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Show Jane 13,1968 THE CITIZEN PLUMBING, HEATING AND I TIONING ARE OUR AIR CONDI SPECIALTIES AND WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE PERFORMED THESE SERVICES IN THE CONSTRUC TION OF THE NEW UTAH POWER AND LIGHT SERVICE CENTER. We Want To Add Our Pr Preston's Main street about 1912. lust on vn- - sfmta TTtii , t(,a k-gan serving toe community, featured power poles in the middle of the street. Electric service in tiiis early pfart of the century was and unreliable. "primitive" Utah Power & Light Co. will hold open house here at its new Preston division service center Saturday from 2 to 7 p.m. Visitors will be offered refreshments, guided tours and safety and equipment demonstrations. very Congratulations Times Have Changed From First Electrical Service To Now There are some notable-ev- en the Preston area just after comic contrasts be- the turn of the century. tween today's electric service For example, in those early and that offered the lucky days when the "state of the few who had wired homes art was still primitive," it k Congratulations UTAH POWER & LIGHT wasn't uncommon for the vice, and we couldnt really lights to go out at the hint of depend upon" the High Creek a storm. And for this rela- company. "We'd say when tively poor service, people the lights went out 'Oh, oh, were willing to pay up to another trout's caught in the five times as much per kilo- wheel." watt hour as they pay today. It didn't take long for peoThe industry has undergone ple to appreciate electric a good deal of refinement lights. After duly noting that since those early days a reCreek's plant was again High finement you'll find graphi- frozen up in the winter of cally displayed at the Utah 1909, a newspaperman decried Power & light Co. open house the fact that "to be forced to at its new 9200,000 Preston go back to the old lamp again Division Service Center Sat- is misery indeed." urday, June 15. In the days of u independable Located at 509 South 2nd High Creek operated East St, the contemporary-style- d service, on a flat rate. It cost customsteel and masonry ers $1 a month for three building serves as UP&Ls bulbs with 50 cents addilines and service headquarttional for flat irons. And cusers for the Preston area and tomers paid another addition inwill be open for public al fee for power to operate from 2 to 7 dairying is one of the mainstays. On its ambling journey to Great Salt Lake the Bear River, which channels through southeastern Idaho, supplies water to irrigate crops like potatoes, grains, hay, vegetables and sugar beets. UP&L's Bear River development in Preston Division comprises five hydroelectric plants with a combined capacity of 125,000 kilowatts. Financed without government To The UiahPower & Light Co. funds, the development was one of the nation's first multi- purpose projects. The Bear River project provides water for irrigation and recreation, acts to control floods and produces hydroelectric power. Spring runoff water stored in Bear Lake is released for irrigation during the summer and operates the hydro plants as a secondary function to FACKRELL PLUMBING AND HEATING 103 SOUTH STATE PHONE KX-13-21 60-wa-tt We Did The Land Leveling, B. The New Service Center Improve Your Home... WE ARE EQUIPPED TO IIANDLE THE SMALL. . . TO TIDE LARGEST DRIVEWAY WE'LL DO THE JOB RIGHT CALL US FOR FREE ESTIMATES. VALLEY PAVING GO. CONCRETE, PAVING, LAND LEVELING, GRAVEL Phone man- several Preston 852-05- C Martin, division ager, said that visitors will be offered light refreshments and guided tours of the facility. UP&L personnel also will conduct equipment and safety demonstrations. The sophisticated equipment you'll find on display at the open house is a far cry from that used in 1906 wnen Hign Creek Electric Light and Power Co. was organized to furnish electricity to Preston, Franklin, Fairview, Lewiston, Richmond, Smithfield and Hyde Park, plus a few other smaller communities. During the seven years of High Creek's existence, people gave little thought to electrical appliances. Their only desire: keep the lights on! It wasnt uncommon in the early days of electric service for the power to go off. All it took was for the water to run low in the Cub River, southeast of Preston, or for the plant to freeze up. Willard Larson, an early village board member in Preston, recalled years ago "We had some trouble in getting constant ser- Concrete Work and Paving at EST SIDEWALK p.m. spection - WE OUR ADD TO WANT CONGRATULATIONS To The PLEASE ACCEPT OUR INVITATION TO EX- AMINE THE LARGE DOORS AT THEIR NEW ... OUR DOORS. IN THIS CONSTRUCTION. MADE. ARE THE REST LARGE COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS OR SMALL RESIDENTIAL NEEDS. ON THE REST CRAWFORD -- INSIST - CRAWFORD DOORS . . . DOOR SALES MIT USED LAKE" CITY, UTAH COMPANY Come to our OPEN HOUSE Saturday June 15 from 2 to 7pjn. a UP&L veteran of 40 years, who serves as superin tendent of the division. He heads a staff of 38. The center is lines and ser vice headquarters for Preston Division which serves 4,600 square miles in northeastern Goff, Utah, southeastern Idaho and a slice of Wyoming. One of the nation's major deposits of phosphate rock is located in UP&L's Preston Division. It is being worked by Stauffer Chemical Co., J. R. Simplot Conda Works Monsanto Co., and Central Farmers Fertilizer Co. This comparatively recent devel opment, which requires large amounts of electricity, r brought an important measure of diversification to a pre dominantly livestock and ag riculture economy of which FRANKLIN BRIEFS UTAH POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY SERVICE CENTER early-da-y electric washing machines. High Creek's tenure as supplier of electricity ended in 1913. In that year Utah Power & Light purchased the company's electrical properties. In addition to four large firms, some 130 other predecessor companies were absorbed into UP&L. It was a daring attempt by UP&L to consolidate and integrate the small utilities and unite them into one economic, efficient unit. UP&L was successful in its task as the new Preston Division service center illustrates. The $200,000 building is only a small part of the continuous improvement UP' &L has inaugurated since the trying days of 1913. Heading UP&L operations at the new building is J. C, Mrs. Julia Hobbs and her granddaughter from Shelley left last week for Hawaii where they will spend most of June visiting with Mrs Hobbs' daughter. Julia Ann. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Beck stead and children of Twin Falls were last week guests of Bishop and Mrs. Floyd Rob inson. Children and families of Wallace (Nix) Olsen joined together Friday evening tohelp him celebrate his oinnday. An enjoyable evening was spent together in me home. The Olson's granddaughter, Jalene, is spending her vaca tion with her grandparents. ui-se- Located at 509 South 2nd East Street, Preston's new $200,000 contemporary styled steel and masonry building serves as Utah Power & Light Company's lines and service headquarters for Preston Division. Among the innovations incorporated in the structure is a sophisticated heating system utilizing electric heat pumps. Described as the ideal furnace, it depends solely upon air as an exchange medium. In summer it draws heat from the inside air and discharges it to the outside. In winter the heat pump draws heat from the outside reverses the cycle and delivers it to the inside. See Preston's new "200,000 Electric Service Center which gives employment to 40 people iS Refreshments for everyone. i0 Door prizes. Guided tours. !" Interesting demonstrations. Sue their daughter-in-ladays few a will be spending until her husband Lonnie returns from National Guard Also w camp. Two young wives, Mrs. Steven (Marsha Waddoups) Jones and Mrs. Jeffery (Shau-n- a Woodward) Bowen left last week for Washington where their husbands are in training at Fort Lewis. nutiarwonth IS em ployed in Jackson, Wyo., for the summer. Rrnda UTAH POWER & LIGHT CO. B |