| Show teachers Ten chers i ers salaries salaries must be within the ability of the people to pay thit ins iris not been determined as bet none the less teachers should bo be interested in tho the situation ext november there will again bo be submitted to the voters of rutih a constitutional amendment making it pos possible sibie ue for the le e further to and our tax ta laws A like amendment recently submitted failed to receive a vote this failure was due kirtly to a traditional reference ence fir for constitutions as ach uch and partly to a get Cru distrust of tho the legislature appealing to these sentiments those interested in retaining in the constitution our present cumbersome and an d inequitable tax regulation had little trouble to defeat the amend ments this year the state is attempting to baisie tax valuation to the h level of commercial values whether ghisi attempt ultimately succeed or fail lax tax valuations on all kinds of proper ty have cave been increased apparently from 50 per coot cent to several hundred percent per cent hut according to a P provision ro in our constitution mines are tax taxed ed on their ut nt annual q output akpu t and at the sime rate th tint thit it is applied to property therefore the annual net output of mines will bd ba taxed this year at the same rate as that applied to property the valuation alua tion of aich has been sly in creased it is is now relieved that this gears ears taxes willfield will beld as much revenue as th the state estate had las dear pIn lips a little more though some local loral districts will fall short As there ia certain loss lohs in the revenue from mines it is ob obvious that an additional burden has bein imposed imp oed on gen ger eral property ana considerable falling off of the revenue tor for the support of schools would be disastrous to the cause of ciuco cd uco an the continuance ince of an unjust cyst system of taxation taa tion would in the long run be still more disastrous bec because Juse it would destroy the con fience of the people in this and every other public sc service both as guardians of the interests int crests of education and as citizens with the common rights and duties of citizen teachers ha have 0 an interest in the right adjustment of our tax ta laws fhiry teacher in the state should study closely the proposed pio posed amendment of the tax with the view to casting an intelligent vote upon it next november if it could be shown that a teacher s service to the community comin unity is creater more valuable alu able than that of the members of other professions and occupations or that the public is getting greater service from the teacher for money expended than from counte and city officials we should establish our claim for higher brenum prof W G roylance in hi utah educational review brother miller of the green river dispatch is an authority on lure bare raising and enlighten lighter en hh his readers on tried hare boiled hare hare bare and fricas fricasseed geed hare but he fails to explain the etiquette of the hair in the butter if the baltish and germans will only have a few more naval timal battles like the one a week ago uncle sam may have a fleet flee that will compare with inith theirs in another year or to t o this is the day wo we would gi give e a nichel nickel for a real bright idea those who have pi pinned nned their faith in price during the pst two years in will ill be rewarded spite of some back sets before another summet rolls around As then are ro more political con scheduled d cpr this part of ven vent ions the state in the near future e the tv wind ind might abate for a few das and give us a rest watch price foige ahead during th the e next few months and when hen the gait is once struck without any flim thin tiam watch the coating continuous oas growth crowth and pros penty if ou do not like this section get out I 1 lots of peoli are well nell satisfied here ind and thousands more are coming soon we do not need you if iou ou will not do our share 0 price is the logical center of the of eastern utah and she I 1 u coming into her own faster than a bullet from a german gun predictions as to the action of the chicago convention will soon be as as war prophecies of early spring the fellow who knew kne just what hat was vms to be done at chitwo atChi cipo by whom when ard chere it wai planned will soon oe in evidence wheat on the benches maa ma be killed ba b the dry winds windi but beets in the vallens are going to weigh neigh 40 pounds each smile darn you smile prosperity ri is coming so fast that we will not riot be ready to welcome it if we he do not 0 begin on prep preparations tra eions at once some br bright ight citizen has that cheri cheni and woods ought to bt good political timber |
