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Show Trails Through History Christmas Tree Sale Holiday Calendar Captain Benjamin Louis tie Bonneville 6 High School Basketball at Altamont. 7 Christmas Dance at the Recreation Center. The band Joshua will play beginning at 9 p.m. Anyone By Ouida Blanthom Exploration of the West was made by what history terms the Mountain Men." These men did not set out deliberately to explore, but liecau.se money was to lie gained. Beaver hats for the wealthy were fashionable in Europe, and one pack of pelts could bring as much as $100, (XX). The Mountain Men were willing to follow the uncharted river courses where the beaver were. Thus they came to know the terrain and geography in order to succeed. Since heaver were to lie had the cheapest among unsophisticated trilies, such as the Goshiutes and Piutes, the trappers went deepest into the untouched Indian land. Tlius it was that during 1820, Utah was discovered and 2 The annual DYA Christmas Tree Sale will begin tomor- - days front 4:30 to 5 p.in. The sale will feature Spruce, rdw. Satin day, Deceinler 7lh. Pole, Ponderosa. Bal- be lot will hekl sale the The at Event Date B, 1974 weit of swimming pool. The ,j'ie Deseret Sampler, Fri., December Christupdating hours for the mas Tiee Sale will lie from 10 Sim aiKl Pinvon Tine trees. !s Christmas .hopping giving you a I a.m. to 12 noon and from 1 to Monies from the sale will lg'n"fhy yZ A uc 3 p.m. tomorrow. After toiniM- ,1Spj ftt support of IB There you can please those row, trees will lie sold week- - vitics. on your list by buying U.S. Savings - Bonds the personal, productive gift for all your friends. 20 or older may attend. explored widest. 7 DYA Christmas Tree Sale begins. Hours: 10 to 12 noon and 1 to 3 p.m. Trees will be at the lot west of the swimming pool. Trees will be on sale weekdays from 4:30 to 5 p.m. 7 NCO Auxiliary Pot Luck Supper. 7 p.m. at the NCO Club. For Auxiliary members and their husbands. 8 Community Christmas Concert. 7:30 p.m. Post Chapel. 10 LDS Relief Society. Recipe exchange of favorite holiday cookies and candies. LDS chapel at 10 a.m. 1 LDS Evening Relief Society. Same as aliove. LDS chapel at 7:30 p.m. 11 Ladies of the Sacred Heart Christmas Meeting. 7 p.m. at the Post Chapel. 12 Christmas Caroling for members of the community 20 years or older. A hay wagon will depart from the Recreation Center at 7 p.m. and tour the lnrracks and the housing area 1 Santas Shopping Spectacular 7 to 10 p.m. at the slacks. Mens easy-car-e !TiTiTTITlTlTT I l ' - .HI : ' I. t . - '! : . . a - ' JA.-t- Junior High Christmas Dance. High School Cym from 6 to 9 p.m. 13 Dugway Womens Club Christmas Tea. 3 to 5 p.m. at the Officer's Club. Husliands invited from 5 to .... ' v-- . 13 - - . , , Terrace lines from old Lake Bonneville on Little nite Mountain, Dugway Proving Grounds. t Knit Fabric Special I44 yd. 7 p.m. Gra- ONE OF the eariy trapping partys to pass over the South Pass in Wyoming (over the Continental Divide) and set down in the valley of the Green River lieyond, from hence most of the outer fur trade was conducted, was Capt. Benjamin Bonneville. Capt. Bonneville had promised the War Department in Washington that on a leave of alisence he would explore and rarefullv map the whole region of the Great Salt' Lake, which had liecn explored earlier by Jim Rridger. Bonneville also had financial lucking to bring in the furs, Init 1830-3-1 turned out to lie a lesson in competition, briliery, deception and hijacking lictwcen the triangular competition of the Rocky Mountain Fur Company (Smith, Sublette, and Jackson), the American Fur Company, and Bonneville. Bonneville was well educated, but not a graduate student of the Rocky Mountain College, where the student had faculties and intelligence and a skill so effective that living in an Indian Country, he could make a more successful adaptation to it than the Indian. Bonneville was also not experienced enough where the' trade itself was concerned. lie was a successful soldier, how- ever. He maintained strict military discipline and was very popular with his men. He asked no man in his command to face dangers or risk their necks in ventures which he, himself was not willing to participate. In 1833 he sent Joe Walker with 66 men to explore and map the country around the Great Salt Lake. Walker had Mountain Men accurate hearsay knowledge of the Nevada part of the trip and he had a similar but dustier knowledge of Jedediah Smith's trips across the Salt Desert up and down California and track. n to the Great Salt Lake TIIE WALKER party wen then turned west missing the fir Salt Desert which Jedediah Smith had traveled. When they reached the Ilumlroklt (Ogdens River named for a Hudson Fur Co. etnpknee), their traps Iregan to disappear, so Walker turned his men loose on the Indians and had 30 or 40 killed (an act which later caused the Donner Party to suffer). Walker faced the worst part of his trip, (although the going had lieen rough ever since leaving the Great Salt Lake) during the passage over the Sierras. After intense hardship he finally came up by way of a lake now named for him. lie led his men over the edge of a chasm and they became the first white men to see Yoseinite. Bonneville had been granted a two-yeleave of alrscnce from the Army to explore, but now he found he had overstayed his leave and liad been dismissed. Suddenly the Command-er-in-Chicame to his rescue, some sav liecause Andrew Jack-sohimself as stern a disciplinarian as the Army ever had, was expressing his admirations of the map Bonneville had made the first map of the interior West. He is quoted by Dr. Walter Stookcy in Fatal Decision as saying: By the Eternals. Sir, I'll see that you are reinstated to vour command. For this valuable service to the war department and your country you deserve high promotion. THE EXPERIENCED trappers had christened Bonnevilles trading post on the Green River Fort Nonsense," and by the summer the name seemed justified. His best trappers had Ijecn brilied away, Englands 1 liaison Bay Fur Co. would not sell supplies or even food to him, and he had lost the investment of his financial I Kickers. But Bonneville fouial h was not oily fighting the British monopoly in the fur trade, but the British threat to the Oregon lands. Bernard DeVoto points out in Across the Wide Missouri that Bonnevilles fort on the Green River could block any expedition moving out to the Columbia region toward American Fur Companies hunt-ing grounds and also cover any cxM'ditiou moving into Oregon from the Slates.1 It also covered all the routes to the Great Salt Iatke and the Great Basin. Hie location of Fort Bonneville did make sense to the War Dept., and even though Lieutenant Joe Walker came liack from California disregarding his instructions to map and explore, still Bonneville's anient desire to do this did give name to a great inland sea in the Great Basin whose shore lines today mark the mountain sides alxivc Stausliury Park in the Oquirrhs at the point where the mountains almost run into the Salt lake, a remnant of that landlocked sea Lake Bonneville. A county in Idaho is also named for him, an LDS Stake and Ward in Salt lake County, a motor company and raceway over the salt flats in Tooele ('minty, and a town in Wyoming. Hie name, Bonneville, is not an easy name to erase from western maps. I ligh School Basketlnll 15 Qiristmas Coffee Call. 1:30 p.m. in the Social Room of the Post Chapel. 17 2nd Grade Annual Christmas Assembly. 9:30 in the Elementary School Multipurpose Room. 18 Hall Caroling at the Elementary School. 2 p.m. Special Pep Club Christmas Party. 19 Band Christmas Concert. 8 p.m. at the High School Gym. 19 NCO Auxiliary Bake Sale at the Commissary from til? Elementary School Religious Education Class Christmas Party. 1 pm. in the Post Chapel Social Room. 20 20 20-fiJa- n. - 7" Knitting Yarn 77 100 4 ply acrylic, moth proof shrink resistant Casual slacks of polyester doubkknit. Styled with belt loops and flare leg. Solids and patterns. 30-4- , Special . High School BasketbalLDPG vs Northridge at Dug- - 4" Christmas Program sponsored by DYA. Elementary School starting at 1:30 p.m. cleepwear. 7" Special sets. Sheer nylon peignoir Womans polyester knit pants in assorted solids and patterns. Pull-o- n styling. Sizes 8 to 18. Elementary School Class Parties and Santa Visit. Santa visits morning kindergarten class at 10:45 and all other classrooms from 11 a.m. to 12 noon. skeen Womens Ms. pants. - - 20 way. 225 yd. spools am 18 19 " Tournament at Wendover. 13-1- 4 11 a.m. Fantastic selection of polyester fabrics in solids and fancy patterns. Short lengths plus some bolts. e $1 Polyester Thread. White and colors y Full and shift length fashion in asst, pastels with pretty feminine trim. School is out for Christinas I Iol idays. : ar 21 Senior High Christmas Dance. 22 High School Religious Education Class Christmas Party. 9:45 a.m. in the Post Chapel Social Room. 24 Confessions will lie heard from 4 to 5 p.m. and from 11 to 11:45 p.m. 24 25 Midnight Mass Christmas at the Post Chapel. Mass. Post Chapel - 9 am. and 12:30 p.m. ef n, At The Flicks Week of: Young mens sweater 9 Only Misses 6 sweater vest Girls in ribbed knit acrylic. knit shirts. Ski Parkas vest Special 3" Orion r Mens 100 Polyester Pants cotton Lisle in fashion colon S,M,L,SL 4 3"-4- " December Womens Tanti Hose 6th - The Castaway Cowboy (G) James Garner Vera Miles 7th Closeout Kitchen - W (PC) Twiggy Michael Witney accessories. 8th - Juggernaut (PG) 25 P, Discontinued Womens gloves. Colors, Styles Special 333 Richard Harris Omar Sharif 9th - Zardoz (R) Colorful cotton terry assortment to mix and match. Towels, aprons, toaster covers. 88c ea. Pot holders 3 for 88c. Dish cloths 2 for 88c. 13th - California Split (R) George Segal Elliott Gould 14th - IlerculesIIercules Unchained . Steve Reeves SylvaKoscina The Recreational Services Division is sponsoring a Christmas caroling group on I2lh. A hay wagon will leave, the Recreation Center at 7 p.m. that evening and will tour the I tarrocks an the housing area. Anyone, 20 years of age or older, who is interested in joining the group may do so. After the caroling, there will lie a tree trimming. games at the ad a g ai ion Center, sing-akm- Leather-loo- k Special buy. Sean Connery Charlotte Rampling AMeny Christmas with means many Happy New Years 6-1- " Recre-Decemli- vinyl gloves, acrylic pile SHOP Throughout The Store for More 7 to 10 p.m. Bargains Sorry No Phone Orders lining. Black, brown or mink. Med., large. Special 2 for 3 Acrylic knit mittens and gloves. Asst, colors. One size tits all. J Shopping Spectacular Bargains Tooele Slot 7 to 10 p.m. - Friday |