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Show CHATTER I BEAVER The Dairy Center of Southern Utah With Our Readers a a. miss chej; Still tbe petti thieving continues In Beaver. County Treasurer Geo. B. Skinner reports that a Navajo Hta robe and an army blanket were taken from his car while It was parked la front of the court house one day last week. Those perpetrating this VOL. XXVI. NO S. petti larceny about town, if apprehended, should be dealt with stringently. The leniency in prosecuting BEAVER LADIES such cases in the past has only a ten dency to increase such work and lead ORGANIZE B. to greater crimes. Par, IU.H who spent Raymond Hodges, Thanksgiving with relatives at reports that with a party of friends he enjoyed three days in the Katbab forest deer hunting. Mr. Hod ges says it is no trick to get your deer in the Kaibab, as they are plen ; tiful, but that the authorities are very strict regarding the rules and 'haul regulations. Each deer killed is in to be u ha spected before being permitted taken from the forest, and if it is Df bo old and in poor condition, or in the event it has been previously wound relit ed, it is condemned, and the hunter Of permitted to go out and kill another, Fre-doni- a, tE bak A.; E. Hutchings, a representative of the Mergenthaler Linotype Com is in Beaver today installing etia apany new electrical heating unit on the bat linotype in the office of the Beaver Press. This is one of the modern con m prii veniences of the linotype machine gsS; which increases production In type and which enable the Press !ome setting to give our customers better service of-tt Few small city printing offices can boast of better or more modern 2 ho; equipment than the Beaver Press and f ta- this equipment, plus the service of printers, are at your ser lks I experienced vice when you wish anything in the le hi printing line. No need to send out of when we have for e 2,0 townsame your printing the modern facilities found in in o the large cities. o THOUSANDS OF UTAHNS TO LOSE BONUS UNLESS THEY APPLY BEFORE DEC. 31 :e December 31 of this year Is the last day in which filings may be made for the adjusted compensation, com monly known as the soldiers, bonus, estimated yet a number of ythr. som at several thousands residing in this state have not yet applied, it was an ' StO! nounced Tuesday by Dr. L. J. Paul snot regional manager of the United Stat es Veterans' bureau in charge of Utah. ied ; If the veterans themselves died during or after the war without ap Isfrc plying for the bonus, their widows, sheli; mothers and fathers are eligible, pro viding application is made before we Jan. 1, Dr. Paul said. honorable discharged veterans r y of All the World war are entitled to the dolla bonus which is in the form of a 20 ma! year endowment insurance policy, fully paid by the government. The iron1 value of said policy is computed on eat the length of the veteran's service; 91 being allowed for each day of ods, home service, and 1.25 for each day t he spent over seas. In case the veteran died without gs f making application, his widow, moth er or father will get the full amount of the bonus, but without any inter will: est; only of course if filing is made mtt within the alloted time. Dr. Paul explained. According to the local manager, the bonus insurance is not the same ag the government insurance upon which All men jCj veteransthewhetherpayor premiums. not they took government Insurance while In the service, are now eligible for policies, ranging to $10,000 in amount, if ity" they are in good health and quality physically. i thf ALL THE NEWS OF BEAVER COUNTY Beaver Dramatic Club P. W.C. To Present Plays Dec. 13 TO A meeting and banquet was held at the Low Cafe Wednesday evening, for The first presentation of the Beavthe purpose of Interesting the busi- er Dramatic Club, under the direction ness and professional women of W. A. of Goates, speech instructor of Beaver in the organization of a club in this city. Miss Ruth Rich, Nation- the Beaver High School, is scheduled al Field Secretary of the Business for Friday December 13th. when four and Professional Women's club, was one act plays will be presented by the ' present to explain the plan to the members of the High School. These ladies and to assist in the organiza- plays have been chosen after much tion of the club. deliberation and guarantee a com- -, Miss Rich was accompanJ to plete evening's entertainment. Every Beaver by Mrs. Ora J. Harmston, member of the cast has had dramatic State President of Utah I"eJeratiou experience of some kind and is cast of Women's Clubs; Miss Nial Nelson, in a role which gives opportunity President of the B. P. W., Club, of for real acting. Richfield, and Mrs. Mary At3fnson, The four plays chosen are: "The of New York City. Grill" featuring Nell Cattail, Carlos The object of the club is to pro- Murdock, Barnard White, and Helen mote fraternal spirit and accomplish Bohn; "Thank You Doctor" pre civic needs of the city, as well as senting Shirley Farquhar, Scott Tat- lending their endeavors to educa- tersall, Jack Gillies, Virginia Pearce, tional lines and community benefit. and Frank Haddock; "Manikin and A number of the business women Minikin" with Bill Murdock and Vie of tthe town were present at the ban- Gillies; "The Girl" offering a male quet. Mrs. Jennie Gillies was ap- cast consisting of Eugene Tanner, pointed temporary chairman of the Angus White, and Dale Schofleld. All meeting. After discussing the possi- of these plays have been presented bility of organizing a club in Beaver, with tremendous success throughout it was decided to postpone action un- ;the country during the last year and til after the holidays. Monday, Jan. it is the first time any of them have 13th was the date decided upon to been seen in Beaver. meet to organize. The meeting will "The Grill" is a crook drama with be held in tthe Library building and a thrilling ending which carries the all business women of the city are in- audiences Into real exciting entervited to attend. tainment. "Thank You Doctor" pro0 vides one of the most hlllarious com WEST WARD CHILDREN'S edies written and promises only the ! J DANCE CHRISTMAS DAY RECEIVES ACCIDENTAL SHOT The West Ward Primary will give j WHILE DUCK HUNTING a Children's Dance at the Park Hall on Christmas day at 2:30 p. m. There Clair Johnson, instructor of the will be prizes and a good time for all music department of the Beaver High . the kiddles. '' school, had a narrow escape from sero ious or probable fatal injury while i HAVE YOU YOUR RED on Thanksgiving day. CROSS MEMBERSHD?? hunting ducks Mr. Johnson was hunting with If there was anyone who was not Wendell Fernley, when the latter Cross tripped and fell, and his gun was dissolicited during the Red Roll Call drive, and who would like charged. The shot struck Mr. Johnto take out a membership, they may son, who was standing only about a scatdo so by seeing either Mrs. Alice G. rod away. Fortunately the gun tered badly and only a portion of Susie Mrs. Mrs. Anna White, Joseph, the load hit Mr. Johnson. SevenMurdock or Miss Martha Beaumont. teen shot penetrated his clothing, o ranging from his lower limb to his MRS. DARREL SMITH SUFFERS SLIGHT ACCTOENT elbow, a number of them making bad flesh wounds. The doctor was A slight accident occurred at the able to extract most of the shot but H. D. Thompson store Saturday when a few will probably' ramaln in the Mrs. Darrel Smith fell through a flesh. While the wounds were painful at plate glass showcase, while assisting in decorating the store for Christmas, the time, they are healing and Mr. and cut her knee. Several stitches Johnson has been able to attend to were required to close the cut. How- his duties all week. o ever, the injury is getting along niceMiss Lottie Thompson spent the ly.. o week end visiting friends at Delta. FIRE DOES DAMAGE AT TELLURIDE PLANT Miss Neta Baker and Violet Gray of Minersville were guests of Mrs. A fir1) of unknown origin broke out Mary Goodwin during Thanksgiving ' in the lobby of the boarding house week. at the Upper Tellurlde Station one Miss Aenon Hutching left Sunday night last week, and gained considerable headway before it was discover- for a week's visit with friends and ed. However, the blaze was extin- relatives In Salt Lake. guished after it had burned quite a whole in the floor and other damage. Mrs. James Yardley went to Fill0 more Saturday for a short visit with RED CROSS NURSE relatives. She returned home MonNOW IN THE COUNTY day. ... Miss Coltharp, the Red Cross nurse who is going to work in the counFORD TRUCKS SEEM IN MUCH DEMAND ty schools four months, arrived Monday and commenced her duties in Neilsen & Son, local Ford dealers, Mllford, where she will be until have disposed of eight one and a some time in January After that half ton Ford trucks during the past she will work in the Beaver and Mintwo weeks, and are having a hard ersville schools. She will also give time to get enough trucks to supply adult classes. o the demand. Among those buying new trucks from the Beaver agency ITINERANT MOTORIST silk were Ralph Kauffmann, TURNS CAR OVER Philip Baker, Wm. Hurst returned home from Salt Lake City Monday. Mrs. Hurst underwent a major operation Saturday and Mr. Hurst said she was getting along nicely at the time of hii leaving, and that she would stay in the hospital two weeks. Panguitch News. It requires the same kind of feeds to produce feathers for the molting hens as to produce eggs, so the more mash the molters consume, the tiftppi Frank Christosphersen, laying Bryan Robin An Itinerant motorist from Michi- sooner they will come into producson and J. B. Beach, all of Baker, a and Nevada; and the Heckethorn Mercan gan, traveling alone In a house on tion and the better will be the price tile Co., of Garrison; Walter James, wheels, turned his abode over on the for the first eggs. curve ai the top of the hill about a Rpini of Mllford, and Ezra Barton, of Beav mile north of town on Thanksgiving er. day. poti, The motorist, an elderly gentlencer. man, was uninjured except for a few , COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO HOLD MEETING TODAY . a v M B '; P 8 Xh 3$ 60 18 62 18 Sunday 63 13 Monday ..... SI 12 Tuesday .... 56 18 Wednesday 65 17 Thursday .. 62 17 72c, jjfTiday . 35c. ' 45c ; lor 51 Is ,. 30t 25t i)Uf Saturday ... . scratches and bruises, and the car was not badly wrecked. This is the third car to go over the grade on this curve during the past year. Too much speed and an error in judging the downward curve has been the cause of all the acci' dents. : o Mr. and Mrs. Ben Lewis and family, Mr. and Mrs. Hannah Hollis and son, Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Goodwin and sons, all of Milford, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Briggs and son, and Mrs. Martha Williams spent Thanksgiving with their parents Mr. and Mrs. Guy! Goodwin. There were twenty-on- e guests all had a very enjoyable time. It has been years since they were air together. all-st- ar THE REACHAGREEMENT An agreement was reached at a meeting of the county commissioners and County Attorney Harold Cline, representing the State Bank of Mil-forand Abe Murdock, representing the State Bank of Beaver County, held on the Nov. 28th, before District Judge Cox, in which a stipulation was made whereby the banks of the county were to pay 35 per cent of the full tax computed by the county auditor for the year 1929. It was understood that In the event that a ruling was made in the test cases now before he supreme court, whereby the court upholds the law for payment on the full assessment, the county would anull the present d, o 4 " "WMIJ. n a mAVn A ernnd nannr hefter send in your Items early. presented in Beaver. The Lions club feel that In presenting this latest production, that they will be able to add the receipts to the amount they cleared in tbe recent chautauqua and have an amount that will enable them to put thru some civic project on a large scale. While the dates is nearly two months off, this production will require considerable time for preparation, and in the meantime everyone is urged to assist in advertising the event, and assist tbe Lions Club in making it one of the greatest succesinter-communi- ty ses possible. The following article appeared In a recent issue of "Student Life," the weekly publication issued by the students of the State Agricultural college at Logan, and written by Miss Alice Baldwin, a Beaver student enrolled at the college: There are so many people who ask "What la the Club?" that I have decided to explain to the students the real meaning and value of Club. In the first place it is the a government club and was first introduced for the purpose of helping the young boy and girl fill their leisure time. Now It la helping them to decide on a profession, encouraging them to strive for bigger and better things and ihey are getting what they are striving for. All over the United States you will find club members with the highest of ideals. They are leaders among the groups and they love their Club. We cherish the name for it means more to us than a mere social club. It la helping so many of us in reaching our goal. Great men and companies have recognized the bigness of this club and they too, are trying to encourage boys and girls to become members. The companies offer scholarI may mention ships of all kinds. one, as I am lucky enough to possess a scholarship awarded by them, the Union Pacific railway. President Gray has been grand in his presentation of these scholarships. In the Freshmen class you will find at least ten students holding these scholarships. Ask anyone of them if they have found Club a benefit. Every time they will say yes, and there will be force behind that three letter 4-- H 4-- H 4-- 0 .v,v.i , V 2 ITln WORK 4-- H The regular monthly meeting of the County Commissioners of Beaver County will be held at the court house today. This meeting was post MR. W. A. GOATES, B. A. poned from the 5th to the 6th this In compliance with the many re month in order that the commissioners could let the contract for the pur quests made during the last two chase of the oil burner for the new months to Mr. Wallace A. Gotes for heating plant being Installed in the private work in speech, Mr. Goates has announced the opening of a win court house building. Other business including road mat ter course in private instruction. This ters and allowing of bills are expect course will cover the ordinary field of oral interpretation and dramatic ed to come before the meeting. reading and In addition to these subthe course will include work in Mrs. T. D. Reeves visited Salt jects public address, voice and body techLake last week where she went to and the correction of speech nique, receive treatment for her hand. defects such as lisping, haltings Sometime last summer she suf- and inarticulations in speech speech celved what she believes a bit from will be taught accord a spider while working at the ceme These subjects to the desire and need of the ing tery, and which developed into a bad student. case of Infection. The hand has heal For the past five years Mr. Goates ed but left in a numb condition which has been devoting his time to work the doctors in Salt Lake City are in the field of speech. He has spent treating. some time in dramatic production circles and has appeared on the proProf. Parnell Hinckley, who for fessional stage. Last season he carthe past year and a half has had ried a company of players on an ex charge of the Beaver seminary, de- tended road tour with a three act parted Monday with his family for drama into Central Southern Utah Salt Lake City, where they will make and Southern Idaho. During his col their home . Before leaving Mr. lege career he revived and installed Hinckley purchased a new Model A several systems which are still being Tudor Ford sedan from Neilsen and used at the University ofUtah drason. matic department' He has produced plays for the University of Utah Warren Neilsen and Ken Barton classes and the West High school made a business trip to Salt Lake classes at Salt Lake and has had Tuesday. They returned Wednes some of his own plays published. His work as a student placed him day evening, Mr. Neilsen bringing home a new Ford truck for one of under such well known characters as his customers. Prof. J. F. Smith, formerly of the University of London and Oxford Dairy cows must drink 3 to 4 University of England, the University pounds of water for every pound of of Illinois, University of Michigan milk produced. At this time of year and the University of Minnesota; they should have access to water at Prof. M. M. Babcock, formerly of the least twice in order to drink enough American Academy of Expression; L. E. Brlrahall, formerly of the Ameri for heavy production. can Academy of Dramatic Art; G. N. The Hal Gas Station, opposite tbe Stewart formerly of the Royal AcadLow Hotel, operated by Frank Smith emy of London, England and the is now open for business. If its ser Lealand Powers Institute of Expression; M. E. J. Webster, formerly of vice you want call on Frank. Lions Club to Sponsor Great Collegiate Comedy "Aunt Lucia," directed by the Universal Producing company, and sponsored by the Beaver Lions club, will be presented In Beaver on February 5th and 6th. The people of Beaver will remember the success of the "Follies," put on by the Lions of Beaver a little over a year ago, and "Aunt Lucia" promises to be as big a hit or even better than the "Follies." This college comedy will be comlocal cast, Aunt posed of an Lucia's chorus, college flappers, girls chorus, specialty numbers, big baby pageant and in all one of the biggest, and most laughable productions ever STUDENT EXPLAINS BANKS OF COUNTY loudest and longest laughs. "Manikin and Minikin" is entirely new type of drama in an entirely new kind of setting. "The Girl" offers one of the most popular one act plays written and affords one of the most clever and unique surprise endings possible on the stage. All of these plays have been cast with the greatest of care and interest, to provide real entertainment for those who see them. New scenery has been painted and new drapes and stage decorations have been purchased for the plays, as well as the incorporation of special lighting effects. A particular interesting and new kind of stage design is offered in the presentation of stipulation. "Manikin and Manikin" inasmuch as the whole action of the play takes place on the shelf of a mantleplece. This entertainment evening's marks the first of a series of presentations to be offered by the Beaver Dramatic Club. The proceeds of the affair will go to the purchasing of new stage equipment for the high school. , According to those who have watch the rehearsals of these plays, there is something exceptionally good and really entertaining in store for those who attend the first dramatic presentation offered by the High School this year. The curtain is at 8:15 Friday December 13 and the us ual popular prices prevail. , DEAVER WEATHER Price $ 2.00 Per Year BEAVER, UTAH, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1929. Northwestern University; and Dr. 11. B. Maw, formerly of the University of Chicago. Mr. Goates came to Beaver in September to take over the duties of the Speech and English teacher at the Beaver High school. He has read several times in public and Just recently directed and made the scenery for the Beaver Chautauqua play, "Three Live Ghosts." His work in Salt Lake gave him the reputation of an able promoter of speech subjects. At the last convention of the Utah Educational Association he was honored with the election to of the Speech Teachers Association of Utah. At the present time he Is beginning work on "Mr. Wu." a novel which will provide a complete evening's entertainment when read Immediately following the holidays. His manner of conducting the speech classes at the Beaver High school has already attracted attention in that they are conducted and and treat the speech subject In a vice-preside- nt 4-- H word. Some people wonder what the stands for. Following is the pledge which will explain the meaning. I pledge my bead to clearer thinking. My heart to greater loyalty, My hands to greater service, And my health to better living For my club, my community and my 4-- H country. o LOCAL LIONS PAY VISIT TO MILFORD CLUB Wednesday the Lions club of Beaver journied to Mllford where they enjoyed a luncheon with the Milford Lions. It was a general meeting, to discuss projects of interest to the county In general. Lion Geo. Jefferson made the principal talk at the luncheon, advocating that the clubs join in an effort to have the d highway oiled during the coming year. Other short talks were made, and the Lions have promised to return the visit by taking luncheon with the Beaver club at some date in the near future. Among the Beaver Lions making the trip Wednesday were Dr. E. S. Petty, Abe Murdock, Stan Tattersall, Lew Mar Price, G. H. Tolton, Elbert Cox, Dr. E. S. McQuarrie, Karl S. Carlton, Jack Miller, Geo. Skinner and Neils Jensen. er Beaver-Milfor- Mil-fo- rd DEVELOPING GOLD PROSPECT AT FORTUNA Thos. Corlett, of Provo, came to spend Thanksgiving with his mother, Mrs. Mary Corlett, and his sUter and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Mr. Corbett at present Is Kopp. working in Beaver county, near that section known as Fortuna, and is assisting In developing a promising gold and silver prospect. Iron County Record. manner different from the ordinary. Mr. Goates is free for consultation dally at 2 o'clock in room 22 at the Beaver High school, excepting Saturdays and Sundays, when he may be reached by phone 122. Parents and students are invited to discuss speech work with him at that time and private hearings will be given when they are bo desired. OPPORTUNITY TO GET YOUT CHRISTMAS CARDS Do you know that our prices on Christmas cards, correctly printed with your name on them are 2b to 60 per cent cheaper than you can buy from any solicitor or by sending out of town. These cards are exceptionally attractive, and we have them in stock for your immediate needs. To get the best selection, call at The Press office at once, or phone us and we will call and let you make your selections. high-clas- s, |