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Duchesne Courier

Location

Duchesne, Utah, United States of America

Date

Jan 19, 1923

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Revenue Collector Urges Early 1922 Tax Returns

Internal Revenue Collector James H. Anderson urges taxpayers in Utah to file returns from January 1 to March 15 1922. He explains who must file and defines net income for wage earners professionals farmers and others with questions to answer on the form including salary profits interest rents dividends and royalties omissions and the need to report wives income and minors working.

Utah James H. Anderson Internal Revenue Anderson Washington

Duchesne Postoffice May Occupy Old Bank Quarters

Efforts are underway to secure the former Bank of Duchesne building for a postoffice. Plans indicate the new quarters should be ready by late April, as the site is well suited and centrally located though many favor establishing a bank there.

Duchesne Postoffice Bank of Duchesne

Duchesne and Uintah Get 571,020 80 School Money

The Utah school fund apportioned to districts totals over 1.7 million dollars based on 12.60 per capita. First 1922 tax earnings under Dr C N Jenesh proceed, with Carbon county receiving 62,231.40 and populations 4939, while Emery gets 30,800 Duchesne 33,982.20 Waftich 20,890.80 and Uintah 37,828.80.

Utah C. N. Jen Carbon County Emery Duchesne Uintah

Upkeep Cost Estimate For Utah State Highways

B J Finch district engineer of the bureau of public roads estimates minimum annual upkeep for Utah state highways at 780000 dollars to meet federal aid construction and maintenance requirements. He outlines three cost centers overhead construction and maintenance, and argues for state control of funds with annual state provision under federal highway act section 7.

B. J. Finch Bureau of Public Roads State Tax and State Road Commission Utah Mr. Finch State Highway Department Salt Lake Anderson Summit County Salt Lake County Wasatch Millard Iron Washington Secretary of Agriculture

Impossible Soup Riddle Exchange

A diner cannot eat the soup due to an apparent spoon problem. The proprietor questions the reason, and the diner quietly reveals the obstacle, creating a playful dialog about a spared spoon. The brief exchange centers on a small kitchen mishap and a quiet, humorous reveal.

Review of the Legislature in this issue

A general review of the state legislature's daily doings is printed. For fuller details on specific bills readers are advised to contact their state house representative who can supply copies of the desired bills.

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Standards Raised for High School Accreditation Reforms

The state board of education amended standards to raise scholarship requirements and direct study toward defined fields. Dr. C. N. Jensen endorsed the changes aligning with National Education Association goals. New rules specify health, home life, vocation, citizenship, leisure, and ethical character as core themes across junior high, senior high, and four year high schools.

State Board of Education C. N. Jensen State Superintendent of Public Instruction National Education Association Jfunior

Utah appoints state high school supervisor for winter quarter

Professor LeRoy Cowles of the University of Utah education school was named by the state board as the state high school supervisor for the winter quarter. The position, abolished due to finances, resumes for three months to standardize high school work under the state school office. Extension courses will allow current teachers to meet new, stricter certification rules, with nine quarters of college credit completing the path to a first class certificate.

LeRoy Cowles School of Education University of Utah University Cowles Stat Brigham Young College Logan Dixie Normal College Snow Normal College Thesa

Duchesne Defeats Roosevelt In Exciting Clash

Duchesne basketball team tops Roosevelt by five points after a hard fought game last Saturday. The score was tied at halftime before Duchesne pulled away in the second half. A large Duchesne turnout traveled to the game and a return match is set for tomorrow with a big crowd anticipated.

Duchesne Roosevelt

Divorces Exceed Marriages in Duchestre County

Divorces last year in Duchestre County reached about thirty-eight percent of marriage licenses. Thirty-seven marriages were licensed and fourteen divorce suits were filed. Uintah County, with similar population, posted nearly double the marriages, hinting that local youths may marry elsewhere and later return for divorce.

Duchestre Uintah

Duchesne County Rep Hollenbeck Proposes Major Amendments

Fourteen bills introduced by Speaker Seegmiller’s house session include nine from Duchesne County Rep L A Hollenbeck. Key measures repeal the public utilities commission act and reduce it to a single governor appointed member, limit irrigation bond authority, create independent ado district structures, and outline election, debt sharing, and tax provisions. Additional bills cover bridge construction, delinquent tax sales, property assessment equalization, and tax sale certificate assignments.

Seegmiller House of Representatives House L. A. Hollenbeck Duchesne County Hollenbeck Duchesne Public Utilities Commission State of Utah Public Utilities Act Board of County Commissioners Uilt Boards of Education

Substantial Post Office Increase At Duchesne 1022

Duchesne post office receipts rose by twenty percent over 1921, advancing the office a point and yielding a salary increase for the post master. The notice notes substantial business growth during the past year.

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