The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1921-12-16
UTAH NEWS REVIEW

UlHH NEWD hEfEW
The great alunite deposits lying in
Piute county and extending into south
srn Sewer county will shortly become
a center Of activity. it is reported.
Jesse II. Wheeler, q contractor, no.
titled the police that large quantity
Of explosive caps was stolen from
tunnel near the mouth of Parley's can
yon In the region of the cement plant,
Salt Lake. The tracks OF a wagon
were found at the scene of the robbery.
Instead of a curtailment of expenci-
lures for the present school year there
will be an actual increase In revenue
from taxation, available for district
school purposes of S5S5,90S, or an In.
crease In thirty-one districts of ST91,-
1906, and a decrease in nine dis
uicts totaling $205, S91.S2.
Eureka citys assessed valuation foi
1921, was 3,013,315. The tax for the
present year Will bring Eureka city
over $4,000 and will leave balance
Of nearly $4,000 in the treasury after
the payment of the sum which has
been borrowed from the local bank.
Willard county beetgrowers do moi
make the reports of disappointing
yields heard from some other portions
of the state. The acreage was reduc-
ed, but the yield is equal to expecra.
tons. Farmers in Willard county were
generally able to pay their taxes wher
due.
The supreme court of Utah held that
1t is the duty of the county comn,is.
sioners of Utah county and of every
other county in the state TO provide
fund for the support of Widowed
mothers who are dependent upon theil
own efforts for the maintenance OF
their children"
A. A. Hinckley, commissioner OF ag
griculture, in reply to letter fron
the secretary of the Utah Jersey Cat |
tie club at Provo complaining that il |
Salt Lake milk is being sold brande,
as Jersey milk when, is is alleges. |
Holstein milk is the product, said tina
he vii see that the practice is stoppe,
The problem of reduced taxes FOL
the farmers of the state will be so.yet
when the farers have become srnic.
iently organized to act along oei,n-s.
lines and to represent a cnit on d ,,.SeI
program. This is the belief OF Stat,
Senator Edward Southwick OF Gtai
county.
The ninth wonder of the world has
just come to light in a small town Il
The southern part of the SAFE. 1t is
business man who protests bitterly I,
Postmaster Noble Warrum of Sail
Lake because his local postmaster ex.
poets him 10 remove h.s hail from tn,
postiffice every day.
Patriotic organizations throughout
the state and city have been asked t.
join the Utah conference, Daughters o.
the American Revolution. In their eli.
forts to have proper respect paid the
American flag when 1t appears in any
public place or at any public parade
Or function.
Reports from officers of the Davl
County Poultry association indicat,
that the 1921 show, To be held Il
December 10 to %, vii
be the most successful of any heiI
by the association. The show will b,
held In the Centerville Amusement
call
Statistics now In state offices show
hat the total revenue OF the sclioo !
districts of Utah for the present sclloo
rear, ending next June 80, from tht
general property taxes levied by the d
tate and by the county commissioners
or the school districts Will be S9,l67,
1896. The corresponding figures roI
asst year were $S,5S1. 3Ol.31.
The changes provided by the new
ederal tax law, which IL be in Of
ect when the first payment of til.
ak on 1921 incomes. due On March Is :.
922, apply mostly to tie smaller tax
ayers. Married persons With income:
f $4,000 or less have The exemption :.
from $1,000 to $500. Tha :.