Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-24
MAYORS ROAST
PICTURE SHOWS
Executives of Utah Cities Take a
Fall Out of Cheap
Theaters.
FIFTY DELEGATES AT LOGAN.
State League of Municipalities OF Utal,
Opens Its Two-Day Session
With Due EcIat.
Special TO The News.l

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Logan. Jan. 24.-Thc State League
of municipalities of Utah opened its
two-day session at 10 a. M with an
attendance of some 50 delegates, rep
resenting the cities and towns in
all parts of the state. An address of
welcome was made by Mayor John
Ii Anderson of Logan. A happy re-
sponse was given By A. l.. Clark of
Pennington.
DR.. George Thomas OF the Agricul-
tural college OF this city presented n
paper on Revenues for the Cities
by Taxation or Otherwise" In 1t he
pointed out the absolute impossibilty
CT securing any sort of equal as
sessmcnt of property under the pres
ent system. He said that so per cent
OF the real estate throughout tho
United States Is assessed, against only
20 per cent of personal property. He
therefore recommended to the league
that there be some reform in the pres
ent system Of levying taxation in the
state of Utah, and that there be a
separation OF these two distinct
sources OF taxation He told his
audience that this has been tried In
Massachusetts, and in other parts of
the United States. and Ii seemed to
work out most satisfactorily. aided by
the appointment OF special tax COM
missions This system involves a
separation of the property. so that the
state obtains Its revenues from the
corporations. leaving the real estate
to be assessed by the cities and coun-
ties. This. he pointed out. would re-
move the temptation which now exist,
in the various counties. for instance
by keeping. down the rate and thus
avooid their fair share of the sta 10
taxation.
COMMITTEE NAMED
The league then appointed com
mittee of five to further consider the
matter, and to make recommended
tlons as to the appointment of a COM
mission to take up the matter and try
to evolve some new scheme for maxi
ing assessments in the state of Utah.
The following is the committee: DIR.
George Thomas. of Logan. John IT,
Caine, Jr.. of Logan: Alma Green
wood OF Lehi; Heber c. Christensen of
RichReld and f c. Howell of Ameri-
can Fork This committee VIII report
to the convention tomorrow.
Mayor Heber C. Christensen of Rich
field delivered an address on the'"Du-
ties OF cities in forbidding objection
able picture shows and advertise
ments." In his locality he found that
the moving picture show was menace
to the morals of the children, He
strongly urged that all pictures be
censorized before being permitted to be
presented for public entertainment.
Mayor Southwick of Lehi also took
a very strong stand against the NOV
ing picture show. stating that his town
had been successful in eliminating it.
He had found that 1t diverted the at
tention of the school children from
their studies. and did untold harm to
their morals.
Ex-Mayor Edwards of Logan took
practically the same view Of the mat
ter, Mayor John II. Anderson. CON-
pared the average moving picture show
with dime novels.
TOMORROW'S PROGRAM.
Before the close OF the session the
following committee was appointed to
gather information as To the legal
right OF municipalities IN regulating.
or suppressing Objectionable movinc
vertisements of all kinds: T.. ]. Clay-
son of Spanish Fork: ]. w. FunS -
Richmond. and F.. j Marshall oi
gan. They Will report at a later
sion of the league, which Will
session here this afternoon and roi
row. when the following program y
be carried out:
MONDAY. 9 P. NJ.
1.-THE Relation of the Public Servant
to the Private Citizen" ...........
...... Prof. j, H Paul of the u. OF u.
Pool Rooms and the Best Means to
Regulate Them =. ...s..............
... William Glasmann OF Ogden
"Should Cities Declare for Prohibi-
ton When the State and Counties
are otherwise?" acknowledgements.
....... Mayor w. H. Ray of Provo
General discussion.
TUESDAY, 2 p NJ
Public Sanitation" ..............
.......D DR.. T. B. Beatty of Salt Lake
THE Des Moines Plan" ..........
Mayor ]. S, Bransford. Salt Lake
1.-The Relation OF Industrial Educa-
tion to Municipal Government" ....
...s...-s...-........ DIR. u. a WldtSoes