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Show Volum e 7. HUGE DREDGE Midvale, Utah, Thursd ay, July 30, 1931 0 L---1_ _R_oa_dP_ests_ ___.l NOW WORKING AT UTAH LAKE Numb er 13 0 UTAH BROILERS FARM BUREAU OUTING COMMAND HIGH TO ORAW THOUSANDS PRICES IN EAST Postal Employes 22 Comm unities to Take Comm issione r Outlin es Neces sity For Conservat ion. 8000 Poultr ymen Share in Incom e From Expor ts. Will Get Shorte r Hours Saturd ay All windows of the Midvale postoffice will close Saturday afternoons at 1 o'clock. This was the announce ment made Wednesda y by Postmast er C. I. Goff, and was made to conform to anfict passed by congress last February granting postal employes a 44-hour week. The law went into effect July 1. This law, Mr. Goff explained , will not affect the 'rural car-riers, and rural free delivery service will remain unchange d. Distributi on of mails and box service also will be unaffected , Mr. Goff stated. Part in Annua l Progra m. Twenty-tw o communit ies of Salt Lake county are eagerly awaiting the Third Annual Outing of the County Farm Bureau which will be held in Midvale next Wednesda y, August 5. It is expected that upward of 12,000 persons will be in attendanc e to participate in the various contests and exhibits which will mark the day's activities. From 9 o'clock in the morning until midnight something will be going on to interest those who attend. Committees have been working for a long time on the various phases of the outing, and everythin g is now said to be virtually arranged so that no last minute slip-up will occur. At a joint committe e meeting of Farm Bureau members and Midvale citizens held at the office of the county agricultur al agent in the City and County building, final plans were completed for the outing. Grounds Cleared The program this year will be held on the grounds of the Midvale Junior high school and the Midvale First ward, which have been cleared and put in excellent shape for the events. The program of the day promises to be replete with amuseme nt features, exhibits and contests which are designed to entertain men, women and children. The committe e in charge is planning to make the day suitable for a family outing. The main events will be the county flower show, which is under the direction of the home and communi ty section of the Farm Bureau; the Salt Lake County Junior Livestock show, which will be supervise d by a committee of 4-H club leaders and agricultural teachers cooperati ng with County Agent V. L. Martineau ; an address by U. S. Senator William H. King, and 4-H girls' club exhibits of home economics work supervise d by Mrs. H. 0. Hall, county home demonstration agent. Plan Many Contest.-; Amuseme nt features will include a baseball game which will settle the champion ship of the 13-team league of the Salt Lake County Farm Bureau; horse-pul ling contests in two divisions, heavywei ght class, for teams weighing 3000 pounds or over, and medium weight class, for teams under 3000 pounds, which will be confined to Salt Lake county entries; miscellane ous sports which will include horseshoe pitching, races and novelty events for men, women, boys a.nd girls, and a regular track meet, including 100-yard dash, 220-yard dash, 440-yard dash, broad jump, high jump, pole vault, shot put, chinning a.nd 4-man team 440-yard relay; tennis tourname nts in two divisions for men and boys, those 17 years old and over competing in the senior division, and those under 17 in the junior division, women and girls will compete in one division; a water fight between firemen, and a sand mucking contests. Entries for the various contests are piling up, and all events promise keen competitio n. Suitable prizes will be awarded to all winners in athletic events. Entries for the horse-pul ling contests may be made with V. L. Martineau or J. H. Berrett. For the tennis tourname nt, entries may be made with Aaron Horne or Harry Peterson. Twenty-tw o communit ies of Salt Lake county have signified their intention to participat e in the Salt Lake county flower show, which will be one of the principal features of the annual Farm Bureau day program. 1\lany Entries Expected Mrs. Bell Newton, county chairman (Continue d on last page) The building of the electric dredge Exports of choice broiler chickens that has been under construct ion for from Utah this season will total over the past month at the Utah-Lak e50 carloads or 1,000,000 pounds, it Jordan river channel is now completed was announce d recently by officials of the Utah Poultry Producers ' Cooperand ready for operation . ative associatio n. Nearly 8,000 BeeW. A. Knight, who bas been the hive state poultryme n will receive Utah Lake and Jordan River water about $200,000 from this source alone, commissi oner since the pumps were it is estimated . first installed thirty years ago, gives Approxim ately 40 carloads of the "spring fries" have already been marthe following report: ekted out of the state by the Utah "Comprom ise elevation is a point associatio n, and most of the remainagreed upon by Salt Lake and Utah der of the crop will be moved within counties to which the waters of Utah a week, according to Charles P. Rudd, manager of the associatio n's poultry lake can be raised without interferdepartme nt. Shipment s have been ence. After the water reaches this made to many of the importan t marpoint all obstructio ns have to be rekets extending from the Pacific coast moved and the river allowed to run to the Atlantic seaboard. free. The elevation of compromi se First Car Gets Bonus with reference to sea level is 4515.80 • For the first time in the history of feet Salt Lake City datum. this state's poultry industry, dressed "In 1900 we passed through the broilers have been dispatche d to the The record breaking heat wave we The following article Is a clipping New York metropoli tan area for consame kind of a drouth that we are experiencing at the present time. The have just passed through, while it from an Oregon newspape r: sumption. The first car was sent "Shipmen ts of day-old eggs in car- July 1 and because of the splendid lake continued to recede until 1902 has been most unpleasan t for the when the maximum elevation was 1.75 human species, has been very favor- lots to New York by the Utah Poultry grade and pack brought a substantia l By WILLIE ROBIS Producers ' Cooperati ve associatio n premium on the nation's greatest feet below compromi se and there The Midvale baseball were less than 300 sea feet of water able for the developm ent and spread which started early in May, puts Pa~ market. Shipment s to the far eastern compiled a batting average team has of .302 in of red spider, says R. C. Pixton, dis- cific coast eggs In for stiffer compe- populatio n center will aggregate at to divide among all the canals. Up the eight games played this season. ition than ever before; and in the least 10 cars of dressed birds. They Although to this time the canals were depend- trict agricultu ral inspector. the percentag e is not outent entirely on the gravity flow from Mr. Pixton states that he has no- opinion of E. J. Dixon, manager of the will be distribute d through the local standing, it is an average that should Pacific Cooperati ve Poultry producthe lake. .lt was during this year that ticed a good many places where the ers, unless coast poultry men do associatio n's permanen t New York compare favorably with other teams. the pumps were first installed. But sales agency under Benjamin Brown, Earl Bowen has the best batting by August 9, when the first two units effects of the work of this tiny insect everythin g in their power to improve director of markets. average of all the players, although were ready for operation the dis- have been outstandin g, especially to the quality of the eggs they ship east, Of the total crop, 40 carloads or Lloyd Porter has compiled the highcharge from the lake had reduced to the mountain -ash trees, horse-che st- the handwriti ng is on the wall in large some 650,000 pounds will move as live est average for regular playing. letters, 'U-T-A-H .' such an extent that there was only nut trees, willow broilers to big packing concerns in , Bowen hit .533, while Porter hit .451. trees and some fruit 50 sea feet to be divided between Salt " 'Utah,' he said, 'is a large state, Omaha, Chicago trees, particular ly apples, pears and populated by and other midwestPorte~ is outstandi ng in many dean extremely progresLake City and the other four canal cherries. ern cities. In addition, about six ca.rpartments , leading in hits, runs, companies , which comprised better s~ve and industriou s people. Poultryloads of fattened, dressed hens Wlll triples This sacrifices insect is and in total bases. not very select In its men there have a successfu l, almost than 40,000 acres of land. be shippe~ to the Pacific coast t~ be Perhaps feeding the habits, best' word and one could say may be found on sensation ally successful , cooperativ e sold prmc1pall "Pumps were installed that year up a y on the San Franc1sco for Lloyd is that wide in variety all of his times of trees, shrubs and egg and poultry associatio n, which and Los Angeles to 400 sea feet capacity. The lake markets. at bat he has struck out only once. flowers, he says. displays the finest type of co-operacontinued to recede until the fall of Big Field Covered Appear Dried Up This is a feat in itself, for even tive unity and is managed with re1905 when it reached an elevation of . though he may have been out, he at Plants infested first appear to be markabel efficiency . Utah has shown 5.05 below compromi se. This was Poultrym en .from Pr~ston, Idaho; least hit the ball and caused damage. drying from the lack of water, and as more remarkab le poultry deve.lopm ent Logan and Bngha.m C1ty•. Ut.ah, on Of his 31 times the lowest the lake had even been up to that time, as a bar across the the work of the insect continues the than any other state, and the mdustry the north to Manti and R1Chf1e!d on on base 21 times. at bat, he has got mouth of the river and conditions at entire plant becomes brown and the there is capable of still further de- the south have contribute d to the Matthews leads in doubles with 5, Jordan Narrows prevented the Jake leaves commence falling considera bly I velopmen t. commerci al crop and will receive a from dischargi ng lower than 3.33 be- earlier than they normally shoUld. "Packing plants of the associatio n share of the $200,000. Despite the while Brown leads in homers with 2. low compromi se under natural condi- The insect Is very tiny and is rather are located at points in Utah and depressed condition, unit prices on Reading stands out in stolen bases and walks, with 11 swipes and 5 hard to identify without the aid of a Idaho that are but six or seven days broilers this year are considera tions. bly passes. hand lens. They work chiefly on the by rail from New York City, as com- higher than last year. Utah pro"The winter of 1906-7 was, very Matthews , Blatnick, Reading and mild and wet, the lake did not freeze underside of the leaves, but may be pared with 11 or 12 days from Seattle, ducers have received from 14 to 15 Portland and San Francisco . Eggs cents per pound right at the coops, Beckstead are the only other players over the entire winter and continued found anywhere on the leaf surface. As this insect has sucking mouth of the same age s~ipped on the same while last year 12 cents or less was that have hit .300 or better. to rise until the middle of July when parts through which it feeds, the con- d~:y from Uta~ pomts and t:om Pa- the average price. it reached an elevation of two feet Marty Beckstead disproves the trol must necessaril y be by contact c;f!C coa~t pomts would arnve. there • above compromi se, regardles s of the theory, "Pitchers can't hit." Marty Poultry for distant export was fact that we wasted all the water we spray. Sprays in this group include f1ve or s1x days apart, and addmg to dressed by the Utah associatio n at its is hitting a .369 clip. could after conditions made it certain the well-know n Black Leaf "40" or this that Utah eggs are but a day old central plant, 1800 South West TemAB. H. R. Pc~. nicotine sulphate, Evergreen , summer when shipped gives them .tremendo us it would reach compromi se level. Bowen ......................... . 15 8 6 .533 ple street in Salt Lake, while those oil sprays used at summer "Since that time the Jake has been and a new spray recently strength, ad_vantage over the ordinary pack for the local trade and for distribu- Porter .......................... . 31 14 10 .451 above compromi se sixteen times, or in California under the tradedeveloped shipped fro~ the coa~t, whe:e aver- tion throughou t the intermoun tain Matthews ................ . . 28 11 5 .393 name of age age at time of sh1pmnet IS about states were handled at the since 1900 and including this year it "Destruxo l." newly ac- Beckstead ······-············· 19 7 4 .369 five days. Utah eggs are gathered in quired sub-plant at has finched above compromi se sixteen 45 West Seventh Blatnick ················-······· 6 2 0 .333 the morning and are delivered to asso- South street. Some 75 persons are L. Reading ........... ··-··· 25 8 6 .320 times and below sixteen times. Spray Necessary ciation plants before 2 p. m., when a employed in the poultry departme nt, Steadman ................... . 14 4 3 .285 E. J. Newcom.e r of the 1.!· S. bur~au force of handlers starts grading, can"The greatest depth used or lost in preparing 5,000 birds for market Robison ····-··-----·-·-········ 14 4 1 .285 any year was 5.44 feet in 1924. The of e':tomolog y, m recent mformll;t!On dling and packing. Shipment is made LaComb ...................... . 20 4 5 .250 daily. least was 1.55 feet in 1907. The great- published for the control of r~d spider, the following morning by 9:30. F. Reading ................. . 4 1 2 .250 Birds Frozen est yearly raise was 5.66 feet in the state~ t~at the mos~ effective spray " 'What are we going to do about Landers ....................... . 4 1 2 .250 winter of 1919;20. The smallest rise at th;s time of year ~s a one per c.ent it?' Dixon asks. 'There is little or At the main plant 52 girls are em- Brown ......................... . 35 8 6 .228 was 0.38 in the winter of 1907-8. But solution of stum~er Oil. The most 'rmd- nothing to be done about time of ployed picking chickens by means of Smith .......................... .. 31 7 4 during that winter 200,000 acre feet po.rtant fac or m the. con~rol of e transit, but there can be and obvious- the dry, or semi-scald method. After .Hughes ....................... . 6 1 0 .226 .166 spider throug~ spraj'lng. lS. absolute ly must be something done about age the feathers are removed was wasted down the river. the birds Presler ................. 2 ...... 14 .142 . 2 'This season the lake has receded thoroughn ess m the applicatio n of the of eggs shipped from the coast if they are thoroughl y cooled, wrapped indi- Dunoskov ich ···········-···· 2 0 0 .000 . . 3.10 feet which depth represent s 241,- spray. . are to compete with Utah eggs. Mem- vidally in paper and then placed 12 in The control if this msect at th1s bers of coast associatio ns must de- a box. They are then frozen hard 170 acre feet of water. We have Average ···-··--···························· .302 taken from the lake for all purposes time of :yea~ cannot be expected with liver fresher eggs. Coast eggs must and shipped in special refrigerat or Midvale Defeats South Jordan 127,000 acre feet, which shows tltat one apphca~10n of sp:a:y as they mul- be gathered oftener, delivered more cars leased by the associatio n. For the third successive Sunday, we have borrowed already from the tlpl:y: so rap1dly tha~ 1t 1s neces.sary to frequently , and given better care beClyde C. Edmonds, general manager Lonnie Holt of South Jordan tried to contmue the spraj'lng operation s at tween time of productio n and time of holdover this year 315,000 acre feet. of the Utah poultry associatio n, be- chalk up a win over Midvale and for intervals of from ten days to two delivery. "Salt Lake City and the four other weeks, unti an inspection lieves that the strong broiler market the third time was unsuccess ful. canals which form the Associate d fested plants shows that of the in" 'That is a good indication of what might be is,' the manager adds, 'unEach time Holt pitched, he was opthe insects less some expected way in other poultry lines during posed by the veteran Marty Beckis discovere d of pre{Continue d on another page) are under control. serving the freshness of eggs, which the coming winter and next spring. stead, who bore dow in great fashion The great decrease in the nation's and allowed his team to win on all of course is possible.' "In this connectio n it is interestin g broiler crop is positive evidence that three occasions . Although Holt has that a former northwes t 'boy• now the future laying flocks will also be lost all three games, he has been the with the departme nt of agricultur e greatly decreased , promising a corre- victim of a one-run loss in each tilt. has invented an improvem ent on the sponding slump in egg productio n and It was the old story for Marty oil bath which has been used for sev- improved prices. Beckstead as he got his usual daily eral years by Pacific coast egg handozen strike outs and failed to issue a dlers to preserve freshness. This consingle base on balls. It was Marty's One section of the office of The sists in administe ring the bath in a fifty-third strike out in five games. Journal was given the appearanc e of vacumm to which is admitted carbon South Jordan took an early lead a section of the proposed flower show Volume 16, Number 7 of the Ax-I- " Eldredge. " Mrs. Ernest S. dioxide gas. The gas enters the egg 1when the~ scored their. o~ly runs of to be held next week when Mrs. J. C. Dent-Ax, employes' magazine of the Holmes has clarified this by explain- through the shell pores, forms a prothe game m the second mmng and led Soffe presented the office employes United States Smelting Refining and ing that the two should be combined tective covering between shell and 2 to 0. The Jordanme n held the lead with several highly colored gladiolas. Mining company and subsidiari es, to read "Elnathan Eldredge. " The inner skin, and assists the oil in preThe Midvale State bank officials until the fourth, when Porter singled The blossoms were from the Soffe dated July, 1931, and which is ,V.Ist off man who carved his name there, she venting escape of moisture. announce the offer of a reward of and was driven in by LaComb's Gardens. the press of the Midvale Journal com- says, was her grandfath er, who died "Even with this help, however, $25 for informati on leading to the ar- sharp double to left, which was folThe flaming cerise, red, pink and pany, contains forty-eigh t pages and :~.bout two months ago. coast poultryme n have cut out for rest and conviction of the person or lowed by a triple by Hughes. The yellow flowers are exquisite examples is the second largest issue in the hisOther interestin g features of the them a real task in meeting the com- persons who malicious ly damaged and inning ended at two up. The game of the variety, and show what can be tory of the magazine . Edgar M. Led- issue are an explanati on of the mean- petition of Utah removed the spikes from the windows unremain ed scoreless again till the done in Midvale soil through proper eggs." yard, editor of the organ, has spent lng of many place-nam es in Mexico by of the bank building. {Continue d on last page) care and cultivatio n of flowers. considera ble time in thought and re- Wilson H. Corder. In this article Mr. One official of the bank says: search in the preparatio n of the edi- Corder tells the origin and meanings "For a long time a number of pertlon. of numerous Spanish, Indian and sons with nothing to spend but time, Among the features of the July Aztec names, most of which are dehave been using the windows of the "'Ax" is the Vincennes speech of Te- scriptive of the surroundi ng territory bank building as a place to rest after cumseh, the famed Indian warrior; or attributes of the places, when Darrell Olson, 12-year-o ld son of a day of extreme inactivity . To preexcerpts from addresses by Woodrow translated back into their original Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Olson of East vent this and also to protect the winWilson and Hon. F. K. Lane, former tongues; and a copy of the appraised Center street, was painfully, though dows from being broken or otherwise secretary of the interior; "Bear Lake assets of Wilson Price Hunt, com- not seriously injured while riding on damaged, we installed spikes so that -Reminisc enses," by Dr. J. S. Alley, of mander of the second expedition to a truck in the Covered Wagon Days these persons could not repose so unMidvale; a reprint of the first editor- the northern part of the United parade in Salt The marriage of Miss Stella Facey, place with orange blossoms, and she Lake on July 24. The gracefully in the windows. This apial and the first page of the first issue States. This expedition was sent out boy, who is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles carried a shower of roses and lilies of a member of the Midvale parently did not meet with the apof the Ax-I-Den t-Ax, dated Septem- by John Jacob Astor in 1811. Facey, and Ernest Gisseman , son of Junior high school band, was sitting proval of ber 5, 1916; a summary of the CovAmong the assets listed in the ap- on the edge of the vehicle which was sitters so these champion window Mr. and Mrs. J. Gisseman , took place the valley. Mrs. Arnold Troester, sisthe most ter of the bride, was the only attendvigorous ones used ered Wagon Days celebratio n in Salt praisal are numerous negroes, desig- specially construct at the home of ed the for bride's the event. parents some at sort of hammer and broke ant. off She wore a dress of.coral georgLake; a feature article on Landmark s, nated by such names as Bill, Celia, The parade had entered Liberty several of the spikes. This seemed to Sandy, Tuesday evening of last week. ette and carried a bouquet of dealing especially with the re-discov- Joe, etc.; several books, two jackasses , park, orchid where The ceremony was performed by the and coral sweet peas. ery of Cache Cave by the author of the proceeds of the sale of a church band when, the paraders were to dis- require too much effort, so the thrifaccount of the width of ties of the crowd acquired a wrench Rev. Arthur Rice of the Phillips ConMiss Betty Hyke and Moedl Steadthe article, Edgar M. Ledyard, and pew; a bill for digging a grave and the truck, itonwas forced too close to in some manner and removed the gregation al church, in the presence man furnished many other interestin g features. music throughou t the tolling the bell for a funeral. Against another for young Olson to re- 1spikes from one of the east windows. of relatives and a few close friends. evening. The account of Mr. Ledyard's visits the estate is listed $56 as expenses in- move histruck foot in time to avoid getting This act is malicious and is resented An informal reception followed. to Cache Cave and a summary of its cident to his death. Assisting during the evening were it caught between the two vehicles. by the bank officials, and no effort is The bridal party was assisted in redescriptio ns, together with a list of Mrs. George Nelson, Miss Edith WinThe "Ax" is continuin g to grow and The boy was taken to the emer- being spared to bring the guilty party ceiving by Mr. and Mrs. Facey, Mr. numerous names inscribed on the to be read by more and more persons gency hospital kler and Mrs. F. C. Williams. walls of the cave, were carried in a in the employ of the smelting com- was treated andin Salt Lake where he or parties to answer for the deed. We and Mrs. Gisseman and Mrs. Madeline The young couple left Wednesda y was then removed to again repeat that the bank will pay a Gil e. recent issue of The Jpurnal, and in pany throughou t the United States his home. He was for a trip through Yellowsto ne park, reported Wednes- reward of $25 for informati on leading The bride was beautiful in her wed- where they spent a week. other Utah papers. Among the names and Alaska, where the company has day as doing well and expects to be to the arrest and conviction of those ding gown of peach colored They will make their home at Bear chiffon, listed was that of "E. L. Nathau" and holdlnrs. around again soon. l responsib le for the act." with long matching tulle veil held in Oil, Wyo., after August 1. Local Bat ters Swat Apple For . 302 INSPECTOR SEES PACIFIC EGG MEN SPIDER MENACE ALIRT FOR UTAH Ax-1-Dent-Ax Issues Second Largest Edition MIDVALE BANK OFFERS REWARD FOR VANDALS Darre ll Olson Has Accid ent in Parad e Journa l Gets Presen t Of Lovely Gladiolas Gisseman, Facey Nuptials Solemnized at Sandy Home |