Show Serving Utah’s Great Pahvant Valley USPS 34913 0520 Vol 85 No 29 Museum presents Millard history dv trnm mews Approximately 70 people Tilled the Della North Elementary School (DNES) Auditorium last Thursday night to hear the January presentation by the Great Basin Historical Society The society featured a history of Millard County from days to the time Utah became a slate Diane Porter of Oak City talked about members of the Kanosh Band of the Paiulc Indian Tribe which lived near Deseret before while people colonicd the Western American Continent Porter read a letter to the editor published in the Millard County Chronicle in January of 1949 The letter written by Mrs E Eugene Gardner told a story which her father John E Lovell told during her life The story involved a man named Hunkup a brother of Chief Kanosh of the Kanosh Band of Indians Pin ter read about a hunting expedition which look place sometime in the early 1800s Lovell told his daughter of a Church Sacrament meeting he attended in Oak City in about 1880 or 1881 in which Hunkup spoke about an incident which he said occurred in the winter about 25 snows before the white man came K anosh Indians camped on the south side of the Sevier Rivcrncarprcscnt-daDeseret They had come from cither Kanosh or Com Creek Porter read that as soon as camp was set up all strong able bodied men were sent to Oak Creek Canyon to hunt for deer They would return before heavy snows came During the winter of the story snow came early just after the men were sent to Oak Creek Canyon The men didn’t take much food because they planned to have deer meal It was reported that more snow fell that winter in the area that became Millard County than anyone had ever seen before After the snow began to clear about five months later parties went to Oak Creek Canyon to try to find out what happened to the hunting party The parties found the campsite and the remains of the hunters' bodies buried in the snow They also found signs that the hunters ate each other as they died After all the snow had melted that spring the course of the Sevier River changed because a large log jammed Deseret Spring floodnear ing did not cover as large an area as it previously did so there was not as much grass As she closed out her presentation Porter showed the audience a pole from one of the tee pecs used by the Kanosh Indians in Millard County After Porter's presentation Park Ranger Gordon Chatland ith the Territorial Statehouse Museum in Fillmore talked about the importance of writing down one’s personal history He also discussed the history of the Territorial Statehouse Chatland began his presentation by showing an old tattered piece of a sleeve He said he sometimes shows the sleeve to people and asks how much they f ' A x - & V'43 li i r -- i i ' li£ 'a!o tit' Tris reproduction of a painting of what the State Capitol Building would have looked like if Fillmore had remained the capital city is owned by the Territorial Statehouse Museum The wing in the front of the picture is the current Territorial Statehouse Museum This is from the archives of the LDS Church Used with named Elizalxuh Brotkbank headed as part of a for Utah from the cast Chatland said Brockbank came up missing after the slopped for lunch The wailed for two days while the party searched for Brockbank She was never found but her husband found the sleeve to the shirt she and saved it was wearing Chatland said after people hear the story behind the sleeve they see value in the sleeve He said the sleeve is imporits history was recorded tant because "History goes to those who write it down” Chatland said Chatland said during the late teens the Territorial and early 1920s was battered and lorn and those in power considered tearing it down A group of people however did not want to sec a part of their heritage destroyed so the building w as restored and became members of a museum from the Territorial permission think the sleeve is worth Chatland said most people don’t think it's worth much until he explains where it came from The sleeve belonged to a woman in 1930 Fillmore ivas chosen by Brigham Young to be the capital of the Territory of Deseret because it was centrally cated The territory was named Deseret which means honeybees because Momion leaders found that honeybees worked hard and are not lazy The US Government refused the first petition fur statehood which encompassed the entire original Tcrritoiy of Deseret the land because it included mass of the Continental United Suites Chatland said the Federal Government did not want of the nation dominated by Mormons Chatland showed the audience a map of the original territory as it was mapped 1847 and 1850 The origiout between nal territory included all of Utah all of Nevada most of Arizona half of California including San Diego and Los Angeles half of Colorado parts of Oregon Idaho Wyoming New Mexico and Baja California Deseret's capital was named the City Statehouse Museum of Fillmore in the County of Millard in honor of President Millard Fillmore It was hoped the gesture would gain favor with the president and he would look on granting statehood to Defavorably seret Fillmore appointed Brigham Young as the first Territorial Governor and gave the territory some autonomy Fillmore's presidential defeat in the next election had serious negative ramifications for the territory Fillmore had allocated some funding to get construction on the Capitol Building started The original design was for four wings and a domed room for the legislature to meet President Buchanan was not favorable to the Mormons He cut off funding for the building and appointed a new governor for the terriall that was was tory The south wing completed of the building Construction on the wing began in 1851 It was finished in 1855 The only full session of the Legislature that met there did so in 1855 There were two one or two day sessions there partial afterwards The last partial session was held there in 858 Soon after the capital was moved to Salt Lake City Between the time the building was abandoned as the Territorial and State Capitol Building and the lime it became a museum it had many uses During the war between the territory and the US the Territorial Statehouse was used by the Deseret News Between 50 and 60 issues of the newspaper were printed in the building The building was also used as a jail a dentist's office and a courthouse Fillmore City used the building for several purposes There were several other uses as well The stories of the Statehouse Mrs Brockbank and the Kanosh Indians lustrate the main emphasis of the January presentation which was the importance of writing down events in a person’s life “If you have not written down the history of what you’ve seen and been involved with do it” encouraged Chatland Local rope rescue team appreciated in mine rescue efforts By Derim Phelps Millard County Commissioner Tony Deardcn had high praise Monday for the efforts of the Millard County Industrial Rescue Team in its attempt to Rope rescue an 18 year old Magna man a week and a half ago Dcarden made his comments during the regular weekly meeting of the Millard County Commission “We appreciate the efforts of our rope rescue team in the attempted rescue of the Etherington boy in Tooele County and the expert way they went about executing the rescue without any loss of life or injury to themselves or anyone else" Dcarden said Jerimiah Etherington fell down an abandoned mine shaft January 12 and rescue workers spent three days and nights trying to rescue him Eleven members of the Millard County Industrial Rope Rescue Team assisted in the efforts Official rescue efforts were called off last Monday by the Tooele County Sheriffs Office because of tremely dangerous conditions Family members continued the search and retrieved Etherington s body earlier this week Richard Dziuk Team Leader of the rope rescue team said if there had been any evidence of life he was sure things would have gone conefsiderably differently with rescue forts Dziuk said the following editorial in the T uesd ay January 23 issue of the Salt Lake Tribune sums up the feelings of members of the Millard County Industrial Rope Rescue Team The editorial titled "Mine Tragedy Still” is being used with the permission of the Salt Lake Tribune: “It was in its way a magnificent achievement But the daring recovery of Jerimiah Ethcrington’s body should not be overly invested with glamor “The young man's tragic death once more emphasized that freelance rummaging in the countless abandoned mines pockmarking Utah's hills and mountains can be a mortally hazardous pastime The near miraculous work of his family survivors in raising his lifeless body from the deep treacherous shaft down which he tumbled is the stuff of which folklore is made but for that very reason unreliable precedent and example "The Tooele County Sheriff" s Office decided responsibly when it ended pert attempts to find 18 following reports that collapsing debris sent him plunging down the darkened shaft into which he and his companions had ventured By accounts of men who had exposed themselves to similar mishap looking for the youth proceeding further into the dark mine depths created conditions for even more calamity "Compelled to disregard that sound judgement the missing young man's family especially his father Daniel and uncles Keith Bruce and Brian Fivas devised their own exploratory efforts And who can blame their personal determination to verify if recoverson and nephew was indeed their ing hopeless? "Keith Fivas who found Jcrimiah's body and enabled it to be hoisted to the surface told about cascading rocks and debris that continually imperiled his descent He was as remarkably fortunate as he was courageous “The Etherington and Fivas family determination to conclude their personal ordeal is understandable The Fivas brothers are admirable for the extraordinary risks they took in doing so “None of that however alters the plain fact that Utah’s abandoned crumbling mines are horribly dangerous Had such constantly repeated advice been heeded the despair anguished pain and grief caused by this particular episode could have been avoided” The previous editorial is from the See Rescue on page 4 "Tl POOR COPY Tf lans 25 1996 rations increase By Derim ! ? Ash Grove V January 7T Phelps Ken Ware Environmental Engineer of Ash Grove Cement Company near Leamington announced last Tuesday that the plant plans a 25 percent increase in operation Modifications to certain equipment to reach the increase will result in a reduction of carbon monoxide emissions The announcement as made at the January 16 meeting of the Ash Grove Community Council in Delta dial at the plant's current capacity it is unable to meet the demand for cement Plant modifications arc scheduled to begin this spring Some of the modifications include vessel enlargement of the preheater lower The coal mill delivery system and dust collector will be modified A new burner will be constructed in the kiln Additional radiant cooling tubes will be installed This is not a of modifications A more detailed list on file at the Ash Grove plant The modifications will result in an increase in clinkerccment production and a significant reduction in carbon mimoxide emissions Ware said the lllah Division of Air Quality is in the process of review ing regulations for the expansion Ware conceded that Ash Grove has had higher carbon over the past few years but ill be eliminated by said that problem the modifications said Ware modifications should sult in a 1500 to 2000 ton per year reduction in carbon monoxide output Dale Chapman Air Quality Engineer for the Division of Air Quality con firmed W’are's predictions and said overall he feels the changes arc pretty good Chapman said a new calcincr is responsible for the decrease in carbon monoxide New bag houses arid othci modifications will help reduce other emissions as well “Overall it's a good modification” Chapman said “It's a good change" as project Chapman worked viewer on the Ash Grove expansion He said the projection seems like a big decrease in carbon monoxide emissions but the estimate is realistic Ware said bumci will be a more pul in the front of the k: allow ing other materials such as natural The plant currently gas to be burned about die people of Lcaoitglon being power less to stop you '' froinexpaiidirg in a great way N Ison stub late appie your presentation Jus don’t A is in prog 27 bend any comJanuary with the Divi I Sion of Air Quail's I9SI1 West North 841 14 Temple Salt Las t'dy ments Don Dafoe will asked increase Ware 10 Nielson also asked how Also it will bvfn'cy come down be al least ill or He said die program is used oil program and expanding throughout the state There arc currently 17b hwa doing will people can drop most of die used collection efforts started from the Grove Community Council I sed oil collection steering commit tees have been set up in aslungton and Iron Counties to handle collections in Southern Utah Programs have also started in many different parts ol the state such as Moab and Green River Tv ans said preparations arc underway for the first educational programs in several areas this fall and winter Two problems were discussed The first problem is getting collection done on timely basis “Hot loads" is another problem The term hot loads refers to loads ol hazardous materials A solution is being winked out to clean hazardous materials they arc received al colleclions with stale wide where used oil Fv ans said ot oil Ah many tion sites Scien rv ironmenlal Sandy Hut: ith the used on program said a new list oil re refinery wfi go on line sxm ntilhoi an Genesis Pun ileum is eight gallon futility in Woods processing years a— sx o‘bi in Utah as well as 15 in the stale a lot of people in other and re refineries around Leamington you arc to be commended for honesty and forthright approach what’s going on" Dafoe said “I think your the community council Evans ol the Fvans Wayne Salt Lake City discussed the during meeting Group ol mountains will he removed with the Ware said Ash increase in operations Grove blasts about once every two hot Ash Grove months on niuior Plant Duane Crutchluld ti Manager said to I’ui employ- Ware said results of the changes ment coulJ go cither way There could either he a slight increase in employment or a If there is an increase slight decrease new employees would be hired to work in die quarry department The plant currently operates four days a week with one ten hour shift per day are said that most of Ash Grove’s products slay in Utah but a few loads go to f arming Ion New Mexico and Elko Nevada Ware said Forest Service land trade is underway which will bring Ash Grove’s operation closer to Leamington Completion of the land trade deal is expected in about a year and a half The swap will reportedly give Fishlake Na tional Forest some prune property on Monroe Mountain in exchange tor land Ash Grove will receive closer to earn ington Barbara Nielson of lcamington expressed concern about PM lt emis sions Ware said die p'int uses die best houses to remove aviublc quality bag PM gi! too biL'’’ publn comment until rcss tires Delta Mayor plant changes die mountain Scenery she enjoys "1 have concerns operates by burning coal Modifications will affect the current way of burning used tires The plant has burned whole fin tires but when modifications ished will only be able to bum chipcd if to be able child-- transporters Mum said states are corning to Utah lorecyclc their is Utah's oil recycling program reportedly running close to S5(KK) to S6(KK) per year Evans said public education presentations on used oil collection arc scheduled to take place in Millard County this May and June Nielson said her biggest concern is there's not enough population in Lcamington to protect against higher emissions She said she is concerned about air quality in Leamington Nicl son also said she ants her great grand oil that Outrage expressed over vandalism By Derim Phelps Several incidents of vandalism in recreational areas in and around Millard County are costing thousands of dollars and outraging some in the tourism dustry A press release issued by National Forest reports felony incidents along the Paiulc A TV' Trail which runs through Millard County Other vandalism incidents have been reported at the Ponderosa Picnic Area cast of Beaver and at Miner’s Heritage Park in Bullion Canyon located west of Ma rysvillc Rewards of up to S500 per incident arc being offered by the Forest Service for information andor evidence leading to the arrest and conviction of in these incidents “Misdemeanor incidents resulted in damage to signs on the Paiulc ATV Trail the Skyline Drive and road signs around the Forest” stated the press lease The Forest Service Special Agent should be contacted by anyone who has acts of any information about these and vandalism Call (801) leave a message Information can also be to the Fishlake Law Enforcegiven in at Richfield Officer ment (801) "In a time w hen government funding is low money that would normally be used for new Forest projects must now go towards repairs" said Fishlake ForMrowka “The est Supervisor Rob American Public takes pride in its National Forests When vandalism occurs on public lands it hurts all of us" Shari Ashworth of Millard County Tourism is also a member of the Paiulc ATV Trail Committee She said people have been shooting signs throughout the entire ATV Trail She also said some graffiti has been reported on an informational kiosk located on 500 South in Fillmore The Paiutc ATV Trail as formed in 1990 as a joint effort by the Forest Service BLM and Ccntr al Utah counties and cities The trail is maintained by volunteers and the Forest Service It goes through four counties including Millard Beaver Piute and Sevier along said there are a 230 mile loop Ashworth more than 20X) miles of side trails along the route Approximately S3000 as spent by the Forest Service and Fillmore City on the project The trail covers three mountain ranges Ashworth said she thinks 4 ' K Fillmore ATV kiosk which i X-V" has been bullet holes found in trail signs may be the result of target practicing "The recreation along the Paiutc Ashworth Trail is said “Its purpose is to give people access on ATV s or other means of transportation such as horses mountain hikes or jeeps a chance to see some of Central Utah's most wondrous and beautiful sites" Ashworth said the trail's creation and maintenance is the result of many people 's hard work and desire to share in the scenic beauty of the area “I for one cannot understand anyone wanting to vandalize that hard work" Ashworth said “Every time a sign comes down it costs about SI 2 to replace it" Vandalism on the kiosk consists of words carved into chalk boards created logtvc visitors a chance to voice suggestions to Forest Service personnel Ashworth said visitors come from all over vandalized US and Canada every year for the National ATV Jamboree in Fillmore She said that in the five years since the trail as built and Millard County Tourthe ATV Jamboree ism has sponsored approximately half a million dollars has the been spent in Millaro of the Jamboree "Is County as a result spend all that to come out here and not have money trail markers?" Ashworth asked it fair for them to Possible tax hike??? The Millard County School Board is considering a possible tax hike this spring The matter ill be See discussed again in February next week 's issue of the Chronicle Progress for details of the proposal and other issues discussed al the January 10 school board meeting |