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Show ECONOMICS, EDUCATION, AND ENGINES! It's a fact that one of the cardinal principles of ECO NOMICS is concerned with EDUCATION, and it's a fact that Education in Utah U almost wholly financed by property-owning taxpayers, and It's a fact that the Rio Grande railroad pays a huge tax bill in Utah, made possible only because its ENGINES keep busy transporting people and goods over Rio Grande's own superb network of steel highways. In other words, in your community, as in every community through which h operates, Rio Grande plays a major citizenship role in the support of your ducational system. For example, in 1954, the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad paid a total of $1,079,542 in taxes to Utah counties. Of this amount, $737,905 went directly for school purposes; under the efficient, economical operation of Utah schools ($230 average cost per pupil, reported by the Utah State Board of Education) Rio Grande taxes covered a year's cost for 3,208 studentsl The remaining $341,637 went to support of state, county and municipal governments, with $47,038 expended for county roads, and sizeable amount$ armarked for airports. The Rio Grande is proud to be your partner in progress... proud to fulflH ks major duties of public service and citizenship. Dedicated to the overall development de-velopment of its territory, Rio Grande pledges continued dependable service In the far-sighted spirit of our great American system of free enterprise. fJJ Watch Out For the Kiefs... (SS, let Them Live to Enjoy Q. The Life for Which TheY DENVER & RIO GRANDE WESTERN RAILROAD Pioneering in Progress for 85 Years OEORGE F. DODGE, Director of Public Relations and Tax Commisiioner ADVERTISEMENT $ -1 i - " . y ;;?; K - . A Visa-si , J I 4 fV-w "Wsito - f ' ' ... ,b ' - - v " - 1 , . ' ' ; ' $ ' " T. - ' "If you want to make a hit with your wife, get her one of these bedside phones. Man, this is luxury and costs only 3 or 4 cents a day." Order your additional telephones now, for those places where you're most likely to be when you need them. The installation installa-tion charge is small, regardless of location. Phones are now available in a selection of eight decorator colors, for a nominal, one-time extra charge. Call our Business Office-Mountain Office-Mountain States Telephone. |