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Show fTriversal Microfilming ' 277 Sixth Are S?.lt Irtei City 2, Cteh . ' Jan 53 i. "Dope Rumors Without Substantiated Basis, Investigation Indicates By Bob Crompton A snowballing and malicious tumor that a number of Brigham teenCity people, principally agers, are using or are selling narcotics illegally in this area has been found so much hot air." Source of the rumor is hidden behind any number of I heard It froms, but gained wide circulation in this area during the ' ty physician, there is no basis than it has been in the past be any evidence of any kind" that dope is being used by Anyone for it, or if there is it is so deepi fore these rumors started circuin Brigham City illegally. ly hidden that not a fragment lating. It sounds like a mighty tall Sheriff Hyde added that it any of substantial proof exists. yarn to me, the chief commentSheriff's Statement person or persons within the ed. - r ( Box Elder County Sheriff Warren W. Hyde, the officer charged with detecting this type of crime in the county, reported that he has "tried to run down numerous rumors to the effect that dope is being used and past week. peddled in Brigham City" and the In the opinion of . law en- that as far as he knows forcement officers, church lead- condition in this county is abnormal, no different ers, school leaders and the coun solutely Will Take Parts In boundaries of the county can These two men who head the give any substantiated facts In city and county law enforcement regards to any such condition, departments receive the regular the Information will be ' held reports of several men in their strictly confidential, and he will divisions every day, and still repersonally investigate, and shall port there is no substantiated solicit help from the federal nar- evidence of narcotics used in this cotics agent and other known area- just rumors. experts on drugs. A check with Sheriff, Mac Police Chief Harry Smith' re- Wade, Weber county, also Indiported that he has not found cated that all of the dope talk was just talk. It Is preposterous to think there is extensive use of dope in northern Utah," the Weber county sheriff said, it is almost impossible for peddlers to get and I dont think there is a market for it in the first place." j Wade said there are a few addicts in the Ogden area, but usuand ally they were transients if anything there has been a reduction in the number of cases over the pat' years rather than an increase. . Box Elder county physician, Dr. J. Gordon Felt was also of The Red Mill " VOLUME 57, NUMBER 7 the opinion that the number of s transient stopping in Brigham City and making an attempt to get dope through the guise of illness has greatly decreased in the past few years. Close cooperation between Box Elder county physicians and the sheriff has caused Brigham City to be labeled hot" in underworld terminology by dope adhop-head- dicts. The county physician reported that to his knowledge there is no illegal use of narcotics in Box Elder county and that nobody is being treated for drug addiction BRIGHAM CITY, UTAH, WEDNESDAY here, Principal Alf Freeman of Box Elder high school, too, substantiated the opinion of other county leaders when he said he has seen no evidence of narcotics at that school, and has not had any such reports for many of his teachers. President Glen M. Bennion of the South Box Elder stake reported that no substantial facts on narcotic use by youngsters or adults has been brought to his attention. INot one of the people con MORNING, tacted could report any proof of the illegal use of narcotics in Brigham City or Box Elder count" yIn general they were of the opinion that the rumor had no basis of fact; that there. Is qot a dope problem in this areal, and, in fact, the number of transient hop heads stopping Jft Brigham City has actually taken a drop. Some of the n - , men, however; did say It was not impossible that there is some dope traffic here, but that it is very unlikely- . FEB. 13, 1952 - - 8 PAGES i. Rapid Progress In Soil And Water Conservation Accomplished By Northern B.E District In 1951 ISTRIP CROPPING, IRRIGATED Second Corinne PASTURES AMONG IMPROVEMENT Family Burned Out In Home Fire . 528 District Farmers Use Special Solf Conserving Practices; Pastures Seeded, L i Corinne burned to the ground, leaving a family homeless, last . r 4 . H i f The twelfth anriual report of the Northern "Utah Sojl conservation district hails the farmers of the district "If pr their rapid progress in putting complete soil and water conservation programs td work protecting their lands, according to Myron T. Hansen, Collinston, chairman of the board of supervisors." t For the second consecutive Saturday night, a house in West week-end- . ' , Driven from the flaming home , Gary Shirts, Rea Nielsen and Jay Strip cropping,' Irrigated paswas Cleon Olsen, who led his ; . j. . who have school for to at Elder be Box in the first high operetta presented tures aftd better methods of irparts wife and five children to J many y&ws. - It will be staged, under the direction of Earl Johnston, February 27 and through suffocating smoke.safety called the rigating might-bThe 28 at Box Elder high school Er watch words of our soil conserthe night Saturday previous : : ; vtn Hindtoerg family of five was vation program during (195(1, " he , ITS HOMICIDE ousted by flames of unknown stated. The Increased amount origin, which also destroyed of these Americans Descent Of practices showing ; up With Japanese West their Corinne house, this year is a gratifying indica, . with representatives of the Brigham City Lions club The flaming building was tion that farmersare much more first noticed by I. Ichigami from who have organized to fight Communist propaganda in Bruce R. McConkie of- the first conservation minded than1' they American-Japanese Elder The Box j Is a county about mile away. Notifying Japan. plan council of .Seventies, will repre- were even five year ago. Drive to write to relatives and friends in Japan telling of their sent the general Grover Harper, another neigh authorities, of around the valley next spring bor and owner of tle destroyed freedom and prosperity. the LDS church at quarterly con- and see the many Irrigated pasincreased speeds Declaring that speedsters are to higher building, they aroused the Ol-ference of the South Box Elder tures fenced oft into small units rural in on the the deaths highways Childs Needs in a Free ken family. getting away with murder, stake next Saturday and Sunday, for rotation gracing and J the 3.200 he 1950, in said, nationwide newspaper campaign areas by was the topic for discus-- j Destroyed were the seven-sio- n Will according to President Glen M. acreage that will pe irrigated by ' traffic acci- accounting for all but 300 of the World,at the! of , to reduce the 1952 room meeting house and its contents, regular Bennion. , the border-dik- e method espe- dent toll today, centered its fire 3,500 Jump that year in the death Central School P. T. .A on Mon- - valued at $7000. The loss was A. Reed Halverson will daily in the west Corinne area. . Also, as whole, a ' who nation for the toll on drivers, speeding mainly covered by Insurance. evening j women compared with 1949. Last year, day represent the general church welOn Life In , alone Jdlled 15,000 men, The meeting was conducted by j Lea Ceilings, Brigham City Everyone driving, through, the fare committee, at the sessions. to 500,claimed due deaths rural he added, and children and ftf must note the Mrs. Lola Andersen, president. 1 fire department chief, said the farm.arek dry The welfare committee meet- greatly Increased number of con000 injured- - victims last year. speed probably increased nearly Mrs. Andersen welcomed the cause was undetermined, The Russian Communists wont City Lions club, explained I ing will be held Saturday eve tour strip cropped fields: v 7 Public safety specialists thru- - 5.000 over the 1949 total. large group of more than '375 pull any wool over the eyes of movement. Y , A former captain of Pennsyl parents present. February 16, at 8 p. m. In out the country Jiave branded Japanese, in Japan, if the BrigTn order to win In elections of ning, Mr. ' Hansen , reported thgt the tabernacle. General meetings ElLions excessive speed as Killer No. 1 vanias state police who has of Box club and ham Mrs. offered was City the and other by Prayer countries, Japan . in traffic accidents And urged ten seen dead speeders and their Ernest Sunday, which will be under Mr. among the farmers cooperating der Americans of Japanese de- Communists Olsen followed by the are ' circulating Innocent victims in wrecks on the presentation of past presidents that the most intensive law scent have anything to say false and malicious statements McConkie will be held at 10 with the Soil Conservation disa. m. and 7 m. taber- trict applied one or more special drives against speed-- , highways, Mr. Boate urged that of P.T.A. by Mrs. Phyllis Owen, about it. about the United States, said nacle. At 2 p. m.In the tar1 a soil conserving practices on their in No. be p. the this made undertaken Sunday, be sters year speeders Past presidents present who Recently the Lions, with Vice Judge Call. "For Instance, they priesthood leadership meeting farms during 1991 as a part of all states. They have also pro- - get of enforcement and educa- were honored and received B. C. Call leading the say that the people of Japan and President a complete individual will be held. farm throughout beautiful corsage, - were: Mrs posed that all official and un- tional campaigns way, took action to organize the Asia who live in this country t , Music for the morning session plan. official groups "interested In 1952 to make a real start to IR. N. Price,, Mis. David O. An Box are Elder abused and persecuted, that will be furnished approximately 1,000 Willard this the on .lives wards 10,000 the by Mrs highways saving Mrs. safety Ira 'greater Packer, dersen, county Japanese to combat false they are denied the right of free ward choir under the direction of Fanners cooperating.! with the programs year the goal of more than Elmo Tingey, Mrs. O. G. Love initiate educational in schools and other privileges of Mrs. district seeded 839 acres of Irri' propaganda of communism Edith Harding and for the 1952 lower intensive to 8.000 the high land, Mrs. Fred L. Petersen, Mrs newspapers help during gated pastures. This acreage if citizenship, that the use of child evening session Japan. of standard recom the To South He the and efforts. improve by injuries way safety Lewis Olsen, Mrs.- - Floyd Knud high toll of deaths labor grows with each year and stake choir A recent meeting was properly managed can . produce held the in offered under direction service of an people attributable to speed by persuad- mended that law enforecement son, Mrs. Lloyd Davis, Mrs. Searl of 500,000 pounds that thousands of Americans are Harold B. Felt. equivalent with Takeo Yamasaki, president ser area a down' lor authorities be backed up in every Beecher, Mrs. Carroll Williams, Brigham City trading ing drivers to glow of beef each year. Border-dik- e to sent for the of American Corinne protesting jail Japanese 4 t possible way in drives to round Mrs. Elliot Ward, Mrs. Don Shef ies of three advanced salesman Citizens league, and Cal Hiro-mot- criminal policy of the imperialor seme other Improved method safetys sake., ' Box of irrigatj.ng has now been esThe key relationship of speed up and penalize speeders. field, Mrs. Glen Humpherys and ship courses will be held at of the Honey-vill- e ists, and so on. president next Wins school Elder beginning high to the upward death curve in In some states,' Mr. Boate Mrs. J. Oleen Palmer. tablished on 6,042 acres. Nearly in charge. We would like to have you club, m. 8 18 at p. 16 miles of farm lateral . and A musical program was con Monday, February highway accidents in . recent pointed out, drivers lose their to write letters and L. Peterand Fred Call your people M. R. to In Judge the library, according field ditches were constructed on years has definitely been estab driving privileges for speeding ducted by students of Mrs. Mary them the tell that of simply truth, tlie sen, Box Brigham El pesldent Wings, president of the llshed, according to, Thomas N. offenses. This has been an effec P. Owens, Mrs. Merle Grover, Kaiser, grades set by Soil Conservation can In own land Japanese Utah, Service Boate, public safety director of tive deterrent, he said, express Mrs. Ora Hamblin, ' Mrs. Jane der Chamber of Commerce. technicians, who are coown their and his and houses, meeting the Winning wings The series will be the advanwith the district. Also the Association of Casualty and lng the hope that more states Unford and Miss Iris Schow. enoperating as News-Journ- al and a of bars second lieutenant worship they please gold To lec ced classes of Surety Companies and acting would take similar action to Mrs. Malcolm Queton of the tures held last salesmanship joy all the comforts of life the this week was Paul Bennion, son 1,462 acres were leveled to gradi month. veritable manager of Its accident preven curb same as American born citi- of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Bennion of and 437 headgates Installed durprogram committee then intro Instruction will be under direc-- . tiou department, The tendency speeds" on the open road and duced Thomas Tommaney of ing the year; and 3,075 feet hi s which all at the second Brigham City. , tion of William C. Noon zens Winder, of the thus help to hold down the growNow home on a short furlough, canal was lined with concrete intermountain Indian l schod buslness and distributiveeduca generation are. Send pictures of your automo- Lt. Bennion completed his flight to reduce ' seepage . and ditch ing number of fatalities. who acted as moderator for the tion division of Utah " public in child's But drivers themselves, he de panel discussion on biles, clippings from newspa- training and graduated at Vance losses. Each of the lectures & Journal Box struc(ion. The Elder News of elecof tell and them of the members must needs. Air be Each convinced of the Force base, Oklahoma. He your dared, On the dryland, contour strip will be one and , a half hours office will close at noon Friday pers, trical conveniences.- - Also tell will report to Moody Air Force utter folly of reckless speeds to the panel spoke on various sub- long. was established on cropping for so the balance of week the them of the church and govern- base, Georgia for all weather 64.17 save time, endangering them jects relative to the panel theme. towhich dis- that on acres, for the Subjects attend the agenda employes may ment welfare' plank, wherein interceptor jet training on Feb- tal in the dlstict tobrings the selves,, their families, and other A discussion followed. Those cussion include accurate mer- annual acres. 12,630 conven Utah tion of the were: Clarence chandise poor adult persons receive from ruary 23. innocent persons on the streets participating was Stubble mulch information,- - purpose State Press association, being $25 to $35 each month regardHe has been assigned to an practiced on 64,601farming Hill, Mrs. R. N. Price, Mrs. D. and and highways. acres and inforof objectives held in Salt Lake City. having Roimor race color. of less is Mrs. Art Stowell, trailing team cap and Mason It Alaska base upon completion of 67,393 acres were fanned on the Excessive speed increases the Murray mation available to sales force, Featured attractions will be portant that we do something to his final phase tain In the Fraternal Order of severity of accidents two to three setta Goulding. contour. Fall chiseling of stubvalue factors of merchandising, contwo to be counteract the Communists procontest, times, membership advertising clinics Eagles closed with a report importance of informative labelwith mishaps ble was completed on 47,720 Meeting compared ducted by Salt (Lake advertising paganda said Diseases Reported In gave his team mates a pep talk at lower speeds, Mr. Boate em- by Mrs. Chloe Bundy of the work immediately," acres. 0 how mark downs may be During the spring ing, and Judge Call. at the regular weekly .meeting phasized. In one state a survey shop to be held Monday, Feb- minimized agency representatives feet of gullies were graded ' merchandise ' through Health men. All to By re members of the Dept. County them working newspaper school Monday, urging present showed that on a and seeded to sod forming grass ruary 18, at the Central knoweldge, various rules for Headline speakers on the three pledged their support to this Four different diseases were for double their efforts. where speeds of 70 miles an hour with Edwin Baird and Mrs. care of merchandise, waterways. service JoElSenator be Omer will Box Call J. reported contracted in activity. Attorney H. Woodland as leaders.Just because Cecil Bradburys were permitted, and often exGood grass management was values as a value factor, syn- day program of Wisconsin, of Brigham City, who spent der county during the week endMcCarthy seph team took a sprint lead, doesn't ceeded, 4.5 percent of all accithetic finishes and use of guar- Senator Mike practiced on 102,000 acres of Monroney of Okla- a year with the aimed forces in ing February 1, toy the Utah rangeland. Sagebrush and other mean the race is won or lost, dents were fatal, compared with antee and how it should be limihoma, and J. Roger Deas, public Japan, gave a summary of the State Department of Health. Stowell points out, In a race 1.5 percent in crashes on other weeds were plowed on 1,090 Legion ted. for the rights and privileges of Japaninformation manager They include: mumps, 3 cases; acres In preparation for reseedlike this, its the haTd, steady highways in the same state. The salesmanship is American Can company, San ese under the laws of Utah and rheumatic fever, 1; school infec strep , pull that counts. ing to adapted range grasses. jointly sponsored by the mer- Francisco. "Speed is now causing up to the (United States. tion, 1; and influenza, 10. New Individual ' conservation ' Already about 20 new mem- half chants committee of the Chamof all motor vehicle deaths bers are lined up for initiation in a number of states, said Mr. ber of Commerce and the Box plans were prepared for - 55 ranchers and farmers, making a on February 25, it was announ- Boate. "A correspondingly high Local Contestants In the Utah district Elder high schooL Principal Alf total of 582 plans being used on ced and Roy S. Olsen, state offi- proportion of those injured and , or a member . of - the one, American Legion oratorical Freeman over 279,000 acres. These plans cer from the local lodge pointed crippled for life in highway ac- contest will their talks on BEHS staff will be in charge of give Force provide for the use of each acre out that the Initiation meeting cidents are caused by speeding, Americanism at a special meet- the meeting.. . , , of land according to its capaIn- - the last series of also would be a state aerie Speed killed 13,300 men, women similar home Memorial War at the Two' Box Elder soldiers bilities and the treatment , of visitation night, to make ' it a and children and its injured vie ing next Monday evening beginning lectures there was an k average each acre according to its needs completing air force basic gala occasion. tims totaled 475,000 in 195a Last at 8 p. m., it was learned today, attendance of only 32 persons, for man course indoctrination protection and Improvement which is small for the size of our were from George Hodges, district year these casualties The board of supervisors of Lackland Air Force base, accordbusiness activities in Brigham greatly increased because of the commander. the Northern Utah Soil Consering to the public information ofand we Pvt. George Goodell growing tendency to speed. On Students from high schools in Cityincrease would like to greatvation district is composed of fice there. ly the the is number attendKiller highways, speed all of northern Utah will comMyron T. Hansen, Collinston, They are Private Ronald A. Serving In Air Force No. 1 and its toll will continue and will give original talks ing," said President Kaiser. Mr. and Mrs. son of pete, Nelson, 20, chairman; and A. W. Bishop, grow year after year unless on the American constitution and Melvin F. Nelson of Corinne and Horace N. Hunsaker, Private George E. Goodell, Wil- to Garland; enforecement the public the Bill of Rights. Pvt. Peter N. Pierce, 19, son of lard, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. M. and millions officials, Honeyville; J. Hemy Nonman, South Stake Choir of Will themdrivers Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Pierce, of 628 During 1951, more than 300,000 Corinne; and ID. A. Fuhriman. Goodell, left for the U. S. Air selves take concerted action students entered ih the 14th an- Rehearse Next south (First west, Brigham City. Tremonton, members. Force, December 31. After report Sunday heedless needless, speednual national high school oratoriTheir basic training is preSpeaking for the supervisors. ing to Lackland Air Force base, against Mr. Hansen concluded We apcal contest. First place winner Due to remodeling in the Box paring them for entrance into .Texas, he was transferred to ing. There is almost a was awarded a $4,000 national Elder stake tabernacle, South air force technical training and preciate the aid and cooperation Shepherd Air Force base where chance that if you have a fatal scholarship. for assignment received from all the farmers in specialized stake choir practice will not be he is now stationed. . Winners of the District One held Wednesday evening - as and busineas mart as well as work. - He is a graduate of Box Elder accident it will be caused by from the various government The course includes a scientihigh school, class of 50, and speeding, so why not slow down, meet will have the opportunity usual, but will be held Sunday, fic evaluation of their aptitudes was employed as., 4 tlme.keeper keep within .sensible limits, and to compete in. the state contest immediately after the first sesagencies who have made am Pvt. Peter N. Pierce1 Pvt. Ronald' A. Nelson soil conservation program so and inclination for following a at the Utah General depot prior have a better chance of arriving and If victorious there in the sion of conference, acording to . . (Brigham City . . . . . Corinne . . . effective." Ed Andersen. national contest to entering the service. particular vocation and career. tafeiy at your destination? 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