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Show ilkr's DESERET NEWS SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH WrinrJn l -- Each summer, Secretary of State Clyde L. Miller undertakes several projects to beautify and landscape the its Capitol grounds, since my baby, as he puts it. Along with general painting and upkeep of the Capitol interior and repair of the roof, workers are putting some overgrown areas to grass and desirable cover. The current project, under direct supervision of Fisher Squires, Capitol horticulturist, will clear the area directly north of the lower parking lot to be planted with pfitzers. The area under develop- ment would have been planted to grass, but slope was too steep to permit it," Squires said. Instead, we will plant 700 pfitzers. still stop the attractive. The bushes will run-of- f and took Squires said that the sprinkling system is already in. In fact, it has been used to pre- pare the area for planting.1 The area was sprinkled so crews could clear the weed cover prior to planting. The plants on the' lower area will take three to four years to become established. Secy. Miller said dost of the project is under $1,000, exclusive of labor. However, the labor Is normally on the grounds In the summer, so there was actually little additional cost. Last summer, Secy. Miller directed the cleanup of the ' By CLARENCE BARKER Deseret News Staff Writer Property owners in Salt Lake City School District will pay a total tax levy this year of 99.25 mills, as compared with 98.9 . ;. mills last year. This tax amounts to $99.25 per $1,000 property assessed valuaf'. tion. The tax levies imposed by. Salt Lake City and by the Central-- , r : ' . Area near the State Office Building upper parking lot area. That area was planted in grass along with a number of spruce $6,000 to com- - It cost about vapnui uGYcf Oeu& tti maintained and planted from plants raised In the Capitol greenhouse. Squires said that between eight and nine thou Deseret News Washington and the commission - , '364-8626Hum a pwHam? Dial 6 to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday, or writ to Box 1267, Salt Uk Gly, UK 84110. "For 'Ordinary' Cats Too r I am 1$ years old and have beautiful alley cat. Is there some kind of a contest for ordinary cats that I could enter area. E. P., him in? It should be in the KaysviUe-GgdeClearfield. mini-bottl- n SETTING A PATTERN Cook said the commission first had licensed only the best dubs so as to set a pattern for law observance. Tl , Nothing going right how In that area,, but a cat show is being sponsored by the Salt Lake Cat Fanciers Association Sept 20 and 21 at Newhouse Hotel," Salt Lake City. Cats will be received on Saturday, Sept 20, from 7 :30 to 9 :30 a.m., and the show starts at 10 a.m. Tickets are $1.00 each, with proceeds to go to the humane society. businessmens and fraternal groups had been licensed. Most dubs want stores so they can dispense he said. We have met with private groups and advised them concerning the law and cautioned them against law breaking, he said. Next, ' , Oqe division is for common, ordinary householAjjets (like yours), and cats will be judged on beauty, health and general condition. Trophies will be awarded. Costs $4.00 to enter household pets division, or $10 for registered cats. mini-bottle- s, Ready. To Explode We rent a house, and our water heater is about to burst The gas company says it needs to be replaced, bnt the landlord doesnt agree. Is there a way we can force him to replace it before it is too late? M. M., Salt Lake City Enforcement already has dosed down some of the quasi-dubhe said. s, Rampton reported that he has met with one restaurant s, operator licensed to sell and will meet with others to hear their reactions. If water heater were an immediate hazard, gas company would not have allowed you to ontinue to operate it. What might happen would be that the bottom of the tank would fall out, with & flood resulting in the area of the water heater. mini-bottle- If your household furnishings were damaged, 'you might then have reason to claim damages from your landlord. Gas company personnel say It is hard to predict just how long an appliance such as a water heater might last, even though ' , appearances would reem to justify replacement. . ' 5 bought n mower two years ago front a Gunnison firm. It has never worked right, and I have had it in several times. Now they have It, and I have an old one, but I would like to use my new mower. Can yon help me? 3. R.. Redmond I This operator had reported higher gross sales both from See DRINK on Page ' f is as 4 . " Slow Boat To Japan Last summer I bought a transistor radio. I lad to send it to toe repair center In Chicago last November and have been unable to get it back or any reply to my letters. I did mail It Insured. M. S., Price Company said they were waiting for spare parts from Japan, which have now arrived. You should have your radio few days. Action Reaction T. L Tippetts, Bountiful, has contacted port that Bountiful Jeep Posse will sponsor a hunter safety course which begins Thursday, Sept. 11, at the Bountiful Jeep Posse house, 1050 S. 2nd West Boys and girls 11 years of age and older may attend. Do-- It Man to . .. for some ornamental flowers from a company In MAN on Page B4 See DO-I. T Attorney, Phil L., Hansen served notice Tuesday that he is taking his case against Utahs liquor laws to the U.S. Supreme Court He challenged the liquor laws and the state officials who administer them in a suit that was dismissed by a three-judg- p panel Aug. 7. Hansen contended that the liquor laws that became effective in July are invalid because they were enacted by a malapportioned legislature. He filed a notice of appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court The suit seeks to stop enforcement of the liquor laws. Defendants re- You've Got Money Coming Back I sent B-- 5 Hansen Files . Appeal in Liquor Suit has ha the puzzled as you ait.-H- e gas tank replaced, the fuel system Inspected and the motor I looked over by a factory representative, and they can find nothing wrong. He used the mower himself to cut his own thinks you may not be using lawn, and had no problem.-Tl- e the mower correctly. JPerhaps you are pushing It too fast in long grass or flooding it. If you go and see him, he will try to make an adjustment to your satisfaction and discuss this with you. - counties, municipalities and special improvement districts throughout the rtate. TAX ENTITIES Individual mill levies imposed by various taxing entities covering the Salt Lake City school district are as follows, with the 1968 levies in parenthesis: sand geraniums are grown each year. He said they save two to three times what they would pay commercial greenhouses for plants. Buraau Abatement District, .3 (.3). For Granite School District, . the total school levy was 58.9 mills, which was toe highest school levy in toe state. WASHINGTON Pres. Richard M. Nixon named L. Ralph Mecham of Salt Lake City, to be a federal of the Four Corners Regional mission. Development Mecham , HIGH EVALUATION School District, which has a relatively high property evaluation, has Imposed a total tax levy 51.27 mills. The Murray School District levy is 57.35 mills, or almost as high as toe Granite levy. Levies for 1969 for other cities and towns counties, follow: DAVIS COUNTY Davis County, 11.75; Davis School District, 53.2, for a total of 64.95 mills in toe coun-- . ty. The additional tax for L. Ralph Mecham , Bountiful residents will be 15 mills, and for Farmington . . wins appointment. residents, 19 mills. Utah County, 7.2 mills; AlBrewer of Denver was shifted School District, 54.45 pine to the small Business Adminmills; Nebo School District, istration in Washington. 54.15 mills; Provo School District, 56.98 mills; Provo Gty, 24.35 mills. OTHER COUNTIES Weber County, 19 mills; Ogden School District, 54.5 mills; Weber County School District, 54.32 mills; Ogden Gty, 24 mills. inspection, awards ceremony Beaver County, 11 mills; and open house at Brigham school district, 55.79 mills; Beaver Gty, 18 mills; Milford Young University. Jordan Com- has been serving as special assistant to the under secretary of commerce, Rocco Siciliano, also ef Salt Lake City. Mecham formerly was a vice president for development at the University of Utah and administrative assistant to Sen. Wallace F. Bennett, ' -- M e c h a ms duties are to keep him in expected Washington. Regional headquarters of the commission are in Farmington, N.M. Former Salt Lake County, 18.65 (18.7); City School District, 50.5 (50.9); Salt Lake City, 26.8 Central Utah (26.3); Water Conservancy District, one (.7); Metropolitan Water District of Salt Lake City, 2 (2); Salt Lake City Mosquito Donald Utah Reserve Contingent To Be Home On Sept 17 Members of the U.S. Army Reserves Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 259th Q u a r termaster Battalion, Pleasant Grove, who have Participating In the events been in Vietnam for one year, will be several government and will return to Utah Sept 17. civic leaders along with Col Sterling R. Ryser, comArmy Reserve officials. manding officer of the 96th The unit was activated in Reserve Command, Army 1968 and a month later of said the unit April a 259th, parent sent to Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo., short program and welcome home ceremony will be held for training. The unit arrived at noon that day at the Salt In Vietnam last October. Lake International Airport Unit members distinguished Other events include a pathemselves in a mission of suprade Sept 18 through Pleasplying petroleum products to ant Grove followed by an the war effort. mills. Box Elder County, 8.5 mills; school district, 52.2 mills; Brigham Gty, 16.25 mills. San Juan County, which has a relatively high valuation due to mineral resources, but Gty, 28.5 low population, imposed a county levy of 16 mills. Its school district levy was 34.2 mills, and Mouticello imposed a city levy of 18 mills. Iron County has a levy of 11.5 mills; its school district is levying 48.55 mills, and Cedar Gty has a levy of 25.8 mills. a below toe national average,, below toe Mountain States av! erage, and below the 11 WestC em States average. But what must be realized is that Utah has many chil--' dren who are not wage earners, but who figure as part of toe total population when the states average is figured. How do Utah taxes compare with those of other states? No other question about the states taxes, perhaps, is asked more frequently than this. The facts: Utahs over-al-l tax burden, as measured by toe percentage of personal income going to state and local taxes, appears above toe U.S. average. But it is also about equal to the Mountain States, and v somewhat below toe Westem States average. The facts will be explained in an exclusive Deseret News series of articles during the next 25 days. For instance in the accomchart, the personal per capita in- Utah is panying .income, - $ Manager Wants To Please . agreed. F. Gerald Irvine, commissioner, said, the division is doing a marvelous job getting cooperation from local enforcement officers. I would rather see enforcement tread carefully and the commission take plenty of time Investigating before licensing applicants than to open the door to violations, Rampton said. Grove L. ' Cook; chairman, reported that 18 restaurants now have been licensed to disand 22 pense clubs have been licensed. t a Tax Commission after it approved the tax levies for all Nixon Names Corners Aide 075? ?ia' smm within read for pfitzer planting. t'ha Co nltAl Thg reason for that was the use of heavy equipment to shape some of the ground. We had to cut a hill away and move it, he said. pptd trpes. is are Gov. Calvin Rampton, Secretary of State Clyde L. Miller. Attorney General Vernon B. Romney, State Finance Director Herbert F. Smart, Public L. Commissioner RaySafety mond A. Jackson and all ..members of the Utah Liquor Central Commission. Prises:d-.CIResidents in Utahs cities, towns and communities have been piling their trash high and hauling it away these past few weeks in an effort to win one of six $500 cash prizes offered by the Deseret News-i- n a statewide beautificatidu pro- - gram. The newspaper will give cash prizes to the most improved city In three divisions based on population and three $500 prizes to the cleanest cities in three divithree $500 ' 62nd . tion. O ,,, i v' ;'( coun-oilme- annual league , convtn-- . , . The opening general session ' will begin at 2:15 p.m. Thursday with the main address delivered by Allen E. Pritchard Jr Washington, D.G, assistant executive director, National League of Gties. s' ; 4v; ' Pis subject will be National Policies and Their Impact on Gties. - A and reception hour will be held Thursday at 6:30 p.m. followed at 7:30 p.m. by toe president's dinner. Presiding will be South Ogden Mayor Fred L. Montmorency, league sions. The awards, ilong with a bea.iful plaque, will be presented to the winning cities, towns and communities at the final general session of the Utah Municipal League convention Saturday at 1 p.m. in toe Salt Palace. The beautification program is sponsored by the Deseret News, the league and Utah State University Extension Service. town presidents, Mayors, n city commissioners and from all parts of Utah are expected to attend the - Utah Water Conservancy District were higher this year. The figures were released today by the State ' - The manager ' i - ' hm ' Enforcement of Utahs new liquor control laws is proceeding in a satisfactory manner, it was agreed Tuesday afternoon at a meeting of Gov, Calvin L. ' Rampton with the commission.- , The caliber of the enforcement division is excellent and they are accomplishing wonders in training, investigation and enforcement, the chief executive . B1 S. L Wo mn 1 nLae IQ president. Departmental sessions will occupy the time Friday with city officials talking about justice, open burning, water pollution, crime, recreation, parks, collector roads, recording, plumbing codes and That makes Utahs per capita income appear low. However, two adjoining states, Idaho to the North, and New Mexico to the South, are below Utahs average. With taxation becoming toe provocative subject in Utah it is, toe Deseret News series will prove a valuable reference source for anyone inter--ested in knowing how it real- - lyis. " ' Another example of the information to be included in this exclusive Deseret News series is this: some persons regard toe Beehive State as a bluenose state, with a penchant for taxing sin add vice. Yet the series will disclose that only three of the It Western States have a lower tax on cigarettes lhan Utah, while five have higher taxes, and two tax at the same rate. . Also, only one state has a lower gasoline tax, while two states are higher, and seven are toe same. For those interested In obtaining the full information once, toe data has been com j piled into a small booklet by the Utah Foundation, a pri-va- te government researph agency. Copies may be obr tained free at toe Deseret News, or by mailing 10 cents to the Deseret News, 34 E. 1st South, Salt Lake Gty, Utah, 84101. SECTION B Kaye Sheppard displays beautiful plaques Deseret News will give to cities and communities. ( 4 I |