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Show IQAndll--- - Attend Brigham City Peach Days, September When Corinne Once Plied Lake Stern-Wheel- er THINGS TO SEE IN BOX ELDER . Some people find a river or source of Hustling Lake interest. develops a great power potential which is utilized, in small part, by the Cutler dam and Continued From Preceding Page a of the bad phases of her power development, in the northeastern part of the county. The Bear river flows both into and out of Bear Lake, which lies in two states llK r Tjday the population of :e has dwindled to some 500 pe pie engaged mostly in agri-etural pursuits and the cattle industry. But any resident can te you the older ones from the younger ones from oft repeated local lore of the towns 'great days. Most of the re-- . dents of the Gentile city no v are Mormons, but there are st: and it many Gentiles was they who helped with the River canal, bringing an-o- t ref boom to the town in the ea: y '90s, when the surrounding country was planted to fruit tre--which were killed by the alkali brought to the surface by irrigation. In 1941 it was they wh) started a great drainage swem which has reclaimed ir,"'t of the land surrounding Corinne. And it was the Gen-ti.e- s who put in the water system. the paving, and electric lig.its. No. the "Mormon-Gen-t- i e conflict at Corinne is a thiig of the past. There are no warring factions. Tolerance has come with time, and people of a., faiths live in harmony, visit ea. h others churches occasion-a- . y, and cooperate in all their ar vities. Co-r.- u the northeast corner of Utah and in Idaho, It spreads out into the marshes at the Beat River Migratory Bird refuge, west of Brigham City, and empties into Great Salt Lake, which has no outlet. Bear river travels a tortuous farther in comparison with the course crow's-fligdistance from headwaters mouth than any other river in the world, crosses, recrosses and runs parallel to all roads leading west and north from Brigham City. Carp and satfish may be caught from it anywhere along its course. . . SEE INTERESTING BEAR RIVl in Bi-.-- ht s City Of Corinne and sister ships made regular runs from Corinne, located near the mouth of Bear River, and Salt Lake City, hauling freight and passengers. The railroad spelled the doom for lake transportation. Lake steamer City of Corinne was run aground and burned. . . . Plenty To See and Lots To Do In cool; theres Willomere Ski ba- the Golden Spike was driven family worked at the hospt 1869. Built at a cost of approxiraas sin, near the county park in in Box 14 million dollars, Bushnel! A sportsmans paradise, Cache National forest, for skioffers excellent pheasant its peak operation had as c. theres Elder ing and tobogganing; and rabbit hunting, the worlds as 3,800 patients, and nea the Bear River Migratory Bird best migratory that many service and ciu.. with personnel caring for them refuge, where you may see more shooting, deer hunting, birds, more kinds of birds, than growing herds of antelope and elk in the western part of the youd believe possible in naCow Operates county, and fishing for sporty waterfowl Box Elder County Visitors, and residents as well, Fire Hose who pause to see what there is Dtvelop to see, visit points of interest and MEMPHIS. Tenn. (UP) The the pleasures afforded in Ni ional Cotton Council reports enjoy City and Box Elder Brigham use of cotton in the are well repaid for their county, of fire hose. The coun- time. cil says the new all cotton hose, made possible by an improved There is Willard Peak and Intechnique, does not lead water. spiration Point, a wonderful Tr weaving process causes the mountain drive and inspiring fibers to expand so much view; there is Box Elder county wM-wet that water is unable park, a favorite picnic and recto escape. reation spot, where its always co-:o- never-endin- For the most If so, you must see the Bear. part a slow, muddy stream, it nevertheless Steamer Port gr-at- er . . man-ufkctur- e n tural habitat; theres Crystal Springs, 12 miles north of town, with swimming pool, dancing and refreshments, and Utah Hot Springs, with both indoor and outdoor pools, south of town; theres Hulls Trout farm, where you can catch your mountain trout for dinner, and the huge Maple Creek trout hatchery and fur farm; theres the of the first railroad to join East to West, and the monument marking the point where right-of-wa- ISFOOD maL VACATION Pestered mountain trout in streams and lakes in all directions from Brigham City. There is interesting Bear river, which flows from Bear Lake to empty into Great Salt Lake, the longest river traveling the direct-routshortest distance in the world; theres the Proman ontory peak, commanding incomparable view of Great Salt Lake; and theres Great Salt Lake itself, its shores almost at the outskirts of Brigham City. e And many Brigham City visitors will find interesting a visit to Bushnell General hospital, the vast army hospital built in the spring and summer of 1942, and vacated by the army in the summer of 1946. The huge establishment stands as a monument to Box Elders and Northern Utah's principal service in World War II. Some representative of Utah nearly every northern Her Own Fly Swatter GRAND PRAIRIE, Tex. Ill Albert C. Blevins, gentle farmer, got out his adding : chine, figured out how mur costs for Mabel, his cow, switch the flies off her back then invented himself an As a result. Mabel practic. is free from flies. She ope:, a mechanized cow swatter. Blevins invention consist-pad, saturated with an which he glues 6n ft flank of ithe cow. As she sw er her tail, it lands on the ; ' picking up the insecticide. next round of the tail puts pest into a nose dive. At the U. S. navy fleet we. er central in Pearl Harbor, waii, 300 weather reports received from ships ever) hours, translated into a wea map, coded and broadcast DIET r FOR BEST CONOCO ICE CREAM CANDY V Cups, Bars, Pints, Quarts Party Pac's Bars - DRIVING SNACKS MEATS A Complete Line of Lunch Meats for Cookies . . . Penny Candy ROAD RESULTS use Conoco Products. is to keep you touring the highways . . . our products are made for that very purpose. Combine that with experience in servic- Pop Corn that ing automobile needs and you have mile? of fun. Roadside Snack. GAYLE Wess South Main Market TINGEY'S S Conoco Service 301 A Our business South Main Phone 24 |