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Show I F 4 ver VALLEY, UTAH, HAS WITHIN rmv Tvn SECTION OP TTTF. wpcn vnW DOZENS OF LAKES AND 10 TTcj WEALTH OF AN EMPIRE. CLIMATE. ALFALFA AND RANGE MAKES IT THE GREATEST rnV.118ERTHE P0WER' MINES, LIVE STOCK, FISHING AND HUNTING AND UNSURPASSED SCENIC BEAU- - ers ODLDCANIONS WITHIN EASY DRIVES. IT OFFERS A WELCOME TO ALL WHO COME HERE. U J,J CHATTER With Our Readers of the wonders of Has Beaver one .world at its back door?m It Is a At. uie norm iotk 01 that on ii twelve miles about ,th Creek, town, is a nuge peinnea tree, VOL. XXIV. ssnring in diameter Deiween nrty and while the length jd sixty feet, 1 ;med ration worK u is esumat-- is clone, at least four hundred Wniie tnis remark in leneth. et, monument of days been known to a few ior a sum tne majority or. me ,ir of years, dents of Beaver never learned oi until the past week. j existence years ago, James Frazer, title prospecting In that vicinity, ted the tree, and later took a geo-ito the spot, who pronounced . i genuine petrified tree. Last !,eek J. E. Shotwell, landscape gar ner who is putting In the new lawn the high school building, heard of and had Mr. Fra ie phenomenon, Mr. guide him to the location. studied the totwell, having petrl- of other states in forests many y it the largest ;e union, pronounced jiiow petrified tree in the world. The age Vee butt is open to view on a while the contour of the iige, ound running back from the butt, towi the well defined shape of the Messrs. Frank immoth trunk. faith and J. C. Carlisle, as a com from the Lions club made a to North Creek Tuesday evening a unresiigaie me repon, auu secur- A a number of specimens from the tree which they will have analyzed lodetrmine if it is genuine petrified ood. If, after some excavating, it hould prove to be a petrified tree of A gigantic proportions, and con ceded the largest petrified tijee in world, it is proposed to have the orernment set aside the spot as a National Monument. A3 one of the tenders of the world it should be at of the greatest attractions in outhern Utah. A good road could constructed to the spot at a very :tle Another interesting expense. of that section is the large amber of meteorites to be found in vicinity of the tree. The ground covered with meteorites pre-histor- lc st er mittee ip )RES 301 se e all SOX sizes. Probably one Fun, entertainment, instructive- ness, and joy for the little folks, all entered Into the Stake Primary held in Beaver Saturday. In commeration of the organizing of the Primary fifty years ago, the Primary officers of the various wards of the weaver stake presented a program parade and pageant of exceptional merit, and only those whose heart was in their work could accomplish such an achievement. The primary officers were ably as sisted by members from all the wards in the stake, and together they made the Jubilee a great suc cess. The program at the high school auditorium in the morning was largely attended. The musical numbers, tableaus and discourses made it a most Interesting and pleasing enterJu-bil- tainment. In the afternoon, the crowning fea ture of the day the Primary Parade was witnessed by a large crowd, which was enthusiastic in its praise of the splendid spectacle presented. Lead by the Heralds, composed of boys of the Primary, the Birthday Cake float, presented by the stake of ficers, followed. Next in line were the officers and teachers of all the wards of the stake carrying banners inscribed "Called to Serve" and '1878-1928- ." The little second grade band lead the "Queen" and her attendants, followed by the beautiful float of "Mother Heart," by the stake officers. 'The First Primary Home," depic ting the little log cabin and the pioneer ladies was another interesting presentation by the West Ward. "A Little Child Shall Lead Them," by the West Ward, and "Earth's Fairest Flowers," by the East Ward, were two beautiful floats. "Beav er's Own" was another interesting and pretty float prepared by the East Ward. These were followed by the West Ward "Blue Birds' float; d the "The Bees of Deseret," by ward; "Seagulls," by East Ward and another "Blue Bird" float by the Greenville ward; also one by the East Ward. "Sunbeams" was enter ed by North Creek and deserves special mention for such a beautiful float coming from such a small com munity; as was also true of "The Bee Hive" from Manderfield. The Primary officers put on a re plica of the "Fish and Game" float used in the Primary Jubilee parade In Salt Lake, which, with its pine trees and wild game, made a beautiful exhibit. At the close of the par ade were the Trail Builder boys In costume, and decorated cars carrying stake officers from 1880 to 1905. The Jubilee ended with a pageant In the park, In which the little folks gave their dances and other entertaining features, and the Btake primary officers may well feel proud of the success of the entire entertainment. of the biggest cele- ations of the wonderland of south- mUtah and northern Arizona, will ke place on October 15th, when new Lees Ferry bridge across the oiorado river, is dedicated. This 'ers to the of and Beaver people athern Utah one of the mosi in- resting vacation trips that could mibly be planned for this season. oming In the middle of October, ie weather conditions will be ideal such an outing. Zion park and Kaibab can be viewed on the ip, as well as driving over the high- 4 vehicle bride in the world. The bridge has been given great Rational prominence through engin- ring, scientific and other magazin- and newspapers. It was recently ostrated in a e rotograv-r- e illustrated article in the New Times and there Is hardly a wraon In the United States who has l)t read about it. The dedication eremonles will be Interesting and. 'tractive and it Is expected will be ''tended by between ten and fifteen iousand people from this stat?, Ari zona, New Mexico and Colorado. The Pernors of four states Utah, ; and Nevada, will be INFANT SOX OF BISHOP J attendance, and so many people AXI MRS. FARRER'S DIES signified their Intentions tf at- "dlng the dedication bv Diane, that son of BisMil-for- It m. Pi e larned inger e . lonthi fe t ind thr s evidi In two-pag- ! sligtn down ladles t of t eld it with the1 le fi jed i BOSt ' ro ack o! jjdot' Ot !' IP'' ltiabl 3 1 landing field Aather Udell, hop and Mrs. Wesley Farrer passed away at the family home last Saturday morning. The infant had been a little suffer from leakage of the four-month-o- ld holntr nrpnnr'd. thing that will swell the rod at the dedication Is the open season, as the opening of the Hdefi u- - . rin South to corns Intn JIib Ka'bab 'here there are'30,000 or more deer. ill be a bie free barbecue ot ""alo and floor maat ArrfinTA. nta will be made to- - food and 'ber h refreshments for all who waof oil and plenty gas, 'or cars. With brass bandff, gov-''"oand other officials from the eg bovo mentioned as speakers. well as speakers probably from t'nlted States departments, the 0lEPany building tha hrMoo nnrl 0er 't interests, the program will be U heart since birth. A pathetic thing connected with the death was the fact that Bishop Farrer was away from home, tir? distance being too great for him to return in time for the funeral services which were held Sunday at four o'clock, just at the close of the services for Frank D. Farnsworth. Counselor Mllo Baker conducted the service at the Farrer home. Music was furnished by Mrs. Thelma narton, Mattie Davis and Bardella Shlpp. Joseph A. Manlone, a former counselor to Bishop Farrer spoke :usiye. words of consolation and prayer offered by President T, W. Gunn and CARD OF THANKS Counselor Edwin Palce. The grave In Mountalnview cemetery was de"e wish to ttf dicated by John W. Ross, of RichElation and thanVa In ttinaa mhn field, a brother of Mrs. Farrer. kindly aSHlatsil in riitrlnir Iha 111. o nd death of our father, F. D. The M. I. A. will give a two-an Binu lur mo uuauiuui play in the Bchool auditorium, SatWers tnat were given and for the urday evening, Aug. 18th, at 8:30. n ndered at the funeral. There Is no admission charge and THE FAMILY. everybody Is Invited. at-w't- 13 rs TV V v ct p Price 92.00 Per Tear FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 1028 CONFERENCE SATURFUNERAL SERVICES OF DAY AND SUNDAY A GREAT SUCCESS F. D.. FARNSWORTH The im loo- HEAVER, UTAH, PRIMARY JUBILEE j that it, is e XoTso! regular quarterly conference and auxiliary convention of the L. D. S. church will be held in Beaver, Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 18 and 19, in the east ward chapel. Representatives of each department, including the Sunday School and Primary, and from the General Authorities, will be present, and a most Interesting and instructive session is anticipated. Largely attended and impressive funeral services were held Sunday, August 12, for former Mayor Frank D. Farnsworth, wno passed away at his home here on the eighth after a lingering Illness. Hosts of friends came from all directions to pay a last tribute of love and respect to one who has been prominently associated with the growth and development of Beaver City and Beaver County. The immense display of beautiful flowers were silent reminders of the high esteem in which the deceased and his family were held In the comThe Lions Club of Beaver have a number of projects of civic interest munity. The floral tributes were on their program that they hope to borne by a group of granddaughters while six sons served as pall bearput across in. the next few months. ers. ' Among these projects is the Counselor C. Edwin Palce conductof the local cemetery. The ed the services, held in the east ward club, working In conjunction with A male quartet composed of chapel. the city of Beaver and the County Mllo Baker, Ernest Shipp, R. Chase Commissioners, hope to be able to Murdock and Kent Morgan sang, remove the unsightly spots in these "Tho Deepening Trials Throng Your sacred grounds and make it a place Way," George C. Murdock, Jr., playof beauty. the accompaniment. The opening The matter of paving Main street was by S. O. White. Miss ing prayer Is another project the club expects to Hattie Farnworth sang "Massa Dear" get behind and endeavor to push to with piano, violin and cello accomcompletion. They have the assurMrs. Mae White ance of the state highway depart- paniment played by and daughters, Lois and Josephine. ment and the federal government J. T. Tanner high tribute to that eighteen feet of the center of the life of Mr.paid Farnsworth. The the street will be paved, providing had been closely associated the county and city and property speaker with him for twenty years as a memowners will pave to the curbings. ber of the high council while in the The commissioners have already as- stake presidency. As a bishop, Mr. certained that the majority of the Farnsworth had presided In dignity; property owners favor the project, he was a man of wide and varied exand it is a matter of having a perIn life, fulfilling every duty manent water main. laid before the perience and responsibility to the best of his paving is done, and also should a ability. Above all he had lived the sewer system be installed before the life of a Latter Day Saint. paving is done. These matters will A solo, "0, My Father," was beaube threshed out with the city offitifully sung by Mrs. Hattie Ashworth. cials and county commissioners by. a Former president, J. F. Tolton said committee from the club. "What Is this mystery that men call The Lions have also appointed a death? Death is only to those who committee to investigate the petrified die In wickedness, but to those who tree on North Creek, and en- do It is only a sleep righteously deavor to Interest the government from which they shall arise. We will In establishing a National Monument arise, we will greet with a glad hand, should this prove to be the largest those with whom we have associated. petrified tree In the world, as is, Some will arise to honor, glory, fame claimed by several who have view- while others will arise to Indignation. ed it recently. If there were no resurrection what In addition to these projects the incentive would there be for man to Lions have the preparation of an en- strive?" tertainment for the "Such men as Franklin Dewey Chautauqua which will be held Farnsworth," Mr. Tolton said, "are in October. not mere accidents. Those who keep At the regular meeting of the club their second estate shall have honor Monday at the Meredith Cafe, Bob and glory crowned upon their heads Nowers was appointed to represent forever and ever." the Lions club on the local Red Among that great concourse In Cross staff. heaven he stood for the Master and has been permitted to come to earth. THE TOLTON STORE IN His life has been an open book. Tennyson's "Crossing the Bar," was touchingly read by Mrs. Sarah TEMPORARY QUARTERS Ann Shepherd. "I Know that My Redeemer Lives," was beautifully renThe Immense stock of goods of the dered by the male quartet, and BisJ. F. Tolton Investment Co., was hop C. Dennis White offered the moved this week Into the Yardley closing prayer. building, formerly occupied by the Franklin Dewey Farnsworth was Golden Rule store, which will serve born In Fillmore, Millard county, as temporary quarters for the next February 10, 1854, a son of Bishop thirty days during the remodeling of rhilo Taylor and Margaret Yates their own building. Farnsworth. With his parents he The Tolton block will undergo a came to Beaver In December 1856, a complete renovation and remodeling, child of less than three years of age. both inside and out. A new, modern Here his boyhood and childhood days front will be built and In the interior were spent, as he marked the growth new floors, ceillngf, new store fix- and development of the community tures and shelving will be installed, which he served fatlthfullyMn varias well as new lighting fixtures. The ous capacities, both In civic and in rearrangement of the store will church affairs. follow the latest and most modern In 1876 he married Melissa Burton White, who died in 1893. The ways of merchandising Enoch Burton who has the con- following year, 1894, he married tract for the work of remodeling the Mary Ann White, she, too, passing building, has a force of men on the to the great beyond In 1918, again Job, and is pushing the work as ex leaving Mr. Farnsworth without the peditiously as possible. companionship of a wife. He had ala custom-erhis asks Mr. Tolton kindly ways played a prominent part In pub to bear with them during this lic affairs and during his life held change .and while they will endeavor numerous positions In both city and to care for their patrons In the best ;county possible manner In their temporary That he held the confidence of the assured that feels he they location, people who best knew him was provwill appreciate the effort and expense en when he was four times elected for two the firm Is going to, when the new as mayor of the building Is reopened In the near fu- successive terms In periods separated ture. by twenty years. He had served as In the meantime the store will con a member of the school board, as tinue to disposes of Its goods at ex-- j Justice of the Peace, Juvenile officer ceptlonally low prices In order to re- and as a member of the State Legisopen their new store with all new lature in 1911. For a period of ten goods. years Mr. Farnsworth served as Bis 0 hop of the Beavei. West Ward and Get those clothes cleaned and for many years as member ot the high council. pressed for conference. Clyde. lionsWhaT many projects beautl-ficatio- n That he was a good father to his motherless sons and daughters In amply proven by the enviable records they hold In the community. Ever since failing-- health had forced him to retire from active service, three young sons have been sent Into the world as missionaries to help carry on the work in which the father had spent many years of his life teaching and exhorting to faithfulness. . Father of fourteen children, of the thirteen surviving, there are: Mrs. J. C. Robison, F. Dennis Farnsworth, Salt Lake; Mrs. William Bishop, Mrs. Leasil Brasher, Delta; Mrs. Harry Thorley, Cedar City; Burton K. Farnsworth, Fillmore; Philo Y., PhilNorman, Los Angeles; adelphia; Reed, now on a mission In Holland; Mrs. Ellen F. Joseph, Taylor, Frank W., and Howard, all of Beaver. There e are also grandchildren with and ten never a death among them. Brothers and sisters surviving Include William H. Farnsworth ' and Mrs. George C. Murdock, Sr., Beaver; fifty-thre- n, Mrs. E. M. Mansfield, Miss Alice Farnsworth, Reuben Farnsworth, of Salt Lake, and fourteen half brothers and sisters. o contract has been let to Mr. J. F. Shotwell for the completion of the lawn surrounding the Beaver High School. AH of the area that has been under preparation for the past two weeks will be seeded to grass, h mile track is except that a to be left in the main area east of the school building. Judging from the front lawn, which Mr. Shotwell put In three years ago, Beaver will have one of the most beautiful high school grounds In the state when the entire project is completed. A one-fift- o Letters are being sent out this week from the County Superintendent of School, calling all teachers in to an opening Institute on Friday afternoon, September 7th. BEAYER POST CARRIES OFF STATETROPHIES Delegates to the state convention of the American Legion from the Beaver Post, returned from Salt Lake City Sunday bringing home two of the four cups awarded at the convention. One beautiful silver cup, standing nearly thirty Inches In heighth was won by the local organization for the post having the most activities and community Bervlce to its credit. The second cup, another handsome silver trophy, was awarded the Beaver Post for having the most representatives present who had traveled in the aggregate the most miles to the convention. Among other recognitions received by the local post at the state convention, was the selection of Commander E. A. Petty as a delegate to of the the National Convention American Legion at San Antonio, Texas, on October 10 to 13; and the apotntment of Ernest Joseph an District executive committeeman. In winning the prize for the post having accomplished the most community service and post activities, the local boys wish to give credit to the American Legion Auxiliary, who by their wonderful cooperation and assistance, the post was enabled to put across the many projects that won the cup. Members from the Beaver Post who attended the convention were Dr. E. A. Petty, Mark Woolsey, Ernest Joseph, Dan Beck, Morgan Evans, Ross Stoney, Warren Neilsen and Blaine Betenson. Miss Aenone Hutchings will leave soon for Grand Forks, North Dakota, In company with her sister and her husband, Mr, and Mrs, Donald Pymm. Aenone will attend school at Grand Forks. -- ty -- city,-servin- " g Grand Canyon Thrills By'LORIN HALL Folks pf Beaver County are bless- - far back hiding places, rising to meet ed with a fine range of mountains; the down coming rays ot Old Sol, as with forests available for pageants if to match him and defy him In this silent demonstration of mirth and picnics; with fat deer and plump and color and mystification. trout; with vistas of earth and sky I watched Into the gorge at noonunbeatable, which they can well af- tide, when the sun was directly overford to tell about. But how many head. Though the colors are less delocal people have made the trip thru fined at the noon hour, it is by no the Kaibab Forest to the north rim means dull. Deep shades of grayish-blu- e, of the Grand Canyon? vistas washed by light calciTourists come from all over the mine tints replaced the brighter colworld, to marvel and worship at the ors, and I saw a magnificent dome throne, of nature's greatest gorge, rise to meet the blue of the midday and I don't blame them. I went there somber at first and then, gloriousand I marveled In moments of medi- ly bathed in the reflected fades of a tation as to what it all meant. I ask- sapphire. ed myself, "how many of our local ' Well, I cannot tell you more. I people have seen this?" I watched can only say that you must go there the cars roll Into Pleasant valley and stand before the works of erofrom twenty states; saw the expres- sion; you must feast upon its color, sion on their faces as they beheld the tune In with heart and soul and glvo vast herds of deer browsing, and I yourself over freely to the charms watched from the north rim ,the that emlnate from the depths. countenances ot others who had My guide, Jack Bladen, of Cedar come by stage, by camp-outfi- t, by City, stood far out on a pinacle; on If you please, from trail, to look into and across the a trigger-ledgwhere he could Bee the river away great gash in nature's face. It Is impossible to describe the down there like a string In the offing. Grand Canyon. It Is unnecessary to I was less adventuresome and took attempt to beguile with mere words, his word for It, though I knew from to even suggest the vast beauty that the expression on his stolid face that unfolds on that first look. I came he was seeing still another Individual up to the rim suddenly, just as the gem in the grand setting. We saw and counted and photosun was about to disappear Into the mysterious haze ot the western sky graphed thousands of deer in the a sunset the Kaibab. We wandered far back into horizon beyond e, dreams ot fairies. The motionless chasm, aglow with salmon tints; beaming in reds and maroons and deep blues; vast rugged precipi tous; walls of crimson, hugging platforms and crags, looming high, disappearing, reappearing in changed dress and color; vivid now, luminous only to die the next second and give way to the newer color and form. Grand was the scene! I worshiped on the rim in the early morning as the sun came up. I saw a new Grand Canyon of fresh colors and diversified shapes saw great capes and plnacles shoot Into the picture and fade away. Temples rose slowly to great heights. Domes and spires appeared where a moment before all was choas. Grotesque 'shapes seemed to Btep forward from unknown nooks and ravines and surprised the white-tasquirrel In his pranks of the morning. We ambush ed deer and photographed them In their natural attitude and native haunts and we saw the trail of a cougar fresh evidence of his power-es- s and deadly Intentions. Someday, you may decide to visit the Kaibab and the Grand Canyon, and if you do, make up your mind that you are going to see one, if not the greatest, of nature's displays. Don't be in a hurry when you go, for after years of steadily exploring the mysteries ot the great Kaibab Plateau, the old timers arc constantly finding new and pleasant surprises. A vast land, a strange but pleasing setting for a vacation, should your fancy run that way. ll |