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Show Universal Microfilm Corp Box 2G08 Salt Lake City, Utah 84101 5- -1 Published weekly at 125 W. Center St;, Midvale, Salt Lake County, Utah Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office at Mrdvole, Utah, under the Act of March 9, 1878. Subscription rate, $2.00 per year, 5 years $5 in Draft. liptea Mm City Accepts Volume 35 Low Bid on ev Truck i ft Low bid of Butterfield Motor Co., Riverton, for a new truck was accepted by the city council Tuesday night. The Butterfield base bid was $4,725, and the council also voted to purchase extra options amounting tq $77.50. Two other bids were received, ranging up to $5,245.-96- . ' 4 : ; , fV,.yj,' - ;,' ' .r,' 4 - ' . - , -- . V Opes Oct 15 . . . The motion adopted unanimously by the council accepted the recommendation of the highway department and specified that the city will take no responsibility for maintenance and operation of the pumps. To complete the Wasatch St. improvements this fall. te council is a holding special meeting Tuesday, 7 a.m., to open bids on square feet of blacktop ? . surfacing for Wasatch St. . I ; Mayor Beckstead reported that the sidewalk project will be completed in a day or so, and that all property owners have accepted the to surrender the ball to Granger as the referee ruled agreement. the ball was not touching the yard marker. It was too repairing again," and for Striping of streets has which been completed. bad for the Beetdiggers that the end result of the game parts are scarce. The council approved recAdvertising for bids on the was not as close as this situation. Granger won 33-ommendations of the State first stage Oi the of N. Holden St. has been Highway Dep't for improving the Center St. underpass. delayed by the federal freeze The Salt Laker Faces state of highway funds. Mayor recommended Beckstead reported that the placing 200 feet of additional Midvale Charges cement on the slopes to preState Highway Dep't will vent soil from being washed begin appraising property Donald McDonald, Salt into the drainage system. soon, but that no purchase ton, north of Bountiful. was arrested Lake City, State engineers said that by can be completed until 1969. The Highway Dep't re- Midvale police following a the pump will handle the Correspondence was read 290 miles of in ports that minor accident at 78 E. Wavolume of water if mud is indicating that, although terstate highways have been satch St., and was arraigned work on highways is prokept out of the sump. constructed in Utah, and before Judge Charles A. in other states, no Mayor Henry Beckstead ceeding another 177 miles are under Jones, Holladay, on a charge reported that the state will Utah funds will be availconstruction, with 469 miles of driving while under the permit the city to make any able for several months. still to be contracted. of influence intoxicating The council voted approvplantings for beautification that it wishes. liquor. al of the annual Halloween parties Oct. 31 and gave permission for a dog show at the Midvale park Satur"Borrow" Truck, Too . . . day, Oct. 5, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The council had no objection to the State Highway Dep't plan to install new dence that three suspects semaphores at State St. and Burglars who were also were involved in the burg- 7200 South, 7500 South, 7720 opportunists, using the victim's truck to haul away South, and 8000 South. Melary. dian islands with holding It looks as though, if Don their loot, broke into Gene's lanes will be installed only Fullmer wants a shot at the Builders' Supply, 1st East 2 at the intersection, except he'll 8000 South, Saturday evetitle, middleweight have to go to Italy to fight ning. that a continuous median with holding lanes will be Nino Benvenuti. Chief Louis S. Smith reDon fought Benvenuti once ported the burglars gained placed from 7720 South to 7800 South. before in Italy, won the fight entrance through a rear winA committee recommendaand lost the decision. The dow between 7 and 10:30 tion was approved that only way any American p.m. Saturday. right turns only be permitfighter has won in Italy is They loaded three television sets, six power tools, and ted at the Albertson's enby knockout, so Don had bettrance near the Roosevelt ter have the big punch a variety of other tools onto With time scheduled filing St. intersection with Center a truck belonging to the ready. to close at 5 p.m. Friday, St. A study will be made to Nino's manager admits company, cut the fence, and Oct. 4, only the incumbents determine ii a traffic light he'd rather the champion drove the truck out the rear have filed for the two vacan- is justified at this and across the railroad would fight Emile Griffith point. cies occurring this year on Additional street for the fourth time but the tracks. lights school the district Jordan were approved at Wilson The truck was later found WBA has forced him to of education. board and LaSalle Sts. and at 460 abandoned on Pioneer St., meet the No. 1 challenger In precinct 4, Paul K. Wilson St. or he will no longer be recSandy. 11687 1700 South Mortenson, The council was informed Police said the" have evi- ognized as champion. West, Riverton, has filed for that Midvale's sales tax receipts for the second quarter Fire Prevention Week . In precinct 5, John Whea-dowere $16,681.70, compared 9886 South 1700 West, with $17,818.02 for the same South Jordan, will be a canperiod in 1967. didate for Councilman Mel Nominations must be filed that resreported will be in 30 homes conducted The sale of fire extingdays before election, but ignation of two police rethis would fall on Saturday, serves left the uishers next week by the the evening next week by city with only the fire department. Midvale Volunteer Fire Depushing the deadline back to one reserve officer. The Firemen must ask for perthe close of the previous council partment is the first comapproved the reinmission of a resident before working day, it is explained statement of Tim Maddox munity wide sale of the exan can W. be made a counconducted inspection by tinguishers by Sterling Evans, and the hiring of Robert and where permission is dety clerk. department in Utah. who is trained in a will nied checksheet be The law provides that a Patience, the Armond Bosh, fire chief, handling police dog, as conto with the resident candidate may tile a nomisaid that on a similar sale left additional and duct his own inspection. nation in person or can be authorized thereserves, of the extinguishers conductcommittee to nominated by petition signed swear in additional ed in Afton, Wyo., the Anyone desiring an inspecreserve tion will be given one by there sold nearly by five citizens of his dison (Continued trict page 2) or 200 in one day. The only the hall calling city precinct. difference in the sale in Midvale is that here the extinguishers will be sold at the same price that the fire department is paying for them. The extinguishers are a dry chemical type and can be used ior small fires in the home or in campers or boats. The fire department will set up sales points at Bern's Super Foods, Safeway, and Albertson's stores on Saturday, Oct. 12, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. where the exmay be purtinguishers chased for $7.50 each. Extinguishers will also be offered to home owners during inspections being conducted all of next week, Fire Prevention Week, throughout Midvale. Spot checks of 108,-39- 2 6. Segment Nears Completion 15 between still permitted. Opening of and Murray is still Another similar section is scheduled ior Tuesday, Oct. in the area near Farming15, the State Highway Dep't reported this week. A department spokesman said the road would be opened without ceremony, with workmen removing the barricades so that traffic can flow over the new freeway from 7200 South to 5300 South, without detour. With the opening of this last segment, may be traveled without detour Kathy Eckman, 10, daughfrom Santaquin to Ogden. Two in this ter of Mr & Mrs Harvey W. segments stretch have to be rebuilt Eckman, 187 Roosevelt St., to freeway specifications, is recovering from being shot in the face with a tarhowever. One section from 13800 get arrow Sunday afternoon. The arrow entered the South, near Draper, across the point of the mountain to side of her nose at an annear Lehi, is a four-lan- e gle, just missing her right road but access at grade is eye, and stopped short oi the brain. The arrow was removed and she was treated at Cottonwood Hospital, where she was taken by county ambulance. The accident occurred at By Jay the home of her brother, Eckman, 587 Van Bur-eOverheard at Kiwanis Gary where several related St., Club: families gathered for observance of the birthday of "On this monthly activity report, under the heading of a son of Mr & Mrs Gary Eckman. 'church activities', I almost The children had been wrote 'golf'." playing with a bow and arrow and outfit, Kathy Utah almost had the "upstepped into the line of fire set of the week" in the Ute just as one of her cousins Stadium last Saturday. released the arrow, the famOregon State was supily reported. posed to thump Utah to the tune of several touchdowns, but the Utes had a lead at the half and scared Oregon almost to death with a fourth quarter rally that lext the visitors with a skimpy victory. Bill Meek, the new Utah coach, started the season with little more than a prayer. Utah lost to Nebraska, a nationally-ranketeam which has beaten both WyA Cottonwood oming and Minnesota. Heights child who fell in a Midvale Saturday, after giving Oregon State two touchdowns irrigation ditch owes his on fumbles, the Utes went life to an aunt who pulled out and got them back. Sevhim from the water and reeral times the defense came stored his breathing by through to stop drives, and resuscitathe offense showed enough tion. Midvale police received a sparkle to make it look like an interesting season. call from Mrs June Michel-sen- , 7606 S. State St., that her grandson, Ronald Verl Oregon's outsize fullback Harvey, 16 months, had falbrought back the old days len into a ditch. of "four yards and a cloud Before police arrived the of dust" ior fans Saturday. boy's aunt, Mrs John (SuEnyard proved himself1 exsan) McLachlan, 18, 7606 S. and a for fast tremely agile had found State, 236 at giant pounds, and the lad from the him, pulled water, and remarkably durable, carryhad him though ing the ball 50 times for 299 the child breathing, did not recover yards. consciousness for several hours in Cottonwood HosHillcrest, still undefeated, pital. looks more and more like The boy is the son of Mr one of the teams to watch & Mrs Verl Harvey, 6835 again this year in class A Greenfield Way, Cottonwood football. No matter how Heights. tough the competition, the Huskies always seem to have enough stuff to win. Midvale - Arrow Hits Girl in Face, Misses Eye rHIS Until bids on a police car can be clariued, the council took no action on three bids that apparently some of the received. Councilmen said bids did not include all of the specifications. The new truck will replace a '57 model which was described as "hardly worth . Football coaches have long contended that football is a game of inches but this referee seems to be convinced that if is a game of fractions of an inch. In a close first down effort by Jordan last Friday the Beerdiggers had 1-- Thursday, October 3, 1968 Nuber 40 'n THAT n 7-- 6 Boy Rescued From Ditch 24-2- 1 And Revived d mouth-to-mout- h 6-- 4 Next July 1, the Salt Lake City and County health de- partments are due to merge. So far, nobody has bothered to explain exactly WHY. The people who are most in favor ox the consolidation admit that there will be no fewer jobs, and no money will be saved. This, of course, is a backhanded way of telling the taxpayer that it will actually cost more money. It's a pretty good bet that any consolidation between the city and county will save the city money and cost the county more. Fullmer May Gel Title Burglars Get 3 TVs Shot in Italy Incumbents Candidates for School Board Extinguishers on Sale Chris-topherso- n 0 Police Arrest 8 After Fight; 6 on Probation Elgin persons have been arrested and warrants is- sued lor two more as an ouigrowm ot a light just atiei midiiigiil lasi baiur-Uamorning on N. Mam St. une uelendant lias oeen sentenced lo 10 days in the county .ail by Judge Warren D. Cole, six others y Midvale First: P.O. Has Lady Mail Carrier 255-429- r 30th Anniversary 9 $742,182. The following permits were issued during the month: Dan E. Wixom, 350 Sugar complex, St., motel-trave- l American Oil Co., $175,000; 460 Sugar St., service station, $110,000. Craig N. Smith, 42 Cool-ide- e St., home, $23,000; Afton Holder, 996 S. Main St., remodeling home, $2,000; A & L Concrete Co., 67 East 8000 South, shop addition, $300; Mrs I. Sumbot, 91 S. Main St., fence, $240. Things change. A mailman may not be a man he may be a woman! woman Midvale's first mail carrier began work at the post office this week. Mrs Juliann E. Carley, Salt Lake, took over one of the regular delivery routes for the Midvale post office Monday morning, Postmaster Mike Pavich reports. Mrs Carley operates one of the new postal trucks. She has had two years' experience in the post office at Bismark, N. Dak., working there as clerk and carrier. Mose Samowitz, her supervisor, reports she is "doing very well," seems as competent as any carrier, and has been accepted without question by other office employes. Kiwanis Club Has Construction Figure Soars in September Building permits for a travel complex and a filling station on Sugar St. pushed September to the biggest this month construction year. Up to Sept. 1, permits had been issued for only $431,642 worth of building in Midvale city this year. Permits for the $175,000 travel complex and a $110,-00station were the bulk of the month's $310,540 total, which boosted the year's total for nine months to New sidewalk on the south side of Wasatch St. was completed the first part of this week. Above, workman smooths freshly poured concrete as mixer truck pulls away after pouring a section of the walk last week. Resurfacing of the street with blacktop, including a roll gutter on the south side, will be the next portion of the project. Later, electric lines will be rebuilt and a new street lighting system installed. "; - - "'. . ii ; . jr- 'vf - 4 ' It ""f- - - '. , "wx-- n rmnrmMiwirr' Midvale Firemen extinguish a small fire in a demonstration of the fire extinguishers that the volunteer department is offering for sale to the public at the same price that they cost the department. From left 1o right are, Lynn Welch, Rod Rasmus-seand Dave Downs. .,ii,,iir ...r m.n mmmm - -' n, Midvale Kiwinis Club observed the 30th anniversary of its lounding Monday. Richard Gourley, president, read messages received from Kiwanians and others from all over the nation. He reported that the club has only one charter member still active, Ben G. Bag-leA. M. Ross was appointed chairman of the nominating committee. Frank Suitter, Salt Lake attorney, was speaker, givfor and ing arguments against constitutional amendments 1 and 2, which will be voted on Nov. 5. were placed on probation, and two failed to appear in court Tuesday. Midvale otiicers saw the start of the fight, were at the scene w.thin moments, and other officers, responding to a radio call, arrived within minutes to give aid. One warning shot was fired by a county officer. One of the de.endants suffered a knife wound, another was struck with a baseball bat. Officers said most of the blows were dealt by leather belts. Midvale Officers Tim Mad-doand Chirles Greenland reported the fight started in iront of the Burk Theatre. Balder-ma- r One combatant, Gomez, 23, 12400 South 7th East, Draper, whom the officers said had a knife, was caught and handcuffed, but escaped from the police car. When he was later he had managed to unlock the handcuffs and throw them away. Charged with disturbing the peace and escape, he was released on $300 bail and has disappeared. Others were arrested Lawrence Montoya, 31, 2581 East 3300 South, Salt Lake; Guadalupe Trevino, 25, 13122 South 1700 West, Riverton; Joe Garcia, 21, 14 N. Main, Apt. 2, Midvale; Jesse Gilpin, 19, 213 West 1st North, Salt Lake, Alfred David David 18, Mike Montoya, Montoya, Dennis David Montoya, all of 263 West 1st North, Salt Lake. All pleaded guilty before Judge Cole to charges of disturbing the peace. All received sentences, and all were given probation except Gilpin, who is serving 10 days in jail plus 20 days' probation; Gomez and Montoya, who failed to appear in court Tuesday. Chief Louis S. Smith said warrants have been issued for Gilbert Montoya, 21, 36 Hansen St., Midvale, and Rudy Archuleta, 21, 235 Mead Ave., Salt Lake. Chief Smith reported that several county cars were on the scene quickly, and officers from both Sandy and West Jordan responded to the first call for help issued by Midvale officers. Al-ire- d |