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Show Page 2 BUB DIIIG ! W. Cox THE BLANDINGITE OUTLOOK Published every Friday at Blanding, R. ALBERT by LYMAN Datona Beach, in Florida, a city of 70,000 was at war with Itself and with its neighbors. .The trouble had develhad been growing more tense oped from sharp competition which and more keen for years. It had developed jealousy, suspicions, accusations and hatred to the paralyzing of snieh of the good In 1953, Utah PUBLISHER Second Claos Poatage Paid 1961 April 21, BLANDTNG OUTLOOK at Blanding , Utah tourist trade o the chief feature of their economy, they had had 140,000 visitors every sumer. The tourists didn't relish the bitterness and greed they were showing a pronouneed they met in Datona Beach, and preference for other places. Bankers beeams doubtful about the safety of loans to the business concerns of the olty"Datona Beach "Fortunately," quoting from Header's Digest, as every town has a handful of citizens who realized that The survey was conducted by the organization's industrial had One of these men, a; : oommittee which reported through the Cortez Sentinel that it had the situation could and must be changed." on a county-wi- de Why not adopt, pharmacist, "Came up with an ideas Four-Hnot yet discovered the 'Tl&gio Formula" for enticing large a plan known as the Test, which rotary ' plants into the Area but expressed confidence that elubsbasis, had put into praetlee in many schools with marked suoooas? with continued efforts, the day would come when some industriaon these four list would determine Cortez to be a desirable spot for a large The plan urged students to evaluate all decisions points: 1st. Is it the truth? 2nd. Is it fair to all confactory. cerned? 3rd. Will it build good will and friendship? 4th. The survey noted that small manufacturing plants now locaited Will to all concerned?" it be beneficial in Cortez were operating at far below their potential, partly The change came slowly, blit wherever it was adopted, the because local people fail to use locally manufactured produots. benefits were so soon and so clearly apparent, that it was adop 15,000 windWe by motel owners, even by a Judge. suspect it could be said that many conmunities are enjoy- ted by schools, were bought bearing the four questions- and the ing big payrolls from industries that once were very small) and shield stickers "How Test?" does wordss your driving oheok with the Four-Wthat Cortez might find the "Magic Formula" by patronizing and Trafflo aooldents decreased 5i$b) Juvenile delinquency dropboosting small industries to suoh an extent that they will beMany eases which before had gone into ped to a better figure. come big. court, either didn't happen, or were settled peaoeably. The Test was worth hundreds of thousands of of the Four-WThe only risk Involved in our suggestion to Cortez is that adopting dollars to Datona Beach, besides the greater values it brought . some socialistic soul, may oome up with the idea of getting funds Read it and ask yourself or the County. Then private effort will in good will and pleasant friendships. from Washington which our too whether ought to have the best good for it is city be stymied and everybody lulled into dreaming about "pie irt the of everything. It is found in Reader's Digest for January 1958, fro weeks ago the Cortez Chamber of Conmeree oompleted an industrial survey. One faoet of the survey was a thorough listing of existing faoillties that are contributing to the area's present economy including i natural resources, transportation, utilities, manufacturing, government facilities, tax rates, sohools, churches, labor force, wage rates, housing, stores, banks, motels, newspapers, and others. mnu-faeturi- business they had The onoe enjoyed was : ? ng ay o - ay ay sky." page 176. that the State Highway relish, route for the proposed road Department has established the across Southern Utah. Now that the route has been located the This area greets with news San Joan County Baste Last Among Recquents of State Aid - clear for organized efforts by Southern Utah communities construction started. The Job is so big and expensive way is that cannot expect it to be completed overnight All the more reason that work should start immediately. to jet we pessimist is a woman who thinks' her car into a' certain parking space. thinks she won't try. A she'll An be unable to optimist is a fit man who first signs of spring are blooming idiots along the highways the Among Residents of Blanding would have to pay an additional property tax of 7.27 Bills ($7.27 per $1,000 assessed valuation) if the amount of state aid pro- -' vlded to local units of government during 1960 had been raised by a local property tax. This faot was outlined in a research report on state aid in Utah Just .oompleted b y Utah Foundation, the private, nonprofit tax researoh organization the to the Foundation state aid to the San Juan study, Sohool District last year was equivalent to a 0.19 mill local According property tax levy. going amount levy. .. LAST WEEK WINNERS New to State aid San Juan' County state grants Winners get 10 gallons noons (Mfj The San amount of state aid the period 1940 United States. FREE LUBE JOB during the 1960 distriots, with cities m me msmu mm m -- fisoal and towns, 5.$$$ and oounties of the total. In addition to the state getting during fisoal I960. pin money Direot Fed- eral aid allooatlons to looal FUELS -- Mfc . Fri-Sat-M- na- the state through 1959, - units in Utah amounted to an additional $4.2 million last year. Thus, total allooatlons by the state and the Federal Governments to looal units in Utah was equal to $56.3 million, whloh on Apr. No Shov on Sunday 21-22- -24 HEROD THE fiDEAT (in COLOR) starring EDMUND PURDGK-SYLV- Tue IA LOPEZ o o-Ued- -Thur Apr. 25-26- -27 OEDES OF D3JL60U) 4.5$$ allooated to looal governments, the report notes that the State eolleoted and distributed $3.2 million in looally imposed taxes (looal sales tax and oar and bus. company tax) plus $3.7 million in Federal funds to looal units REGISTER TOUR LICENSE RUBBER FREE EACH REEK AT in the THEATRE report observes that fi- Nearly 90$$ of this total state aid went to looal sohool year.: inoreased 308$$ SHOWING AT THE per oapita. - towns , aid to looal governments rose in nearly 600$$ ( seven-fo- ld crease) in Utah and 408$$ In the re-oei- ved nancial aid totaling $ 4 5.2 million was provided b y the State to 40 sohool distriots, 29 oounties, and 206 olties and plus 1959 tion as a whole. During total state aid distribut- Juan County ranked 29th among the 29 Utah oountles in total and would residing in the county. PERRY WINTERS 1946 -i- n-ald in Utah and year T53B JR MUOUS FRONTIER that between 311$$ 75$$ approximately to a 0.87 mill property all units of government in San Juan County last amounted to $151,779, or $16.79 for every man, woman, and ohild ed to as suoh as was oolleoted in looal property taxes by. these looal governments in i960. observe Foundation, analysts amount was starring PETER CUSHING FREDA' JACKSON MARTITA HUNT YVONNE MONLAUR Fri - Sat - lion Apr. THE 28-- 29 May 1 UMSE-CD-CCS- D 47 butd oa th popular Broadway Play SUSAN tarring HATKARD JAMES JULIE MASON NEWKAR BOXOPyiCB OPENS 7l40 . |