, Ogden. Provo and A. F. Jorgensen (D). college, is highly important. The investigating the many cases, I tain to taxation are: N. F. Bullen Livestock Rt chief fenture cems to be that dis58JV , Share. . . Senator Candland'a bill of district which K. Badger (H). John & tricts or combination chairman; sr i-would give each school district, by Bennett (l). Niels Kngal ID). may have their own Junior colvote of tho taxpayers, the right leges and pay their own bills. If Manufacturing and romtnerci to operate a Junior college. A. E Becker (R). chairman; M this bill pasaea It lira with the IJ !!t comes 000,000 from and each hit year bill Lavin'a to bite oft Representative tR). J. C. Hacking school districts not chew. T,L 'viasaUholIch H. Ellison r. Jan. 20 (AF) which would make It possible for tencea in place of fines tha money where It goes. Balt Lake county in-(ID. Richard T. Fry ID), C. 1' more than they canLavln R. F. welter, ch.ef engineer of school boards to disregard ! ?h paid 18,600.000 In taxes. ii the 11m- - from this source has dropped off. 1028 uf Balt Cnndlllon Representative (D). l Jr of December. Hansen the bureau of reclamation, said it of mill levy when the school Therefore, he argues, the uf poor elusive of tha automobile license a'lghtly under Military affairs R. T. Dart (R) laike says the school boards to tax and the gasoline tax. Figures hero today that actual construction board believed auch action neess-o- f chairman: L. J. Holther (It), Grant the state have th privilege of 1828 show Weber county next 1827, the report atate. tho Boulder canyon dam would sary and hy agreement with the exceed the mill levy when they Young (D). with 81.8d9.000; Utah, third with begin a year after the algnlnc of state board of equalisation, The atate board kilning and smelting E. Hates deem it necessary. n 11,747.000; Cache county fourth, II source 814.000,000 which Ineither ona of the six or aeveni Representative Burtons' Mill year. The plan is to ask th would h consulted. of T. H. equlization Hurtim iR state chairman; sent th clude to til), 17,000.000 with with Boxelder fifth 8885,000; state compacts which would make it unnecessary j btlaturo to make It possible for Burton haa a Lester Spencer (RI, Frank East' Repreoentatlve The bill, which ! for school officials to publish do- - Salt Lake county to aaseso Itself 8704.000, and Carbon sixth with from theInvarious counties and number of Mila which more or lean man (D), A. P. Jorgensen (D. The special etat taxes 000,000 special slat taxes, mills for the authorised the construction of the! tailed accounts of the expend!- - j on and One of Penitentiary ft. M. Jorgensen pertain to fundamentals. 17,000,000 which go to the. t crest on state money, etc. Of this mammoth Colorado river project. turea. poor fund Instead of a half mill as It unnecessary 114.000,000, $5,500,000 went f"r (R), chairman: James B. Wilson these would make does not become effective until at blit t present. The levy of ona and sut. Burton's Representative boards to publish biit Lake county' money wa schools do not confuse this with (R). T. H. Burton (K. J. C for the school mill would net Just least six states In the river basin which would make it unnecessary Martha Iureer detailed expense accounts; th have agreed on the division of Ir- for the county commissioners or what ia aaked for this year, Mr. spent about like this: 12,211,000 th money which went directly to Packing (R), A.Mrs. It necessary make would 1. second A. Levine (D), went to the state: Si. 350,000 went the district school funds and II. (D). George rter thle agree- the county auditors to publish a Sullivan says. rigation waters. for the county commissioner to to tho county In the general fund, 225,000 went to the state roads. Umoot tl). Valuation Cat Causes Concern. ment. a year will no spent In draw- detailed statement of their expendPublic the stale publish their expenditures: a third out of means buildings In This bond and ground that Mr. Quinn, of road fund, charity fund, commissioner itures. ing plana for tho dam and s 46 per Charles llcild ill), chairman; G. would mnko It optional with town Bills providing for a claaslflad charities, has been in office less I tereat and sinking fund, widows' fundi education got about must b appropi-atloof orand cent, state roada got 27 per cent, Jefferson (ID. D. A. Hersrhl (ID, rnunrils to publish in copies mad before tha work ia begun. property tax. a bill giving the cities than a month and la not yal ready I pensions, farm demonstration three places 17 per cent for all other, Kiel Fugal iD), Chris Greenhagen dinances. posting Halt Like exhibit. to City got mako the leaving statement county about cut a and any of many tho said. Walter being sufficient under the law. (D). W, M. McKendrlck, head of tha other bills concerning taxation are fact that th poor fund haa been 50,000,000: Belt Lake City schools- etat purposes, w Public health L. F. Jenaen (R), These bills have all th earmarks believe, will Th listener, 01,080,000; Granite school dlaresearch department of the Utah being drawn and will be presented growing tofrom year to year but he got a chairman; (1. Jefferson (ID. D. If. of being bill which will create Intends make a comprehensive trlct got 0410,000; Jordan school now agree with us that any lrgl' later In the session. Taxpayers' association, reported orof each house flour colthe Redd Robinson upon tha to Charles fight which (ID. If and latlon Murray district (R). the $541,000; see pertains of the situation end asWork Salt survey Take Charity ganization of a branch of tha of this (, P, llsnaen (I)). Sirs. Martha and In committe rooms. There school district 855.000. Th town lection or the disposal Jams H. Bulilvan. county audi- any savings ran he effected. sociation at Bantaquln nil hla reFurcer (D), Mrs. Anna T. I'lercey are thoes who believe In Tltllem In view of the propose! of Jo- of Bandy got only $10,000; Ring-ha- 817.000.008 which la collected from c- turn on Thursday rrom Utah coun- tor for Malt Lake, and Bernard on public expense publicity City i property owners of the state. Is of (in. got I26.AOO: esaessor, to Murray H. Balt Preece, county Lake, for commissioner seph conducted hao pubha where ty b should end 116.000. Midvale Malt end Lake 110,000 of Importance prime will trim the valuation lic tazallon meetings in Fayaon ara working on a bill which (Continued On Pag Two) (Continued On Page Two) III 1028 the state of Utah, from watched carefully. provld more funds for the poor county 110,008,000 and cutting InU and Bantaquln. Bwlng-Johna- R. D. Wadley' 'of Pleasant Grova waa named chairman and Henry Moss of Woods Cross, vice president of the , two-tent- m tx m I . |