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Show . f - ' . u , America Must Go Forward; Not Backward; For Better, Not Worse ' s : 1 Ill WEATHER PAST WEEK HL Lo. Pet. Date : JAN. JAN. JAN. JAN. JAN. JAN. JAN. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU, FELLOW AMERICANS VOLUME XXXX to I NO. 5 j m 36 31 32 29 31 39 40 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 M 13 15 19 12 .01 .01 .00 .00 .00 .00 4 13 11 BEAVER CITY, UTAH, FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1945 COMMERCE CHAMBER ORGANIZED, In Our Country's Military Service DELVES INTO CIVIC PROBLEMS "March of Dimes," Hospital for Beaver City, Fish .Hatchery Extension, Are Discussed Following are the minutes of the Chamber of Commerce meet-inheld at the. Early Bird Cafe .January 17, 1945: Pres. Wilson Murdock presided and the following members were present: Wilson Murdock, J. It. Murdock, Dern Osborne, Dr. W. S. Joseph, Joseph A. Manzione, H. O. Van Orden, Burnett Swindlehurst, Ernest Joseph, Sam W. Johnson, Othello Riley, Oral Griffiths, Karl Smith, Mar-te- ll n' Easton, William Firmage, A. Woodhouse, Ezra Banton, D. E. Stapley, H. M. Christensen, S. G. Hickman, Rue Heppler. Guest of honor Seaman 1 c Bernice Mackerell, a member of the Armed Forces. Entertainers Virginia Barton, Maxine Wilson and Martha Wat-ter- s. Minutes of meeting held January 10th were read and approved. Pres. Murdock introduced the guest of the evening, Miss Mackerell, who "gave a short talk on her experiences, after which she expressed her appreciation and bid the Club goodbye, telling us she had been assigned to Hawaii. J. Reed Moore, city chairman of the March of Dimes, made an appeal to the club members about donating to the Infantile paralySaid he was placing sis children. coin containers at the table for club use. He also reported that legislation was being introduced in Congress concerning Airlines. He was invited to dine with us next week and present the matter to the Club in more detail. The secretary and Representative Hyrum Lee made a report on an interview held with Governor Maw regarding the placing of a hospital in Beaver. Reports are very favorable. They also reported that Beaver has a good chance of getting a manufacturing unit to establish in this community. After a discussion by club members, this matter was referred to th. Major Activities committee. Rue Heppler reported on the fish hatchery project: Said that Jack Davis had received word from his mother that she did not care to sell the property adjacent to the hatchery, but with further explanation to her he may convince her to sell. S. G. Hickman informed the club that he had talked with Ross Leonard while in Salt Lake City, and Mr. Leonard assured him that the State was ready to go ahead with their end of the hatchery project. Dern Osborne reported that a great many people in Beaver had not had their blood classified for type, and when blood is needed for transfusion or the blood bank much time is lost in seeking out one who has the proper type of blood. After a long discussion a motion was made by D. E. Stapley that all members of the club submit to blood type test, with Mr. Osborne in charge of arrangements. Seconded by Bernett swindlehurst, and motion carried. MY. Osborne also reported that Harry Gerrard and Lt. Col. Joe Bergen were in town and will inspect the Airport tomorrow and make recommendations concerning ground adjacent to the Airport. Also informed the club that one airplane will be available on Friday and Saturday to take passengers for flight. Ezra Barton suggested that the t'lub should form a city planning board. After a lengthy discussion a motion was made by Mr. Barton that a committee from the club meet with the city council to help organize a planning board. Seconded by S. G. Hickman, and motion carried. Mr. Barton and Pres. Murdock were delegated. Pres. Murdock asked for suggestions for the annual Ladies' Xight party. After soma, discussion the matter was tabled. Com. Ernest Joseph gave a short tiilk about roads, also Informed the club that the Selective Service had appointed their committee to look after Interests of the returning soldiers. Twelve dollars was received from three members in, dues. ST.W IH.VO COM U ITTEFS Following Is a list of the Standing Committees selected by the Chamber of Commerce' to serve during the calendar year 1945: The Executive committee will (Continued on Page Eight). Pioneer Daughters Are Preparing Natal Day Celebration Feb. 6 By William T. Ingleheart The Daughters of the Utah Pioneers are getting ready to celebrate Beaver City's 89th birthday anniversary, on February 6th. A children's dance will be. given in the afternoon from 4 to 5, in the West Ward Amusement hall, for all children up to 12 years of age. Then at 8 p. m. a program will be given after which social dancing will be enjoyed by those desiring to participate. Refreshments will be served and everybody is to bring his or her own cup. Each camp is to look after their aged people and see that they are brought to the Wave Mackerell Home chapel to enjoy the entertainment On Furlough beinig prepared for them. Mary Bernice Mackerell, S 1c Remember the time and place. The program will be published U. S. N., left Saturday, January 20th, for San Francisco, there to in the Beaver Press next issue. join her group of 200 Waves, and If to receive further training. she is successful in passing all exFISHLAKE FOREST aminations she will then be eligible for overseas duty. Wave Mackerell received heir GRAZING REPORT boot training at Hunter's College, New York. From there she was to Roosevelt Base, Terminal sent IS RELEASED Island, where for the past year she has served as clerk and cashFishlake National Forest ranges ier at the Navy store. provided summer feed for 21,706 Bernice likes her work and re cattle and horses and 65,4 69 sheep ports that there is plenty to do, exclusive of calves and lambs dur- and that Uncle Sam needs more ing 1944. says a report from women workers. Blaine Betenson, Forest Supervi-so- r. pi vr h fp non-us- Parents of War Victim Sets As a memorial to LOGAN. their son. Lt. Clyde Parker Baugh Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Baugh Of Logan have presented $10,000 to the Utah State Agricultural College In a trust fund to be used as scholarships Tor students in need of help, college officials, re- , ported Saturday. Lieutenant Baugh was killed In a fighter plane crash at San Diego. California, on August 30, 19 42, during the early part of the w ar. He was a prominent Student at USAC prior to his entrance into the armed forces and was aTi Hated with Sigma Alpha Epsllon. In a letter to Dr. E. G. Peterson, president of the college, Mr. and Mrs. Gaugh stated, "After due consideration and with thought of i Continued on page 8) P-- f5 Clark Noble Example financial v li Farmers Pay Off Mortgages At Rapid Rate A. Griffiths, son of Mrs. T. L. Griffiths, servthe U. S. Air Forces in Mr. and ing with France, last September received an Air Medal, and he has now Just been awarded the Silver Cluster to wear on his Air Medal. Mrs. Geneva Joseph left Thursday for Salt Lake City, where she will visit her daughter Bonnie, who Is employed at Fort Douglas, and her sister, Mrs. Arthur Potts who Is at Salt Lake with her husband's mother, while Mr. Potts is in the service. Mr. and Mrs. Stan Oakden received a letter from their son Pfc. Don Oakden the first of the week, from somewhere in the South Pacific, saying the was well and that a few days before he wrote he had been pleasantly surprised when on January 10th he ran on to an old Beaver friend. Sgt.. Le Grand (Bud) Cramer In the Guadel Canal, and what a good visit they had. Bud Is fine, too. - The prosperity of farmers and stockmen in California, Utah, Arizona and Nevada is reflected in the yearly report of the Federal Land Bank of Berkeley. It shows that in 1944 interest and principal on land bank and Commissioner loans totaled over $28,000,-00Of this amount, nearly was sent in by 8,378 to pay off their mortgages before maturity. Since the upswing in agricultural prices following Pearl Harbor, have been commortgage ing into the Federal Land Bank of Berkeley by the thousands. On December 31, 1941, there were 50,124 land bank and Commissioner loans for $158,017,647. These figures dropped on December 31, 1944, to 30,096 loans for $93,735,716. Land Bank and Commissioner loans closed for the past year totalled $9,000,000. 0. Super 9 Mechanical Specialist Graduate member-borrowe- N rs pay-of- fs Larkin A. Ericksen Taken By Death At 64 Years Tomorrow, (Saturday) at 2 p. m. in the West Ward chapel funeral services will be held for Larkin Andrew Erickson, 64, who departed this life Tuesday, Janu ary 23rd, after a lingering ill ness. Born at Lost River, Idaho, on August 1, 1881, a son of Andrew and Martha Erickson, he came to Beaver with his parents while he was in his infancy, and has ever since made his permanent resi dence here. The family first occupied the Rocky Ford ranch until the death of the father. He married Ethel Roberts, the daughter of William and Anna Roberts, December 25, 1905. He spent most of his time working in mines of Utah and Nevada, but worked at agricultural pur suits about twelve years five years for John F. Jones of Beaver and seven years in Utah's Dixie for Dr. Warren Shepherd of Salt Lake City. His survivors are: Ethel Erickson, wife, Beaver, Utah; Beatrice K. Spendlove, daughter, of Beaver; Elvln Erickson, son, San Diego, Cal.; Mrs. Loe E. Gordon, daughter, Superior, Wyo.; Leonard W. Erickson, son, Beaver; Pershing E. Erickson, son, Salt Lake City; Lark It. Erickson, son, Beaver; Joe C. Erickson, son, : and Mrs. Robert Limb entertained Wednesday evening in Mo. M. M. 2c U. S. Navy. Seven honor of their sons, Pfc. Don Limb grandsons and 5 granddaughters. and S 2c Lewis Limb, who are home on furloughs. Twenty-fou- r relatives and friends were present American Legion and had a good time playing bin go. High prize was won by Mrs. Ruby VVilleson and consolation by Fred Puffer. A delicious luncheon was served by Mrs, Limb, assisted by Mrs. Elva Hodges and Mrs. Donna Hodges. Everybody had a At the regular meeting of the lovely time. American Legion Post, held Jan. Mr. and Mrs. John B. Williams 15, special consideration was givand little son Clair, Mrs. Howard en to legislative benefits for reC. Anders and two sons, Lt. Frank turning World War II veterans. and Pfc. Robert, of Caliente, Nev., Dudley Gillies, service officer of were visitors at the home of their the local post, recommended that mother and grandmother, Mrs. help be given. A committee to serve under his direction was Frank, a Dorothy Williams. designer, had recently re- named. Those in addition to Mr. turned from a war zone after par- Gillies are Ernest Joseph, Selectticipating in severe major battles, ive Service; Claud 'Sdwards, U. S. and was now on his way to New Employment Service; K. A. BarYork for new assignment. Robert ton, Civil Service; Martha Beauof McCarrin Field, Nevada, grad- mont, Red Cross; Hyrum Steffen, uate gunner, was on furlough Agriculture; S. G. Hickman, Fibeing sent to a new field for nance; C. A. Kirkham. Welfare. further training. The object of this committee is to acquaint returning veterans of More than 365,000 tons of am- legislative benefits and to help in munition has already been used securing them. A contact committee to meet on European battlefronts, Ninth men and women home on service of Service Command ordinance (Continued on page 8) ficer stated recently. Mr. Post Prepares to Assist Returning Yets. Ra-d- or he-fo- re SALT LAKE CITY. With Gov. Herbert B. Maw's $16,000,000 budget before them, seventy-tw- o bills introduced In- the Senate and sixty-eigin the House of Repsesresentatives the twenty-sixt- h sion of the Utah State Legislature completed Its second week fully organized and ready to devote the remainder of the session to actual law making. Only one bill has reached the statute books thus far and that one provides for the Increase in pay of legislators to the newly authorized constitutional limit of $300 per year. And speaking of pay increases, there are already pending bills increasing or authorizing increases for the salaries of all elective and the major appointive state officials, county officials, district attorneys, mayors and city commissioners. Representatives Selvoy J. Boyer and H. H. Lunt City) are the bigger pay advocates in the house, while Sen. Mitchell Melch is the major sympathizer with underpaid officials In the Senate. Public servants have come in for other consideration also in a number of civil service, retirement and pension plans offered in behalf of employees In the schools, county firemen, employees of state custodian institutions and the state highway patrol. All of these would be eligible for benefits similar to those now given state wide only to employees of the Welfare commission, the state health board and the department of employment security of the state industrial commission. Senator Taylor P. Brockbank lt Lake) is the senate spokesman for a number of these measures, while lt Reps. T. M. Rees Lake), Burton H. Adams Grove) and T. Earl Foote are the house advocates of such measures. No legislature would be complete without some investigations, so the motion of Rep. Clifton G. M. Kerr for a house committee to probe the financial operations, and maybe other operations of the state liquor control commission, hardly came as a complete surprise. On this committee are Reps. Adams, Chairman, Kerr, Joseph L.( Newey lt Kenneth S. Bennlon Lake), and Royal J. To the house elcetions committee headed by Rep. Joseph E. Rees went the house seat contest bro't by Republican county chairman Mark Pixton of Delta against C. E. Freer, democrat, the declared elected representative from Miht $18,-000,0- B-2- TSgt. Vernon Thompson is a graduate of the Beaver High, class of 1941. During that year he also took a correspondence course in aeronautics. At the close of school here he went to Logan, where he studied to qualify for a civil service appointment. February 4. 1943, he was conscripted into the armed services. He was first stationed at Hill Field, where he studied to become a Propeller mechanic. September 4, 1943, he was sent to North Africa and was later sent to Italy in the summer of 1943. As they neared Italy the first sight to greet them was the red rays from the volcano Mount Pompeii as' it erupted: and then the red from the big guns as a Letters From Her Sons flames great battle raged near by. Mrs. Hattie Goodwin recently After a safe landing he worked received a letter from her son. as one of the head propeller me Cpl. Claude W. Goodwin, stationed chanics. in England, telling her that he On July, 1944, he set sail for was well and that he wished to home and with five other boys was express his thanks and apprecia- sent to school to study the 9 tion for the many Christmas at Tinker Field, Oklahoma. He greetings received from his many received his certificate of graduaBeaver friends and relatives. tion Jan. 6 last, and came home He is attached to an Air Force on a short furlough to visit his ground crew, and does, among parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Thompother things, camouflage work. son, and other relatives. Mrs. Goodwin also has a son This week he called his mother serving in France, who is doing by telephone to, tell her he was railroading. He is Pvt. Harold all packed and ready to be shipped Both the boys sent overseas at a moment's notice. Goodwin. very much appreciated Christmas Mr. and Mrs. Leo Thompson had presents to their mother and Har old, who is married, to his wife a phone call from their son TSgt. Vernon Thompson Tuesday, telling residing at Caliente, Nevada. them his company at Oklahoma was ready and waiting to be sent Minersville Boy Promoted to an unknown destination overHe was well and for them U. S. Naval Air Station, Jack seas. sonville, Fla., Sidney R. Banks, not to worry, that he'd be all Minersville, Utah, recently gradu right, and would write them as ated from the Aviation Storekeep- soon as he could., er's school here and was promoted to Aviation Storekeeper 2 c in the Sgt. Don Harris has arrived in Beaver from Camp Crowder, MisU. S. Navy. Entering the Navy September 9, souri, where he has been stationed 1942. he received his recruit train- for the past few months, to spend ing at Great Lakes, 111., before be- a two weeks furlough with his mother, Mrs. Mollie Harris, and ing transferred to the Naval sister Beverley. Sgt. Harris is Thaining center here. Banks Is now a qualified Avia- looking line and is glad to be able tion Storekeeper and will probably to mingle with home folks again see service with a Naval Air Unit. for a few days. Ranges have come through the season very closely grazed in most instances, with a large number of stock leaving the Forest before the permitted time. A favorable winter and spring precipitation was partly offset by cold freezing weather in the spring followed by a hot dry summer which resulted in a forage crop slightly below normal. On the whole, livestock gains were equal to those of 1943 except on heavier stocked allotments. Livestock losses as reported by the stockmen totaled 389 cattle and 4069 sheep. A large pttrt of the cattle loss was caused by poisonous plants.while most of the sheep loss was by predatory animals, the report states. Because of wartime restrictions on materials and labor many needed range improvements were Iloweverr six miles of range fences and approximately 1100 acres of range were reseeded Stockmen to perennial grasses. cooperated with the Forest Serve of stock and ice b'y taking to cattle prevent grazing herding on the newly seeded areas. Fair success has been had with range reseeding on the Fishlake and Salina districts, by which the forage production has been increased from ten to fifteen times on the areas treated. Reseeding enclosures on the Salina and Beaver districts, in which different species and methods have been At the Sunday evening service tried, point the way for large scale the West Ward, Pvt. Nelson of which by operations reseeding and Lt. Fothringham Spafford can be igreatly forage production were the speakers. Each gave a increased, Mr. Betenson states. Several very interesting talk. musical numbers were furnished by the ward choir. Logan ICi (R-Ced- ar non-teachi- (D-Sa- (D-Sa- o) n) (D-Sa- Brink-erho- llard county. Decision on ff the contest will probably not be made until the Supreme court has decided the pending action for a declaratory judgment in tfie recount petition of J. Bracken Lee against Governor Maw. Changes in the election law for all offices and for the judiciary in particular are certain to lose a lot of miscellaneous oratory when they come to the floor of the Legislature. A headless ballot, with changes in the primary law syselection of tem, the Judges and such lifre mean differences of opinion that will be thoroughly aired before the shooting subsides Into law. State senatorial voting districts are provided In another measure. In this connection interest has been manifested In the proposal of Lawrence L. Rasmussen to reduce the voting age from 21 to 18 years. He Is strongly supported by veterans of previous wars and many of the returning veterans of the current upheaval. Labor interests are already on the calendars with bills liberalizing the workmen's compensation act, the occupational disease act and the labor relations act These bills are sponsored by the labor bloc of the house, among them Reps. Frank Benacci lt Mrs. C. L. Jack Lake,) on (Continued Page Eight) non-partis- r), (D-Sa- |