State Superintendent outlines school budget cuts for 1922-23
Dr. GC N Jensen announces a statewide school year budget that will spend about 1,000,000 less than the current year. He notes average savings of 10 to 12 percent, achieved by fewer teachers and fewer subjects, with essential programs preserved as much as possible. The aim is to maintain safety and quality in schooling while reducing expenditures and avoiding radical changes.
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GC. N. Jensen
Dr. Jensen
Congressmen Urge Quick Action on Local Option Beer Bill
Fifty congressmen pressed the house ways and means committees for prompt report and a vote on the local option 2.75 percent beer and cider bill. It defines beer and cider by alcohol content and would levy a tax of 20 cents a gallon on all beer or cider produced, with potential yearly revenue of 400 to 600 million dollars based on 1914 production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Ways and Means Committees
Treasury
Ford's Presidential Loom Given Formal Launching
Plans for a nation wide movement to back Henry Ford for president in 1924 were formed at Dearborn on June 6. A permanent Henry Ford for President club will be created in each congressional district to show his strength and secure support if he runs. The Rev. Dr. William Dawe was elected president and praised Ford as the world’s best known citizen fit to lead reforms.
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Henry Ford
Dearborn
Ford
United States
William Dawe
Dearborn Methodist Episcopal Church
Ruling on Volstead Act Aspects Affects Few Utah Cases
A U S Supreme Court ruling on Volstead act provisions will touch only one or two Utah cases. Utah collectors report the invalid section concerns double tax fees and a $500 penalty for liquor dealers. Prohibition Director J E Richards lists fifteen arrests across multiple counties and seizures including ten stills and large whisky and mash quantities.
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United States Supreme Court
Utah
Collector of Internal Revenue
Philadelphia
Prohibition
J. E. Richards
Prohibition Bureau
Washington
Iron
Juab
Beaver
Millard
Weber
Summit
Salt Lake
Boxelder
Cache
Grand
Mery
Carbon
Tovere
Denver to Salt Lake one system progress on Moffat tunnel
Plans advance for extending the Moffat road to Salt Lake City forming a transcontinental system after the tunnel is completed. Governors and capitalists discuss merger with United States railroad groups including the Rothschilds andShell holdings, aiming for rapid construction and a unified network.
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Salt Lake City
Steamboat Sentinel
Bamberger
Utah State Line
Salt Lake & Denver
Utah
Salt Lake
Bamberger Lne
Burlington
Western Pacific
Utah- Colorado Industrial Company
Lester G. Freed
Burlington Interests
Moffat
Shoup
Denver & Salt Lake
Moffat) Road
Salt Lake & Denver Railroad Company
Utah- Colorado Industrial Corporation
Salt Lake & Ogden Railway
Bamberger Electric Road
United States
Standard Oil Company
Moffatt Tunnel Commission
Water Users Petition Congress Over Uintah Irrigation Tyranny
White settlers from the Uintah Basin Utah and water users across the United States appeal to Congress for relief from the Uintah Indian Irrigation Project. They denounce escalating maintenance costs and lack of local say, urging abolition of the project and transfer of assets to landowners who would form a self governed corporation with pro rata voice and ditch based responsibility.
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Uintah Basin
Utah
Congress of the
United States
Washington, D. C
Uintah
Washington
Congress
Uintah Indian Irrigation
Isolate the Rooster in Utah Egg Loss Warning
Utah farmers lose thousands yearly to egg spoilage from fertile roosters after breeding. The rooster should be removed once the season ends to avoid wasteful feeding costs and losses. Killing or eating the male is advised unless he is kept for breeding or quality.
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Utah
Reclamation legislation faces setback in senate committee
Senate finance committee struck out the land reclamation feature from the soldier bonus bill and added a 60 day land access right for ex service men. Western lawmakers urge restoring reclamation via an amendment to the bonus bill and possible conference from the house. The fate hinges on a western southern senator coalition to push the land and reclamation package forward.
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Senate Finance Committee
House
Representative Mondell
Wyoming
Finance Committee
McNary
Mondell
Rules Committee
Senate
U. S. Murders Ten Times Canada Rate, Judge Says
Judge Marcus Kavanaugh of Chicago reports to the American Bar Association that U S murder rate is about one hundred per million versus thirteen per million in Canada. He observed Canadian crime in Montreal and Toronto as part of a national crime symposium. The committee will report at the association’s San Francisco meeting next August.
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United States
Canada
Marcus Kanavaugh
Chicago
New York
Utah Agricultural Prospects Improve Despite Frost Losses
Agricultural prospects in Utah as of June 1 show rising acreages in spring wheat oats and barley with larger production outlooks. Spring wheat up 9 percent to about 10 000 acres more than last year oats up 7 percent about 6000 acres more barley up 21 percent about 3000 acres more. Sugar beets and other crops lag in condition with frost damage in the south. Fruit conditions are generally positive though frost hurt early districts.
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Utah
M. Justin
United States Bureau of Markets and Crop Estimates
Justin
Salt Lake
Davis
Boxelder
Cache
Weber
Jerry Simpson Dies After Long Political Quest
Jerry E. Simpson, aged two years, of Paua Ul, died May 30 at Broken Arrow Oklahoma after health-related illness. A former presidential hopeful in 1880 Republican convention, he later aligned with the Greenback party and the People's Christian party in 1912, running as a presidential nominee and earning only a sprinkling of votes.
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Jerry E. Simpson
Paua
United States
Broken Arrow
Okla
Stimpson
Garfield
Republicans
Greenback Party
Peo Ple
Christian Party
Provo preacher to speak at Duchesne church
Rev W F Bulkley of Provo will preach at St Pauls church in Duchesne Sunday next June 18. He will celebrate Holy Communion at 11 00 AM. Mr Ed Smith will accompany him and stay in Duchesne for several months. Sunday school at the usual hour.
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W. F. Bulkley
Provo
Duchesne
St. Paul's Church
Bulkley
Ed Smith
Duchesne Ward M I A Preliminary Exercises Program
The Mutual Improvement Associations set a program for Sunday June 18 at 7 P M during preliminary exercises. Solo performances include Misa Delta Brown Irene Dunn and Ma Woolley reading Retold Story. A talk on Radio by Helen Bur.
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O Mutual Improvement Associations
At& P.M
Ipl
Misa Delta Brown
Iréne Dunn
Ma Woolley
Helen Bur
Duchesne Stake Conference At Mt Emm In June
The quarterly Conference of Duc Stake will be held at Mt Emm on jurday and Sunday June 21. All members of the L D S church requested to be present and cordially invited to attend. Signed by Owen Bennion G Vv Billings Ira B Cannord Stake President
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Duc Stake
Mt. Emm
L. D. S. Chur
Owen Bennion
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