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Show corxxx u fE EMERY COUNT OFFERS THE CAPITALIST Thousands of Acres of Finest Coal Lands, Promising Oil Prospects. Inexhaustible Supply Best Timber. Ideal Territory for Sugar Beet Factories BOMESEEKEB Land and Water. Ideal Excellent Schools, tfodera Conveniences. M,f Markets. Best Summer Range in Country " . i Fer J Li! A. All the News of "THE EMPIRE OF EMERY" All of the Time NO. 14. VOlXffi XXI. CASTI.E DALU, UTAH, SATCRDAY, DECEMBER 18. 1920. farmers was worth more than all thev ever learned In text books about them Much credit i rin .v, l c lor their diligent efforts in tryinguuys to get accurate information BUSY ers. All the boys are from the farmdoing fine and much can justly "be expected from m In' tho fiiri. thf vuwr , jcURllllTIIRF OAS ALWAYS I ! M ui t f, A jl Department, 0. Stobbe, insiruciur aj I Wetlcal agricultural education Is 4 riogan of the agriculture class at Every Monday the boys E ' S. A. 'lveiy discussion of the econ-fi- c problems that the farmers and Ik men of today are facing. Every they are sday and Wednesday L to text book work, but on Thurs-- L work gnd Fridays they do survey perform practical experiments. a most She class has Just completed testing crop survey of Castle Dale. all of Castle Dale, e boys canvassed their information directly from It and farmers, and then compiled snged tables for each kind of crop. This year the farmers of Castle Dale I f lie produced: Hay, 1.241 tons Oats. 20,812 bushels. Wheat, 7,839 bushels. Fruit, 6,850 bushels. Corn (including fodder) 1 3 4 5 140 ;4s. Potatoes, 1,867 bushels. Honey, 48,000 Pounds. 8 Clover Seed, 600bushels. 9 Produce, (onions, carrots, etc.) ?00 pounds. 10 Alfalfa Seed. 260 bushels. 11 Barley. 200 bushels. key then figured the average yield acre and compared these averages In those furnished by the U. S. De- of Agriculture for the last ttment period for continental United 4tes. For the three leading crops 6 ; 637acres produced of hay, an average of 1.95 that: fy found . tons per acre, while the Government ires show only 1.43 tons per acre; acres 20,812 bushels of !s, an produced average of only 29.73 bushels acre, while the Government figures 4s ' E OIL ACTIVITY ANOTHER SALIVA CANYON RAILROAD INCORPORATES bushels per acre; and 451 j fes produced 7,839 bushels of wheat, (average of 17.38 bushels per acre, lie the government figures show 13.8 bushels per ere. the class, however, was not so much Icerned with the quantity raised as quality and the conditions under ich these crops were raised. They information as to when crop was ued and when harvested; whether I soil was spring plowed or fall wed, and when last fertilized; the 30.1 Sw projects The permit to prospect for oil granted in the name of Frank Gutheil. as noted in the Salt Lake papers, appears to have been meant for Frankie, the young daughter of A. G. (Doc) Gutheil formerly of Price but now located at Salt Lake. The filing was one .if the first made under the new leasing bill signed by President Wilson February 25. The filing covers nearly three thousand acres of very promising oil ground and is close to the Cowie properties in the Horseshoe bend country. James 11. Wolfe, assistant attorney general, and James A. Hogle, prominent stock broker of Salt Lake City, have filed applications with the state land board for oil leases on sections 32 and 36, township 19 south, range 11 east, located just south of Cedar mountain. P. M. Smith, the agent for the Ohio Oil company, and having charge of certain or tnat corporation's affairs in Ihe San Rafael Swell company, last week received a carload of oil well casing, says the Price Sun. It will be stored until such time as trucks and teams are available for hauling it to the scenes of operations. This is but one of many shipments to follow. The Ohio Is going to put in a warehouse in Price for the storing of its supplies as they arrive. Considerable of this casing is being transported for use in the test well for which the derrick is being erected northwest of Huntington, while some of it will go into the reservation. i 2 vvuicn us. Articles of incorporation have been filed with the county clerk, says the Salt Lake Tribune, by the Salina Utah Railroad company, which plans to build and operate a railway line from Salina, Sevier county, to Beebe camp in Queatchuppah canyon, a distance of thirty-fiv- e miles. The incorporators are Herbert Z. Lund, Espey T. Cannon, George Cannon Lund, and Henry C. Lund, all of Salt Lake City, and Herbert J. Barnes of Kaysville. The capital stock of $50,000 is divided into 50,000 shares of the value of $1 each. Henry C. Lund has subscribed for 13,000 shares, and the remaining incorporators have 5000 each. It is stated that 17,000 shares remain times crops were irrigated; been raised on last three years. Vy then compared all these in their plled tables. Their worit reveals e startling facts. For Instance, of fUhe oat fields visited they found it 65 per cent of them have never in the treasury. Si fertilized, 15 per cent have been more than three years ago, filled were fertilized last year, FILE ON BUCKHORN WATER 10 per cent of the fields grew a j the year before. Of all the T. L. Irvine, Salt Lake City sealer of lime ' at fields visited only 29 per cent weights and measures, has filed appliI never been fertilized, 17 per cent cation with the state engineer for the je fertilized more than three years use of 500 acre-feof water from Bull 12 I per cent were fertilized last hollow, near Cedar mountain, to be 37 per cent grew legumes the used in irrigating 5000 acres of land. iotfs year, and 5 per cent of the i It is the intention to store flood 93 were virgin soil, or land that waters in the Buckhorn reservoir. never before been used for crop- - Some of the water from the hollow at present find their way into that reserist note that of the oat fields 65 voir, it is stated, while some go into cent had never been fertilized the Price river by way of Desert Lake. le of the wheat fields only 29 per It is the plan to divert the latter supnaa never been fertilized. Prob-thi- s ply Ino the Buckhorn reservoir. points out whv w fall short ncle Sam's figures i n nna oana nnil inber of I what crops had ( same ground the et ' (ed them in tho nv,o. fnce oats is the second largest crop nd here, it would probably be n while for farmers to take note even though oats is a poor land and extensive manuring causes i to lodge, the oats can not go on finitely without the witn plant food. repenishnig If this can't be by light manuring the farmers to get bene-"- f f ft acquainted with the f crop rotation. Wherever flg-- I wfe available, the boys' tables, ' that where manure has never I f applied and the same crop grown tnree years, this year's l to 33 3 per cent less "m ast year's crop. Therefore let's r- ias,i this Particular. Planting our f .nVhe same next crop. Let's next fall, 79 f the oat fieldsfigures were . ? - and 9i i cent . per cent pt ian piowea; or wneat fields 60 per cent were '5 plowed nnrl An 4 n v tjuui 1a.11 an3 of the corn pet 88 per fields " spring plowed and 12 per ' r wiai again Ad-o- f consideration. tairB. fall plowing over spring Wheat an not be over" inated . of",?'! alS0 found that the best lewalHntra3.ral.sed wlth n k fonr-- ono. V I te Deiore they were e ttley a" the crona ere so id were in blossom, , un ,nana .... now at ycBBiii marKet prices "nc ,toT.brlnK jM 7 7,5 18. 70 -Hav . -0 Seed".'.'.'.'.".' plover Honey . ! accord- - f"lowIng tables: -- Wheat 18.61&.UU 17,796.75 11,758.50 7.200.00 Frult 6,720.00 Seed Potatoes Produce .'. 3.120.00 2,745.45 -- Alfalfa Corn j1 -- oariey 11 Total . 6,165.00 1,762.00 1,400.00 236 00 $77,518.70 only a sma11 frac- TabouMlT the orbo'8 dld and Very faet . opa Castle Dale. i f NOTES FOREST $2.00 A YEAR owners nor for permittees abjva the raim the forepart of the week on acmaximum limit. The m.uci'iium limit count of the Illness of her son Alva. for sheep is 1400 head and for cattle The doctors advise that he be taken to 1 10 head. St. George or some other warm cliUnder the new law we are not aumate for the winter. thorized to advertise in local papers as The Relief society is preparing to htretufoie relative to the final date on give the opening social of the season's Inch grazing applications will be re entertainments on Friday evening, Deceived. However, each permittee will cember 17. The event will be In the be mailed a notice ingiving him the form of a dance at which popcorn balls formation, and new applicants will will be sold and two large Christmas have to depend on getting their infor- cakes given away to the lucky ones of mation from posied notices. those buying the popcorn. We are not authorized t make The Primary association Is preparany j reductions on present sheen permittees to an excellent ing for the purpose of making awards to social ongive the children All Christmas day. who wish new applicants, and individuals who to attend are cordially Invited. secured permits for their wheep on a Mrs. Frank Otterstrom of feeding basis who fail to feed their ton is visiting at the home of HuntingMr. and on the products of their ranches Mrs. T. J.ttflark. sheep during the winter months, will be dePresident L. P. Oveson and Mrs. nied permits for 1921. Seely visited the local Relief soLucy Karl V. Storm of the Great Basin ciety last Tuesday and gave some Experiment station, left Ephraim on timely remarks and Instructions. very December 13 to spend the holidays with relatives in Milton, Oregon. It is reported that a bunch of five t HUNTINGTON elk are wintering in Bill Allred's can- jyon north and east of Ephraim. One of our livestock associations reThe weather is ideal these days. cently asked whether o. not the forest Ugh! Some one said It was awful senice would divide the moneys col- chilly. Why certainly, didn't you know lected because of trespass on their it was the middle of winter and Isn't range where the association assisted it always chilly in tho winter time? the forest officers in getting the neces- Wrhy, it's beautiful and no snow. We guess business must be picking sary evidence, providing the association's part of the fund were spent in up a little. An artist has put a new making range improvements on their sign on the Geary windows, on the grazing unit. The assistant to the so- Pritchett drug store and Ice cream licitor, after looking the matter over arlors, and on the new barber shop carefully, has advised that the regula- and pool hall. Looks very tions do not allow of any such procedure. We see by the papers some talk of Another year the supervisor Is au- railroading over about Salina-waWe thorized to make as much as ten per hope so, for we don't like the old D. cent reductions in the permit numbers and R. G. company much. It's time of any permittee who injures the range they were out of the way of progress. Our picture ehow is doing a patent-offic- e through mismanagement of the stock. Whether he damage is due to shading business hese days getting to up, bedding more than three nights, be almost a nightly affair. We have holding stock in one place until range had nearly twenty show nights this is injured, or to improper salting meth- month. ods where it can be seen that the Our stores are all busy these days range has been damaged. All we have Christmas trade Is th cause. All are to know is who did it. using new clerks to accomodate the Hanger Olsen reports that on the business. It is a little dull at the camps now. evening of December 11a number of the Fairview sportsmen met and or- The company is out of a contract to ganized the Fairview Gun club. The furnish coal until the first of the year, purpose of the organization Is to aid when they sign for another "annual in the protection and propagation of output. They are only working two fish and game. Any member who vio- or three days a week Just now, which for lates the game laws will be suspended permits of considerable from the club and is liable to a club the boys while waiting. A delegation of our stockmen made fine not to exceed $50. a run to the south end of the county to negotiate for an exchange of sires for their several herds. We have not learned of what success they met wilh on the trip but naturally suppose all was O. K. We see no reason why an exchange would not be the proper and natural thing to do and save annual buying. Bishop D. Heber Leonard has spent the past week in California with a trainload of stock. It's nearing time for his return. Mra Francis Hanson of Sanpete Is spending a few days visiting with faORANGEVILLE ther, Uncle Ame, and sister, uncles, aunts, and cousins. She will no doubt Max Judd, the little son of Mr. and make a month of It before returning to Mrs. Dave Judd, fell from a horse last Fountain Green. week and was badly hurt. He suffered one broken and one fractured rib, and was quite badly bruised up but is get- 1 MOLEN ting along nicely now. The remodeling of our hall is proFrom the many "Christmas trees" gressing rapidly. Another fine baby girl put in an ap- arriving from the mountains atop the pearance at the home of Mr. and Mrs. loads of wood, Santa will find lots of Marion Anderson Wednesday morning. work here on the eve of that happy This makes two girls for them. All day. Mrs. Marie Larsen and family have ire doing well. O. F., Laramie is in Riverton visiting moved from their ranch east of hera with his daughter, Mrs. W. H. Taylor, to Ferron for the winter. and family. Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Snow Mr. and Mrs. Claud Funk have is also in Salt Lake, visiting with their moved to Ferron and Mr. and Mrs. W. children. H. Whitlock have rented their place A leap year dance will be given by and will move this week. the Orangeville high school after show Friday night. Another big leap year ball is being planned for by the Relief society for Saturday night. Mrs. J. O. Luke has been quite ill the last week but is slowly improving. ' y. Joy-rldl- ((ouitty gk Ingly showing their ears. Several sarstudious son castic seventeen-year-olspoke skeptically and severely slandered said sisters of the Secret Society of We still have the measles epidemic In our town. A few more new cases Silly Souls, slinging slang slurringly. and sweating silently. have broken out this week. Ervin Franklin is entertaining b case of smallpox nt the home of his brother. Win. Franklin. l'ERUON HIGH SCHOOL Robert Davis was stricken suddenly with appendicitis a few days ago and The following numbers will compos was rushed to a Salt Lake hospital last tho Wednesday morning to be operated :he Pilgrim pageant to be given by Deupon. His mother accompanied him. Ferron schools Hex Tuesday night, cember 21. the presentation being tinThe schools are preparing an entertainment to be put on in the near ier thu direction of Mr. Brammer, assisted by Miss Young. Some very neat future. , have been prepared and programs main be to seems pasthe Skating time for the young people now and these will be sold by the schoolchilas tickets to the performance, Eden's pond seems to be the center of dren 1. May scene In ICngttnd, 4th grade. attraction. 2. Song, Miss Edrie Petey. The Mutuals have started up their 3. Scene In Holland, 1st grade. winter's work now and Miss Jennie 4. Ladies quartette. Lamph has been sustained as counsel-In 5. Signing" of the Compact (dramaor In the Young Ladles organization High School pupils. has who tized). Mrs. Carrie of Johnson, place 6. "The Landing of the Heading, resigned. Miss Donnelly. Hairy Williams and .Matt Cowley Pilgrims," 7. Indian Life and Pilgrim Cushave gone away to work for the. toms (tableau). Nth grade. CLEVELAND d Piano solo, Miss Cooper. Boston Tea Party (dramatized). High School students. 10. Community singing. I HUNTINGTON HIGH 11. Mormon Pioneer Camp (tab-Hig- h School students. lea 11), The staff of the year book has been 12. Pioneer dunce. High school stu- Howard. Maud follows: as chosen dents. mun:l irlnir editor: Marvclle Dlmayne, 13. Grand tableau. "America," S80 busi assistant editor; Perry Wakefield, students. asness manager; Willard Sunilherg, sistant business manager; Rulon Johnson, art editor: Lavar Black, jokes and 1 EMERy STA.E. A.C.A?.E?J?. (tlams; J. J. Weight, photographer. 'Aftpp consider ni: Beveral operas, ftir. Treas "The chosen Johnson has at last The basketball game with the town ure Hunters. a comic opera in two team was a decided ' victory for our acts, for presentation by the classes In 3 In our favscore being the boys, choral music. Practice will begin at or. It Is quite evident that our boys once, and he opera should easily be re acquiring more skill In pitching .ready by Washington's birthday. Feb- baskets. 22. ruary Our boys defeated the Carbon High Wednesday morning: Mr. Pace is leant here night, thet final carrying around his glorious disposi-as score being ThursdayThe game wasl fast tion again this morning and smiling It's throughout and in some places furious. only Mr. Pace can smle. In fact, FriWilson was easily the star for tho his first attempt at smiling since visitors, scoring more thun any other were team his when the 11th, day, on man either team, being responsible Carbonlans; the defeat forced to by out of Carbon's eighteen but now Mr Pace knows that such h for sixteen thing will never happen again, at least points. Our own fellows were all stars and not this season. If you should ask were In the game every minute. him why, he would probably tell you Severalall sensational plays by Miller In that two more of his old men have the second half brought the crowd up come back. This, of course, would Williams at guard was too standing. Pace Mr and to ask who, lead you for Wilson, finding It Impossible, would smile again, and with a wise short but lit the second half look he would undoubtedly say, "Pete to shut him out; Ungerman substituted for Williams and Lee." to two field baskets. Tobacco smoke Is worthless as a dis- and held Wilson J. J. Weight of the Huntington High In mouth or the germicide. infectant, the game, giving satisind lungs. This has been proved by a school refereed teams. to both The lineup for faction which scientific recent experiment, was: , was described by Mr. Farr In his talk theK.game S. A. Gomer Arnold, Leo Jensen, Monday morning In assembly. Mr. Leo Miller, Harold Jensen, Coy Wila resume of some of farr also gave liams, Max Ungerman, Stanley Jamethe leading events in recent world his- son. tory. C. C. H. S. Wilson, Horsley, Evans, was the score to thirty-si- x Forty-eigAnderson, Ilarmon. Fitzgerald, C. but H. C. S., the with of the game week Next will be a rather unusual it. we are not crying about program for school the putting In of Christmas night, December 25th, Is the floor. Four teams with wagthe date of one ofithose student body ons new left early Friday morning to bring dances. That music and that floor flooring, and next week each d and cozy nooks, my dear. over the will class furnish four men each day to Let's go. help. will class The oral expression stage The student body gave the program wo short plays next Wednesday night, Friday morning. This Is the first time BranDecember 22, "The Man from committee, acting under don" and "The Brink of Silence." Mrs. the program of the council, has given Pace is directing this production, and athe direction program. it will have an almost professional Anthem by the choir. style and finish. Heading, Annie RasmuBsen. Prom. the date Get your for Topics In brief, Cleon Fitt. SIDE SIGIIINGS Talk, Brother Stobbe. (Scribbled by several sisters) Duet, Leroy Nlcholes and Blanch The Secret Society of Silly Souls Pettey. Letter to Santa Claus, Mai Berg. stood sanctimoniously, and swore solPiano duet, Nellie Bunnel and Alice emnly to start systematically a sedatestylo among sisterly students of shock- Day. 8. 9. I 43-2- 34-1- ht pine-scente- the-pictu- A. Olsen has Forest Ranger Orange been selected for a six weeks detail to the district office sign shop at Ogaen, He has been instructed to report for duty at Ogden on January 5. The eleventh session of the ranger school of the University of Montana will open January 5 and continue for twelve weeks. Young men expecting to enter the forest service will find that an excellent course of instruction is given at the Missoula school, They have now added more courses and other special work in grazing and students will be given an opportunity of specializing in that branch of forestry. Ranger Williams reports that the snow is now '14 inches deep at Clay springs and 42 inches at the Larson reservoir. These measurements were taken by him at the time he was retelephone pairing the Mayfield-Emer- y line. He states that it was impossible to get to the top of the divide at tne head of Muddy creek. On December 9, letters were sent to nine individuals who are reported as on the having grazd stock in trespass In each Manti forest the past season. case the permittee had placed a number of unpermitted rams on the forest numfilling his regular permit ber with stock sheep. Hereafter a the apply ten supervisor is authorizedthetofirst offense, for reduction cent per for the second offenses, heavier reduccantions, and for repeated offenses cellation of grazing preferences of per-of mittees who place a larger number stock on th3 forest than their permitted numbers. Our grazing allowance letter for b 1921 was received on December thousand six hundred Twenty-tw- o "8.-0- 0 head of cattle and horses nd next for authorized are head of sheep number same is the season. This permits for 1920. Five-yefive-yefor the remainder of the present close term, which expires atarethe author of the 1923 grazing period, Term per next year. lzed beginning non-Un- d mita will not be Issued to ar ar The End of a Perfect Day D EMERY (0OOP ?AP - 2St) - T (6000 &Vtr Y0i I ENJOyED I D Q000 PVE HADAVERV The seventies quorum, under the direction of T. S. Johnson, is preparing the.. comedy drama, "Green Mountain Boy," to be presented in the near future. The proceeds will be placed in the seventies' missionary fund. The lower grades of school are busy preparing a Christmas entertainment to lie presented Decembr 23. Arile and Clement Johnson, who have been working in San Juan county for the past few months, have to Emerv to spend the winter. They expect, In the early spring, to move their famines to iuonuceuu, where they intend making their fu lure homes. Babies have been born during tne A. J. Brod- p;; ,ui ui.k to Mr. and Mrs. AVilford Mrs. and Mr. a girl; riek, orgensen. a girl; Mr. and Airs. Arcnie lortensen, a boy; Mr. and Mrs. Hans Jorgensen, a boy. t a Pettev has been coniineci 10 nis bed for the past two weeks, sutienng from the effects of pyorrhea. Dr. is much Sharpe is in attendance and he improved. misJoseph A. Christiansen had the ho fortune of having a horse which was riding fall upon him Thursday, dislocatbreaking his shoulder blade, him considand brusing arm, his ing erably. Russel Williams of Idaho has been he past week. visiting in Emery during returned from Mrs. J. W. Clark has a visitv. to Salt Lake City. RHnkerhoff returned a few 'days ago from Salt Lake City, where he was In attendance au uc ' convention. to Eph- Mrs Lavern Olsen was called I I m |