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Show BUNDING THE BLANDINGITE OUTLOOK W. Cex PUBLISHER Second Claas Postage Paid weeks ago the TVro Cortez ALBERT by R. LYMAN in Florida, a eity of 70,000 was at Datona Beach The trouble had develwar with itself and with its neighbors. which had been growing more tense oped from sharp competition and more keen for years. It had developed Jealousy, suspicions, of much of the good Utah accusations and hatred to the paralyzing business they had onoe enjoyed. The tourist trade was the chief an completed feature of their economy, they had had 140000 visitors every Published every Friday at Blanding, Utah I 1961 April 21, BLINDING OUTLOOK Page 2 In 1953, at Blanding, Chamber of Conmeree industrial survey. One faoet of the survey was a thorough listiThe tourists didn't relish the bitterness and greed ng of existing faollltles that are contributing to the area's susmer. and they were showing a pronounced met in Datona Beach they present economy inoludlrigi natural resources transportation! for other places. Bankers beeame doubtful about the utilities manufacturing government facilities tax rates preference oonoerns of the olty schools churches labor force wage rates housing stores safety of loans to the business "Datona Beaoh "Fortunately," quoting from Reader's Digest banks motels newspapers and others who realized that had as every town has a handful of citizens The survey was conducted by the One organization's industrial the situation of these men a must be changed." oould and oommittee which reported through the Cortez Sentinel that it had on a oounty Wy not adopt not yet discovered the 'tlaglo Formula" for entiolng large man- pharmacist, "Came up with an ideas Four-WTest whioh rotary a plan known as the ufacturing plants into the Area but expressed confidence that wide basis schools with narked suooess? with continued efforts the day would come when some industrial- dubs had put into practice in many students to evaluate all decisions on these four ist would determine Cortez to be a desirable spot for a large The plans urged conpoints 1st. Is it the tnith? 2nd. Is it fair to all factory. and friendship? 4th. The survey noted that small manufacturing plants now located cerned? 3rd. Will it build good will concerned?" Will it be beneficial to all in Cortez were operating at far below their potential partly blit wherever it was adopted the The change came slowly because local people fail to use looally manufactured products. benefits were so soon and so dearly apparent that it was adop15000 windWe by motel owners even by a Judge. suspect it could be said that many communities are enjoy- ted by schools were and the the four -- ay . shield stickers bought bearing questions ing big payrolls from industries that once were very small) and words Four-Woheok "How the Test?" with does your driving i that Cortez might find the "Magic Formula" by patronizing and decreased Juvenile accidents 5i0 Traffio delinquency dropboosting small industries to suoh an extent that they will bewhich had gone into oases before a Many to better ped come figure. big. . court either didn't happen or were settled peaoeably. The y Test was worth hundreds of thousands of' of the The only risk involved in our suggestion to Cortez is that adopting Beach besides the greater values it brought dollars to Datona some socialistic soul, may come up with the idea of getting funds and will in good pleasant friendships. Read it and ask yourself Then private effort will or the County. from Washington whether it is too good for our city which ought to have the best be stymied and everybody lulled into dreaming about "pie irf th of everything. It is found in Reader's Digest for January 1958 ay Four-Wa- sky." that the State Highway This area greets with relish Department has established the route for the proposed road across Southern Utah. Now that the route has been looated the news page 176. San Juan County ELanlis Last Among Recipients af State Aid . is clear for organized efforts by Southern Utah oomnunitles to et construction started. The Job is so big and expensive that we cannot expect it to be completed overnight. All the more reason that work should start immediately. way : pessimist is a woman who thinks her car into a' certain parking spaoe. thinks she won't try. she'll A . An be optimist unable to is a Residents of Blanding would have to pay an additional property tax of 7.27 mills ($7.27 fit man who per $1000 assessed valuation) if the amount of state aid pro- -' vided to local units of government during 1960 had been raised by a local property tax. This fact was outlined in a research report on state aid in Utah Just .completed b y Utah . the first signs of spring aro the blooining' idiots along the highways Among Foundation the private non- profit tax research organization According to the Foundation state aid to the study, San Juan Distriot last year was equivalent to a 0.19 mill looal School going levy. , New ed to gbsnk plus wmmtGtis LICEBSE SOMBER FREE EACH WEEK AT pin JFL ffADMS OIL FQIHTIEQ FUELS 3T tion San the state aid per capita. The report observes that financial aid totaling $ 4 5.2 amount of a whole. During United the state THEATRE Fri-Sat-H- on Apr. No Shov on Sunday 21-22- -24 HEROD THE GREAT (in EXtlND went to looal school districts with cities and towns getting 5.60 and counties 4.50 of the total. In addition to the state money allocated to local governments the report notes that the State collected and distributed $3.2 million in looally imposed taxes (local sales tax and ear and bus. company tax) plus $3.7 million in Federal funds to looal units during flseai I960. Direct Federal aid allocations to local units in Utah amounted to an additional $4.2 million Iasi yeaiu total allocations by the state and the Federal Governments to looal units in Utah was to $56.3 million whioh COLOR) starring PURDGK-SYLV- IA LOPEZ A oountles and 206 oltles and during the 1960 fiscal year.: Nearly 900 of this total state aid na- States. million was provided b y the State to 40 school districts 29 equal in ths aid to looal governments rose nearly, 6000 ( a wren --fold in crease) in Utah and 4080 in the rc-oel- ved - Thus 308$$ period 1940 through 1959 year total lnoreased -i- n-aid in Utah and as total state aid distribut- all units of government in San Juan County last amounted to $151,779 or $16.79 for every man woman and ohild -- m m&wffl REGISTER 3110 Tues-Ned-Th- uro towns FREE LUBE JOB YOUR state grants SAKT OTAET San Juan County would Juan County ranked 29th among the 29 Utah oountles in Winners get 10 gallons . to a 0.87 mill property residing in the oounty. PERRY WINTERS governments in 1660. observe Foundation analysts that between 1946 and 1959 SHOWING AT THE to amount amount was approximately 750 as muoh as was colleoted in looal property taxes by. these looal State aid property tax levy. LAST WEEK WINNERS . Apr 25-26--27 OGDES OF D3l!C0ia starring PETER CUSHING MARTHA HUNT FREDA' JACKSON YVONNE Fri - Sat 28-- 29 Apr. KONLAUR Mon May 1 & TOE ( aocnedy based on the popular Broadway Play s a g t rr inJULIE SUSAN JAMES HAYWARD MASON BOXDFPICB OPENS 7s4C |