The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1922-01-13
UTAH NEWS REVIEW

LILO price OF mix III SAT- Lake MAJ
been reduced from 12is cents to II
J. cents a quart. with promise Of still
further reductions
Complete tatistics for 1921 complied
by city building inspector of Salt Lake,
show that building operations during
The past year exceeded those of 1920
by s1,1oo.ooo
The Provo city civil service COM
mission has been busy giving examina-
lions, physical and mental, of appli-
cants for positions on the police and
fire departments
Arrangements for an intensive cam
| paign throughout the state in an eff
! fort to induce the people to use more
dairy products are rapidly assuming
shape.
The stroke of midnight Dec. 81
meant the beginning of the saving of
at least $500, 900 annually for the state
of Utah, when suspension of the 3 per
cent war tax on delivery freight ship
ments, under the new revenue inca
sure, went into effect
Citizens of CoaIville, Utah, have Of
fered TO establish an emergency land
Ing field in that city for the benefit of
pilots In the air mair service. Coalville
il an important point over which the
planes operating between Salt Lake
and Rock Springs fly.
At a meeting of the county farm bu
reau, held in the county courthouse,
c. II. White of Payson, delivered
talk on the necessity of adjusting the
present method of taxation. He urged
the farmers, from now on until cleo
ton time to talk income tax in order
to create sentiment In favor Of it.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars
will be saved Utah shippers and trav-
elers as well as millions of dollars to
those of other states throughout the |
country by the elimination of all war |
tax on transportation. More than |
100000 in transportation taxes were
paid the government il 1920 by two |
steam railroads and on electric rail- |
road operating lines in Utah.
The city commission of Salt Lake |
held a special meeting to approve the
issuance of S250,0O0 in certificates OF
Indebtedness to renew $500, 900 in GER
tificates of Indebtedness that are now
due, and to care for current expenses.
The necessity for Issuing the certif-
Gates Is brought about by the slow COL
lection of taxes, according to membArs
of the city commission.
Merchandise valued at $1,000 and al
legged TO have been ntolen by Mrs
Francis Murgick from founters In the
down town department stores of Salt
Lake was recovered, when sheriffs
deputies arrested the woman. Mrs.
had nearly $50 worth of jew
elry and trinkets In her pockets when
arrested. A search was made of her
home in Midvale and the remainder OF
her loot was found. She was released
On $500 bond.
The general fund of the state OF
Utah is the lowest today that 1t has
'ver been in the history of the state,
he auditors Office reporting only, ST.
'44.55. There Is no cause for alarm.
according to the auditors office, as the
General fund will be replcnished out |
# the balance of the taxes due on the s
ear 1921. which will be received dur
ng January.
ID. II. Madsen, state FISH and game
Commissioner, Is having his deputies Q
liant 5000 rainbow trout from four y
o six inches long in the waters OF
he Provo river from the mouth OF I
'rovo canyon to Heber and also just I
I the mouth of the river where II b
mpties into Utah lake. The fish .
lanted in the lower river will be fed
his winter, so that in the spring they
Ill find their way up the stream.
1.-The uniformity in both dress and
ctiOns OF the the students at the I'M
ersity of Utah makes the Utah IN v
Tuition one Of the most democratic
l the United States" said Miss Lucy
an Colt, dean of women at the Uni
Ell sity. The fact that from fifty to n
per cent of tie University n
tbdents are either partly or entirely l.
orking their way through school goes G.
$50 10 emphasize this fact. The u
University students make good in their s.
arious kinds of work, and they are 4
great demand by residents of Salt Z.
AXE. Besides doing housework N m
,mes for their board and lodging, e;