Show 5 IS ase e caution about 1 amendment no 5 lt f we should su support this amendment and nd the he legislature should t a accordingly a r as a mandate from e people the taxable property prop eity ty in r cities count counties les and school dis ets will automatically fall to an k low level hen then what would happen public 1 i would then I 1 have bave less revues aes ues with which to conduct the wis of our city county and governments r rould we as citizens and as kidol patrons be willing to accept I 1 s service would we for innee as school patrons be will to support the school officials hey announced halfday half halt day instead ivull day sessions if they retied the teaching force would 1 in our own community cheery accommodate ourselves to less lee ice and fire protection or less ance affecting sanitation and q general health conditions ar r it if we demand the same kind ervice as at present will we be ing to have our property taxed dull value in keeping with the which of course would leave very fe few w homes homesteads with an actual ye ie under or personal under in value could we be willing to have our stes kes our office buildings our ap S our sheep and everything a 7 we own in ili the way of general erty taxed at full value gild we support the tax commis and our assessors if they were ted ged to take that measure pd nd would we be willing to have jaher levy placed on our proy ky to make up for the losses so the same revenues would flow I 1 into our cur local public treasuries 1 perhaps we are willing to mak up ILIP these losses by imposing taxes upon ourselves in some other way such as increased sales tax increased gasoline tax increased tax lax on automobiles higher licenses to our merchants or taxes taxes on all our manufactured products or what not then w ws must bear in mind that all of these taxes come back to us and are paid by us indirectly since we ve are the ultimate consumers for there is no such thing as a tax exempt citizen we all pay taxes are tied up in every everything we ive eat eal and wear and use we must not be deluded into that I 1 fact that we can make anybody elss else pay our tax tor for they in turn merely shift the tax back to us i when we make up our minds on these serious questions we are then in a position to cast an intelligent vote on amendment no 5 it is hardly conceivable that any of us who have pride in local government and high standards of public service will be found very enthusiastic for the drastic chang change ea proposed in ili amendment no 5 let common sense and not emotions guide us mrs marvin thornley of clearfield spent several days last week visiting at the home bome of her sonin son in law and daughter mr and mrs E R robison of devils slide muss lanore parkinson who Is attending school in salt lake city spent the week end at the home of her parents mr and mrs F L Pa lkinson nancy bohman mr and mrs alfred bohman and roland bohman have just returned from a visit in southern utah |