Show THE SALT LAKE TRIBUTE 36 t State Remains In Grip of Early Winter Extreme Cold Editions Scans Treasured v The state road commission Is rushing work on several Important road projects to bring them to completion before the heavy frosts set in All projects are up to schedule but one or two Including the proposed widening of the City Creek canyon rim road east of the state Skies above northern Utah were dear early - Saturday while the southern part of the state was with dismal blankets of clouds But premature winter prevailed in covi-ere- d both areas Northern Utah was experiencing the coldest weather of the season Southern Utah was getting Its taste of winter in the form of a capitol which may have to be postponed to next year because of tht early winter according to Ezra C Knowlton phief engineer of the commissiorf heavy snowfall Extreme cold was felt in Salt Lake City as skies cleared in the wake of the storm At the municipal Observers were puzzled concerning what to expect during the next two days but the official forecast was for partly cloudy and somewhat warmer weather in Utah Saturday and Sunday Below Normal — Temperatures in Salt Lake City Friday ranged between 35 and 29 degrees at the government weather bureau and the mean temperature of 32 was 11 degrees below normal Early morning snowfall and a few light flurries Friday afternoon deposited 02 of ah inch precipitation here Meteorologist J Cecil Alter of the government weather bureau reported the Utah weather disturbance was gradually moving eastward and was centered Friday sight over southeastern Colorado He attributed the storms in southern Utah to the effects of the recent unsettled conditions which were late In striking that area and declared the chill weather in southern Idaho and northern Utah to have been caused by a cold high pressure area moving in from the north West Utahns to Fete L D S Head Business men of Utah and other states will honor Heber J Grant L D S church president at a for- Mrs Dora Robison reads some history from'a copy of the Boston published in J704 and the Ulster' County Gazette published in 1800 News-Lett- SL er Woman Possesses Copy Of First Regular TJ S Paper r Prized Edition of Boston 31ay Be One of Four Yet Existing News-Lette- A prized possession of Mrs Dora Robison 157 South Seventh West street is whaf appears to be an original copy of the first regu- lar newspaper published on the North American continent The covering the paper is the No 'l issue of the Boston News-Carri- 17 to April 24 1704 The worn sheet yellowed by age but still in a good state of preservation was owned by Mrs Robison's husband Irvan Robison who died last February It was given to him by an aunt Mary Westbrook of Kingston N Y after being to handed down the in Westbrook family generation The newspaper was "published by authority" of the governor and the founder was John Campbell postmaster of Boston It was printed by one B Green and sold "by Nicholas Boone at his shop near the ' old meeting house" er week of April Late Returns Aid School Fund Chances Prospects that amendment No 1 on which the Utah electorate voted Tuesday might win by a narrow margin were improved Friday when late returns from five Davis county districts reduced the "no" plurality et returns mal stag dinner and program NoPrincipal local story was about a vember 23 in the Hotel Utah Others Unreported The function will observe Presi- sloop arriving from Virginia and dent Grant’s eighty-secon- d birthday reporting that it had been chased by The other unreported districts are Governor 21 in Box Elder and four in Utah French privateer Which occurs November 22 More than 200 invitations have Cranston called for volunteers and counties which have been abOut been sent to President Grant's close in a short time 70 men put out to evenly divided and one each in sea In search of the French vessel Kane Iron and San Juan associates and business friends The death of a prominent Boston If amendment No 1 passes the President Grant also will be honored at a special family dinner and merchant was "covered" with three uniform school fund will be set up lines of type as follows: and the legislature given power to program in the Lion House social "Mr Nathanael Oliver principal provide money for it Amendment center November 22 merchant of this place dyed April No 2 definitely defeated would 15 & was decently interred April 18" have begun the fund with approxiThe Boston News-Lettwas pre- mately 3300000 from moneys now ceded by another paper Publick Oc- going into the district school fund currences but this was suppressed The first amendment however can by the governor and council after be made effective independent of the first issue had appeared on Sep the second G Don Larson of Chicago assist- tember 25 1690 ant director of the Municipal Fi- Rare Edition nance Officers’ association of the Another old newspaper owned by United States and Canada started work Friday on a survey of ac- Mrs Robison is the January 4 isof the Ulster County Gazette counting methods in Utah municipal sue governments under auspices of the VoL II Num 88 which contains ' State Municipal League of Utah an account of the death of George Department directors for the The survey will take two months Washington as reported to congress coming year were appointed by Mra M H Parry president and conto complete and is designed to pave in 'yashingtonD C If Mrs Robison's copy of the firmed by the membership at a the way for 'standardization of ao ' NCws-Lettan original meeting of the’ Salt Lake City counting methods In all branches Boston' it is one of four known to have Women’s Christian Temperance of county and city governments Mr Larson met with the officers been preserved One is owned by Union Friday afternoon in the and directors of the league Thurs- -' the Ney York Historical society Scott building The directors are Mrs William E day- - and later accompanied them to another by the American Antithe capitol where they explained quarian society and a third by the Piper evangelistic work Mrs M their legislative program to Gov- Massachusetts Historical society H Parry citizenship Mrs E C ernor H Blood and sought Harvard university has a piece torn McCarty character building Mrs - his aidHenry in putting it over at the next from the first issue according to Hoyt E Henriques peace educaJames Melvin Lee’s "History of tion and Mrs Eva Webber alcohol vg session of the legislature American Journalism" education er Accounting Expert Begins Study Directors Named By WCTU ’ ' i- In Tax Returns ‘ now nearing completion is the one under 'which all narrow sections of U S 91 between 6gden and Provo are being widened To Cost $350000 This project is being carried out under four contracts calling for a total expenditure of about $350000 When completed the entire "length of highway between the two cities on the state’s most heavily traveled section of road will be 26 feet In some places wide or more notably from Salt Lake City north to the Larkin underpass and south to the Draper crossroads the highway has been four lanes wide for sonfe time The Reynolds-El- y Construction company did the first part of the three-fooil strips work— laying on each side of the highway from South Bountiful to Layton Under a contract carried out by Qlof Nelson similar treatment was given the section from the Draper crossroads to Provo except for a section from Provo bench to Pleasant Grove where the widening with concrete strips is now being completed by Christensen and Gardner Call for More Bids The road commission expects to open bids in a few days for the widening from North Layton to the Weber county line The work there will be done by laying concrete strips on each side of the present highway Where the highway is 18 feet wide now the strips each will be four feet wide and where it is now 20 feet wide the strips will be three feet Whether this contract can be carried out this year depends on the weather Mr Knowlton said The intention was to complete the en tire job before the end of 1938 but the commission did not count on such hn early winter Plan New Stretch Plans and specifications are now going forward for the widening of the City Creek canyon rim road which is to be a cooperative project between the state and Salt Lake City The latter will put up $5275 Mr of the total cost of $35000 Khowlton said that when preliminaries are completed the weather may be too bad to permit construction to go ahead right away This projects calls for a new road 72 feet wide from Second North to Fourth North on East Capitol street and the installation of curb and gutter on each side of the roadThe road will have a conway crete base and a rock asphalt top thus conforming with the construction on the roadways around the ot by 128 votes The five districts balloted 630 in favor and 402 against the proposal which wquld establish a uniform school fund by which the legislature Tabloid Size could expand state aid to schools The paper consists of a 7x1114-inc- h These new figures brought the half-shefolio printed on total unofficial count with 93 disboth sides Most of the issue is de- tricts unreported to 50701 for and voted to religious conflict between 5224 against a difference of 1543 Protestants and Catholics in the British Isles It contains also a Final Verdict Pends "most gracious speech made by Her The final verdict will not be Majesty" to the house of lords and known until the various counties in house of commons in which she re- which the 93 districts are located ferred to fears that the French were complete their unofficial canvasses sending spies into Scotland preSponsors of the amendment count sumably with the object of restor-i- n on 11 strongly favorable districts a pretender called King James in Wasatch eight in Duchesne five VIII of Scotland to the throne She each in Uintah and Rich and four assured the members of parlia- each in Wayne Beaver and Millard ment that adequate precautions to bolster the "yes" total with would be taken for the protection enough votes to put It over Opof the kingdom ponents however expect 17 districts Her majesty's name is not men in Tooele county and seven in Salt capitol itself tioned but Queen Anne was the Lake believed to have voted heavily ruler at the time against to complete the defeat which was all but conceded on early Chase at Sea 1000 Firms Lag More than 1000 employers who have failed to file third quarter returns under the old age benefit tax will receive a warning next week Ira N Hinckley collector of Internal revenue said Friday Penalties accrue at the rate of 5 per cent per month plus interest of one-ha- lf of 1 per cent per month Mr Hinckley said The quarter ended September 30 and payments were due witffln 30 days Mr Hinckley also asked that those employers who believe they paid no taxable wages send in the required forma anyway 938 County Boosts ’33 Taxes to Rails Pension Official Visits Herbert C Dodd of Washington an investigator for the railroad retirement board will explain phases of the federal retirement law at a meeting of railroad employes? at 8 p m Saturday in the Salt Lake Labor Temple Engaged in a six months’ tour of principal railroad centers Mr Dodd arrived in Salt Lake City Friday from the west coast It is his first visit to Utah to clarify the retirement law and assist those making applications ' One and one-hamillion railroad men in the United States are affected by the law Mr Dodd said which provides for retirement with annuities of men 65 years of age or 60 years of age if they have had D C lf 30 years’ service With wage deductions paid by employer and employes more than $123000000 has been deposited with the U S treasury since the act went into effect January 1 1937 Mr Dodd stated More than $48000000 has been paid in annuities to 99000 applicants he added One of four investigators by the board Mr Dodd will leave Monday for Denver $8280718 Both Legs in Hit-Ru- n Higher Figure Mishap Four persons were Injured one a motorist wqjif-restedriving charge as the result of a two-ccollision Friday at 5:15 p m near 5900 South State street Seriously injured was Mra Bertha Allred 32 of 518 Chamberlain court She suffered' fractures of both legs and was in fair condi-tio- n late Friday at the Salt Lake General hospital Others injured were Verl D 32 husband of Mrs Allred and driver of the car in whichsthe injured were riding who suffered bruises on his chest and backhand shock Terrell W: Lptt 29 of 160 Helm avenue cut right ear and bruises and abrasions on both legs and Lorna A Lott 33 wife of Mr Lott minor cuts and bruises on her legs Crashes Into Pole The Allred car traveling south crashed Into a utility pole after being struck from the rear by another southbound macnine Chief of Police Andrew Lundquist of Murray reported The driver of the second car Theron L Jorgensen 34 of- 161 North Main street failed to stop after striking the Allred machine but was apprehended about two miles South of the scene by State Highway Patrolman P L Dow who reach’ed the scene of the accident shortly after it occurred Jorgensen booked at the Murray jail told police he had no idea he had caused the Allred car to hit the pole and so he kept going Two Escape Injury seriously- and on a Based on a total assessed valuation of $263820286 in Eja'lt Lake county the total 1938 tax bill will amount to $828071884 if paid ih full county tax computations bom-- i pleted Friday indicated This will mean that the total tax levied should there be no delinquencies will amount to $60050433 more than was levied In 1937 when 680 21451 — and the assessed valuation of the county Was set at $239263057 Increased assessed valuation of property in the county and also increased levies in al taxing districts except Salt Lake City account for the higher tax bill to be met by property owners this year it was d ar the4©tal--tax-biiHwfis-$- 7 All-re- d- - - Allred daughter of Mr and Mrs Naomi Allred and Ronald Lott son of Mr and Mrs Lott were also riding in the Allred car but escaped injury Clarence Wood 36 of 4876 South Second West street an attendant on the ambulance responding to the accident suffered a severely wrenched back while lifting one of o the ambulanee in the General hospital Friday night for observation the—patienta-int- He was S L Club Backs 4 Safety Sally 5 Warning Signs “Safety Sally”— metal Image of a girl killed recently on a California street— will appear this winter on Salt Lake City streets e as a warning to motorists to drive carefully Her sponsor will be the Salt Lake City“20-3- 0 club which hopes to place one of the images near every hazardous crossing where children pass to and from school The local club thus will join in a project adopted by the national organization at its recent convenr tion William L Palmer president following -- a Newhouse explained hotel meeting where plans were ld life-lik- Admiral Claude C Bloch sage to Salt Lake City Delivered an Armistice day mes- 20-3- are approached The club also admitted three new members at Its meeting Don Burroughs Joseph L Braun and Clyde K Furnier on Page 33) Floats- from all University of Utah student organizations will parade up Main street at 10 a m Saturday to feature th$ final day of homecoming activities ' Kickoff In the “U” bowl at 2 p m will start the football game between the Redskin team and the Fathers of Colorado State Floats of fraternities sororities independent organizations class groups and of the Associated Students will form behind the university band east of Second East & street ont Fourth South street at 9:30 a m Route of the parade will be along Fourth South street to Main street north to South Temple and East on South Tem- pie to Second East street where the floats will disband The parade will form again at 1:40 p m at the south end of the university stadium and roll around the track before the game After the morning parade students will gather at the Brigham for a short Young- monument rally i Quartets from all Greek-lette- r organizations sang in Kingsbury hall Friday evening In the "Quartets on Parade” event Winners of the quartet contests and of all other competition events including house decoration floats and skits will be announced at the final Homecoming dance in the Union building at 9 p m Saturday Entered In the (fuartet contests were Beta Theta Pi Pi Kappa Alpha Sigma Chi Sigma Nu Kappa Sigma Phi Delta Theta and Sig- ma Pi fraternities Kappa Kappa Gamma Delta feamma Alpha Chi Omega Delta Delta Delta Alpha Delta Pi Chi Omega and Pi Beta Phi sororities and Carlson hail independent women’s organization Feature of the quartet contests race among the was a four class presidents which Keith Montague tresnman won easily by what the other men charged was "illegal use of hands" Sophomore president Richard Ensign retaliated at the close of the contest by slapping what was left of his cream pit into Montague’s pie-eati- 1937 tax bill of $11131955 which is $899761 more than last year The levy for 1938 is 31552 mills as com- e ’ Accompanied by Captain H W Hill his war plans aide he came where from southern California the fleet is stationed and continued to Washington The naval selections board is to choose nine new rear admirals and '56 new captains from the lower ranks of officers Admiral Bloch who was appointed to his present position only a few months ago has Dot been in the capital for two and a half years Grant AaHnesen and Fred Price senior and junior class presidents respectively trailed in face the ar Decorations on all fraternity and sorority houses were judged Friday Evening Houses will be lighted again Saturday night Alumni visited chapter houses at open house receptions Friday The old grads will afternoon meet in the Union building after the game Saturday aqd will return again to fraternity arid soe rerority bouses for post-gam- ceptions an assessed valuation of or $91754 more than in Midvale city will have a total With $3533427 The No 1 man of the United States navy Friday advised Americans to survey world conditions and then draw their own conclusions about whether naval expansion is desirable Stopping briefly here on his way by Union Pacific train to Washington for a meeting of the naval selecAdmiral Claude C tions board Bloch commander in chief of the U S fleet took cognizance of as follows: "Twenty years ago today everybody thought the war was over and that war would be impossible in the future A score of years is not a very long period of time but now we find the world in a situation where nobody knows what will happen or where it will happen The American people" being highly intelligent can draw their own conclusions” ‘ Midvale’s Bill Admiral Bloch Advises American Public To Draw Own Conclusions onTIssue In Excellent Trim He said the navy was in excellent trinfatthe present time and would soon be in even better condition with six hew battleships now under construction and “quite a number” formulated of smaller craft He said however some replacements are needed Mr Palmer said that if city authorities approve the club wilk As for the necessary replacebegin purchases of the images ments and whatever expansion and place them as rapidly as pos- - might be desirable he remarked sible on the approaches to danonly that “congress- - usually does the right thing" gerous crossings The commander in chief also re“The sign looks so much like a plied to criticism directed at naval real little girl that the motorist policy by George Fielding Eliot doesn’t know it is a sign until he former major in the military intelligets right up to it" said Mr Palmer gence service and reputedly an exBy that time he has brought his pert in national defense matters car under control Drivers see so Eliot had contended in a book pubmany printed Signs they get used lished Friday that the fleet would be to them but these catch their at- strategically weakened if split into tention every time’’ Atlantic and Pacific squadrons The image is printed in eolors No Definite Answer showing a school girl in bright dress with a school book under her arm Admiral Bloch remarked that he Around the waist in relatively small had never heard of the former letters is the club insignia and a major and continued: safety warning The signs are "Anybody can answer that quesmade of heavy metal patterned tion any way he wants to but nofrom a photograph of the girl killed body can say definitely which is some circumstances it The father of the real Sally best Under con0 club member in might be best tohgve the fleet an active to have ft his home city sponsored the centrated under others separated No one can say until a project at the national convention Sir Palmer said It had been given set of circumstances arise” "And" he added "all is tranquil adopted with noteworthy results tiday" in several California cities LaMar A Anderson chairman of was the dub project committee assigned to supervise gathering of additional information before Mayor John M Wallace’s safety committee and Police Chief William C Webb explained 40 Mills in City With a tax levy of 40232 mills in Sait Lake City for all purposes property owners in the city will pay a total bill of $540821310 based on a valuation of $134449730 if there are no delinquencies This will be than the 1937 tax $1602888'rnore bill for thecity when the lfevy was 41014 mills and the valuation was $2978145 less than this year The Granite district tax' bill this year will be $88793603 based on a 24072 mill levy which is $5233185 more than in 1937 when the levy was 23580 mills and the valuation $1496568 less than the 19J8 valuation of $36919618 With a levy of 33532 mills and a valuation amounting to $4055588 Murray City will have a tax bijl of $13588634 in 1938- The levy in 1937 was 302 less and the assessed valuation $253851 less making the tax levied this year $951861 higher than in 1937’ This year’s taxes in the Jordan district outside incorporated cities 3 and towns will amount to calculated on an assessed valuation of $82150345 and a levy of 20032 mills Last year the total taxes were $114086353 and the valuation $62563146 with a levy of 18230 mills $1644-9317- Navy’s Qliief Points to Unrest In World as Big Fleet Factor Parade Grid Game Dance Close ‘I? Homecoming Today (Picture r yaluation Hikes Accountjor Woman Breaks Seek to Finish Jobs Before Heavy Frosts ‘ Provo Digs Out Not far south of Salt Lake City however the area was still undergoing the effects of a driving snowstorm which struck early Friday and continued throughout the day Provo was (Jigging out after more than six inches of snow At Spanish Fork eight Inches fell At Meadow eight inches was reported with a like amount having fallen at Enter prise In these central and south ern Utah communities it was still snowing early Saturday J Storms Spur Motorist Held After Crash Work on State Roads Injures Four W I Airport weatherstation the mercury had dropped to 26 degrees Friday midnight and it was still falling In many other points in the area It reportedly had fallen several de' grees further down the tube Additional fear was felt for the sugar beet and potato crops much of which is yet unharvested Motorists either drained their motors or filled them with antifreeze solution Householders packed their furnaces With coal Housewives dragged out additional bedding For it was plenty cold NOVEMBER 12 T Follows Snow in S L - SATURDAY MORNING pared with 29750 mills in 1937 Taxes in Sandy will amount to $1684117 for all purposes this year according to the' report compared with $1580015 last year based on a levy of 37532 mills this year as against 35730 last year The assessed valuation is $6891 higher this Roll Call Gets Under Way year Mercy forces were mobilized Friday in Utah as more than 100 American Red Cross representatives began their annual membership drive Funds raised in the campaign will be used for relieving suffering and preventing accidents and disease in Utah and elsewhere Mrs Royal W Daynes of Salt Lake City cochairman for the Salt Lake county drive reported approximately 25 local workers began canvassing Friday with an even larger number to go into the field next week Leaders for the county drive include Mrs Harold W Pickering chairman who is in charge of industrial solicitations outside of Salt Lake City and Mrs Joseph F Decker in charge of Butlerville Other appointments follow: Mrs Rebecca Benson of Draper Mrs R SHawkins of Granite Joseph L Wise and Mrs Hugh Barker of Holladay Mrs R S Collett and Mrs Frank A Olson of lount Olympus W Douglas Allen of Murray Mrs Edith Lloyd and Mrs Maude B Butterfield of Riverton Mrs G L Larson of Sandy and L A Porter of Midvale A quota of '30000 members has been set for Utah according to Dr Adam-- S Bennion state chairman for the roll call Exclusive of Salt Lake City where the membership campaign is linked with the chest a quota of 3000 has been fixed for this county The drive will continue until Thanksgiving day ty Police? Watch Highway The tax bill at Bingham will amount to $75590 93 this year while in 1937 it was $6707286 The val- uation this year is set at $2356280 compared with $2213859 last year and the 1938 levy is 33532 mills a boost of 1802 mills over the preceding year An increase of 432 of a mill tax levy throughout the county was made necessary this year in order to make possible the repayment of taxes protested by the Utah Copper company for several years resulting in a federal court giving the copper company judgment against the county Smith Family Plans Tribute Descendants of Joseph F Smith who would have been 100 years old November 13 will gather Saturday night to pay tribute to his memory Under direction of his grandchildren with Joseph S Miller as general chairman the family members will meet at the Lion House Social center- for a special program A dinner at 6:30 p m will precede an elaborate program for the more than 300 persons expecte'd to attend Secluded On the program will be a Talk by Joseph Fielding Smith who will discuss highlights in the life of' his father and a presentation of colored moving pictures of family members entitled “One Hundred Years of Posterity" Meeting Outlines Pension Plans For Idaho Looters Members of the Utah State Old Age Pension and Assistance organization meeting in regular session Friday at 323 ‘4 South State street outlined steps by which their program would be carried before all members of the state legislature C H Cammans member of the organization’s executive board Said a letter would be drafted and’ sent to each member of the legislature asking support to the group’s demands — for use of sales tax money for pensdons and relief only state pensions of not less than $30 monthly for all persons who have reached the age of 60 years unemployable and widows with dethat each 'dependent children Sons pendent child be granted at least $10 monthly property of pensioners Held and unemployables be exempt from to an amount of $3000 Members of the Zion Lutheran taxation of all welfare department brotherhood held a “fathers and abolition sons” banquet Friday night at the case workers Beau Brummel cafe as the first of what may be made an annual event Churchman to Speak Carl Wahiberg president of the "Johnson of W ifarry The Rev church' organization was in charge Speakers were the Rev Carl Ander- Boise Idaho superintendent of Conson pastor of the Zion Lutheran gregational mission work in Utah church and Dr Jacob Geerlings Idaho and Wyoming will speak at and Raymond Fehr brotherhood Phillips Congregational church Sunmembers day at 11 a police Friday were reto aid Ogden officers in apprehending five men suspected of burglarizing an American Falls Idaho sporting goods store The five men believed riding in two sedans one pulling the other are reported headed for Salt Lake City In the second car the broken of which have been windows patched with sacks is the loot consisting of 40 cartons of cigarets gloves two rifles fishing rods live hunting knives and a shotgun Local quested Fathers' Banquet Church by - a |