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majority of the state house seats were controlled by the urban counties with 75% of the population. Hafen opposed the idea of the majority always controlling in government. He did push through a bill that changed the balance so the state senate districts were split 14 to the rural counties and 13 to the four urban counties of Utah, Salt Lake, Davis and Weber. This balance was later ended after the
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As a member of the legislature, Hafen managed to push through budget bills to build new buildings at Dixie
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In 1933 Hafen was serving as a member of the St. George Stake presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He also was the president of the St. George
Chamber of Commerce that year. He was involved with operating Dixie College from when The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
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The cooperative that Hafen came to run in St. George failed after he was there about a year, and never paid him his promised salary. He then along with other civic boosters was involved in organizing the
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Education Association in 1935. This group worked to raise money in case Dixie faced a later crisis of funding. Its funds eventually were key in the 1960s in Dixie College moving to a new campus.
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Saints stopped funding the institution in 1933 until the state of Utah took over operations in 1935. Hafen also served as both St. George city and
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