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Show MILLARD COUNTY CHRONICLE Delta, Utah, Thurs.T July 19, 195 1 ' Dcarclcii Family plans Reunion The Dearden family reunion will be held at Garrison this year on July 23-2- It promises to be the biggest and best yet. Everyone is to bring their own bedding and food. Families attending are to meet at the home oi' Lee Dearden on the 23rd for instructions. That day games, a program, a e and free dance are scheduled. On July 24, everyone will visit Leh-man's cave. HERE FROM WASHINGTON . Mr and Mrs. Frank Golob and family from Granger, Wash., are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Clifferd Pet- ersen and family and other old tnends. They moved to ton from Washing- Abraham nine years ago when Topaz was being built af- ter having lived here for the pre- vious 18 years. They said they thought the Yakima valley where they are now living is about the most beautiful country people could live in, but it was good to be back to visit for a week or so. 40 YEARS AGO ... From the Files . . . . Since there is a gap in the files' for a short period, we are going back to the special edition of the Chronicle for March 23, 1911 and reprint some of the histories of Millard County areas reported in that paper. "OVER IN SNAKE VALLEY" By K. E. Christopherson In the extreme western Dart of Millard County - - so far west that it runs over into Nevada - - lies a wonderful valley more than 100 miles long and at an altitude of over 6000 feet. It is rich in natural resources and has a wonderfully productive soil but it is sparsely settled. The reason is lack of trans portation facilities. It is a fine section for stock. It lies just west of the deseret that furnishes winter pasture while the ranches provide pasture and hay for summer feeding. The settlement of Burbank at the south end of Snake Valley con-sist of nine ranches comprising something like 2000 acres on which hay and grain is raised, much of the land being also used for pas-ture 'for horses and cattle. Hardy vegetables of all kinds are also grown as well as small fruits. There are 50 people located in Bur-bank. The valley is watered by a beau-tiful stream known as Lake Creek, .having its rise in Big Spring and a number o'l smaller springs loc-ated over the Nevada line. Five miles north of Burbank is a natur-al reservoir or sink, which in some far away time was perhaps part of Great Lake Bonneville. Ten miles north of Burbank is the little settlement of Garrison comprising about a dozen families. There are two general stores, here, one owned by Thos. Dearden and the other by E. Heckethorn. There is also an amusement hall and J. H. Dearden operates a hotel. Large crops of hay, grain, vegetables, alf-- 1 alfa seed and some fruit are raised here. Most of the ranches are wat-ered from the reservoir to the-sout-but two or three, are water-ed by Snake Creek, a stream ris-ing in the mountain to the west and upon which is also located a saw mill. This would be an ad-mirable location for a flour mill as plenty of grain can be raised in this valley, while the valley and mines near by would provide ample market for the floor. Forty miles north of Garrison lies Gandy, a small settlement of very productive ranches where con siderable fruit as well as hay, grain and vegetables are grown. Near Gandy is a fine marble quarry and a marsh of pure salt which only need a nearby railroad to make Ahem great wealth pro-ducers. The sheep men of the desert take our surplus grain and most of our hay, paying the highest prices. Oats are now selling at $2.25 to $2.50 per cwt. and baled hay at $12 a ton. We also have thousands of ac-res of land suitable for dry farm-ing. Our valley is wonderfully rich, our climate delightful, and we in-vite the settler in quest of cheap and productive land to settle in our midst, and we are sure he will never regret it. We have good school facilities. The schools at Garrison and Bur-bank will compare favorably with I inose 01 any uiami-- luc, a. As to churches - - well, I suppose none but the older inhabitants were ever inside one, so probably we are all in danger of losing our immortal souls. But we all try to live honest, industrious, helpful lives, always striving for the right, obeying the laws laid down by our fellow men, and trusting that the good Lord will ,see us through in Garrison LaRue Rowley Stevens and Stephenson from Holden have been making a well test for the Dearden Bros, on the ' well that was just completed. Mrs. Stanley Whitaker is visit-ing her mother, Mrs. W. B. Davies, this week. Word has been received by 'fr-iends and neighbors that Mr. and Mrs. Merlin Bishop has been trans-ferred to another area as forest ranger. Our communities will miss them. Mrs. Boyd Smith and children are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Osborne Christopherson. Mr. and Mrs. Bill McGinnis from Pine Valley were Garrison visitors last week. Mrs. Nell Swallow is spending a day or two at Burbank with her sister, Mrs. W. B. Davies. Mr. Ladd Davies was a business caller at Fillmore Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Rowley and sons, Eldon and Lorin and family ' have been vacationing in the Gar-rison mountains for a few days, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Smith and daughter, Lorraine were Sunday guests at the home of Cecil Row-ley. The descendants of the Dear-den families are having a family reunion at Garrison July 23 and 24. Mrs. Austin Williams and girls weer Sunday afternoon guests at the home of Mrs. Albert Osborne. Illack Rock MRS. MERRILL MILLER Mr., and Mrs. Keith Christensen of Palo Alto, Cal., motored to Yose-mit- e National Park. They spent a week with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Adair. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Burke return-ed from Salt Lake City where they had an enjoyable week with fri-ends and relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Adair, their daughter, Mrs. Kay Reese and son spent a few days in Monroe. Mrs. Merrill Miller spent a de-lightful afternoon at the home of Mrs. Vic Stokes in Richfield. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Flemming spent the evening at the Miller home. Mr. Flemming has been our RR agent for several years. He has been confined to the Milford hospital for several weeks. It was a pleasure to see Mr. Flemming. We hope he will soon be back at work. The annual Eastern Slar picnic of Ruth Chapter, No. 6 of Milford was held at the Black Rock ranch. 50 people enjoyed supper and pro-gram. HALOGETON BULLETIN A newly-publishe- d bulletin en-titled, "The Halogeton Problem in Utah", is available now at local County Agents' offices in Utah. Halogeton is rapidly spreading to new areas in Utah and Utah ranchers must have experience in recognizing and dealing with this poisonous plant if they are to con-trol it, says Glen T. Baird, Exten-sion Agronomist. The purposes of the bulletin are to help ranchers identify Halogeton in order to kill early infestations, and to make it nossihle to erazp Haloeeton in- - fested ranches with a minimum of stock losses. The bulletin describes ways of recognizing Halogeton, the types of land it is most likely to strike methods of feeding livestock on ranches where Halogeton is pre-sent, and effects of Halogeton poi-soning. The bulletin gives several ways of controlling Halo-geton with sprays, burning, scalp-ing with blade equipment, and treatments for each of these methods. A p procedure ' is given stockmen, whereby they might be able to control Haloge- - tan, since authorities believe that it is in this country to stay. Howard Edwards Home On Leave Sgt. Howard Edwards is home on y furlough after serving for eleven months in Korea - - seven of which were on the front, Sgt. Edwards, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Morgan Edwards of Delta, will be assigned to Fort Riley, Kansas fol-lowing his leave. Mr. and Mrs. Grant Edwards and Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Edwards drove to San Francisco to meet their brother, Sgt. Edwards, when he arrived on the President Jackson liner July 10. Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Harris receiv-ed word this week from their son, Pvt. Rex Harris that he is being transferred from Ft. Lewis, Wash., to Ft. Mead, Maryland for some sort o'f special training. The Eight Cookies Club met at the home of their leader, Mrs. Cora Harris, Monday and learned to make white yeast bread. This is part of their third year cooking project. Present were Beulah Bar-ney, Barbara Welton, Carol Cham-berlain, and Francis Harris. Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Chambers and children left Delta Sunday for Salt Lake City after Mis. Cham-bers and the children had visited for two weeks with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. LeGrande Law. Mr. and Mrs. Chambers will be moving Z can rebaildSS to Boise, Ida., to make their home. 4- VC QN: & every tfl,n". cjk Hm"- "- We're specialists In renewing old machines, but we (c don't do so well at fixing operators who get hurt Vo from not being careful. Power machinery makes your farming faster, easier and more profitable. It's just good business to use a little of that time saved to take care of yourself. You need only a couple of seconds to think of safety. But it takes more time than any of us have to grow a couple of new fingers or a new foot. CK Listen to the final report on th National Farm and Homo tI V Hour yoar-lon- g Safoty Survty, Miami County, Ohio. Saturday, July 21, your NBC station. W ( PLLIS-CllflLMER- O l SAIH AND SfftVICf J VODAK TRACTOR & SERVICE ' DELTA, UTAH Here's "the most capable combine ever built," accordy ing to many men with a lot of combine experience. 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Mrs. Lila Ball and daughters of( Gunnison visited with her folks the last ten days and went with them to the Gardner reunion in Idaho and the Schlappi reunion in Como Springs. Mrs. Clyde Underhill returned home Sunday from Salt Lake City where she has been the past few weeks for medical treatment. Her daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Gayle Bywater brought her down. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Talbot drove some Abraham Boy Scouts down to Navajo Lake summer camp Mon day and spent three days there with them. Mr. and Mrs. Gam A. Brown and two daughters of Salt Lake City were over the week end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Avery Bishop. |