| OCR Text |
Show Vl Volume Seventy-seve- 10c n City officials Cemenf ditches to be sworn in at brief ceremony January More water for crops and but after this season I won't livestock and less work and say any more against it. I have woiry for men was the plan of farmed west of Axtell for 60 the Axtel Willow Creek Irrigayears and this is the first year tion Company when they deI have been able to irrigate my cided to reorganize their irriganew alfalfa in the fall. Besides tion system. my new alfalfa I have been able The company faced loss of to irrigate all my stubble land irrigation water, flood damage so I could plow it this fall." to crops and ditch system from Dean Anderson, whose farm flash floods, and erosion of the lies at the end of the system, ditches, causing deep gullies in says, "I have had 40 to 50 permany areas. cent more water after the first Company officers, led by President Elwood Sorensen, met with Soil Conservation Service technicians at the Manti office in 19G6 to work out solutions. They decided to reorganize the delivery system, combining the ditches wherever possible, replacing old dividers with concrete ones, and relocating the main trunk line out of the flood channel, leaving it free to carry the flash flood waters around and past the town and farms. ' With cost sharing through the ACP program, a loan from the Utah Division of Water Resources, technical help from the Soil Conservation Service, the combining of their labor, the company began the first phase of the program. This consisted of building two large structures flume across a flood a channel, stock watering structures, and 17,675 feet of concrete lining. This first phase was completed November, 1967. The original channel varied from 35 to 100 feet in width. It was eroded in places to 20 feet deep with willows, brush and beaver dams in the water course. The system was intended to deliver water to approximately 1,300 acres of land and about 25 farms near Axtell. The water loss from seepage and evaporation in this system during four summer months is estimated at 40 percent, or about 1100 acre feet of water during the four month period. The wa- of July than I have ever had plus a saving of 4 to 5 hours in to my getting the water farm. Completing this project is one of the best things the people of Axtell have ever ac- complished" Dont forget that you are a part of all of the people who can be fooled some of the Jacksonville Journal time. Zero Zero temperatures hit the northern Sanpete County with the clearing skies that followed the Christmas storms. Temperatures of zero and minus 6 degrees were' reported early Monday morning in Mt. Pleasant, with warmer temperatures during the day but still staying cold. ter tom width and varying from 16 to 21 inches deep. The second phase of the project was completed in the spring of 1968. This extended the lining of the upper and lower ditches to most of the farms within the company. This phase consisted of 26,500 linear feet of concrete ditch lining, 75 metal headgates and outlet gates and 1,240 feet of pipe installed. The final phase of the overall project was completed this fall (1969). The company has lerouted many of its ditches so much of the concrete lined ditch can be used for a head ditch as well as a transportation ditch. Altogether the company installed 51,930 feet of concrete ditch requiring 2,121 cubic yards of concrete; 58 cubic yards of concrete was used In the structures; 1445 feet of pipe was used in flumes and undershots; 2,317 feet of pipe was installed as extensions for the outlet gates and 354 metal outlet and headgates. On December 18, Ray Zinger of the Division of Water Resources, Dean Anderson, president of the irrigation company and Tom Brotherson of the Soil Conservation Service made the final inspection of the project. During the last year with the major portion of the project completed the farmers arc real happy with the results. The farmers on the lower ends of the laterals have all expressed themselves as having had more Irrigation water this past season than ever before. Truman Sorensen said, "I have had a lot to say against this project Two special development hearings concerning the role and probable impact of the Economic Development Administration will be held January 7, according to the Six County Development District. The districts two economic development centers, Richfield and Delta, are hosting the hearings. The one at Richfield will be held at 2 p,m. at the Utah Power and Light Auditorium, 175 North Main. Delta's will be in the Little Theatre of the new Delta High School. Speakers will discuss public affairs and will include representatives from the Economic Development Administration in A Txas, anu Washington D.C., and the office of the Utah governor. Holes . . . Mr. and Mrs. Rolph Gunderson of Sacramento, California, spent Christmas here with his mother, Mrs. Anna R. Gunderson. Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. J. Leo Seely included Mr. and Mrs, John Ross Seely, of Blanding; Mr. and Mrs. A. Thomas Patterson, Rebecca and Kelly, Salt Lake City; Mr. and Mrs. Paige Buskin, Cincinnati, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Cloward were holiday visitors with their children and their families in o - ,'4 -- 't Salt Lake City, and were the Christmas dinners guests of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Cloward , Mrs. Grant Olsen spent the holidays in California with Mr. and Mrs. Phil Olsen and family. Mr. and ''' V - Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Rosenlof and sons. Dee and Kent, spent r Christmas in Bountiful with the Paul Garlick family. Christmas dinner guests of and Mrs. Ray Christensen Mr. were Lloyd Christensen, and Mrs. Dennis Tucker and son Mr. and Mrs. Rex Tommy, Christensen and children, Jimmy, Sheri and Wade, and Mr. and Mrs. Bevin Blackham all of this city. Mr. "T ... "A ' i ... J-- '-' fV. V : - t u Mr. and Mrs. Harry Simpson went to Salt Lake City Sunday where they met with other members of their family at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dwight t Bertlcson. Those present included Mr. and Mrs. Keith (Dona Marie) Peterson of Colton, California, and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence (Grace) Wilson, Ogden. MOKE WATER, LESS WORK In pictured series, the Axtell Willow Creek Irrigation Company project for irrigation water preservation und channelization Is shown from beginning to end. Earl Tuttle looks at the Willow Creek channel which Is clogged with willows and heaver dams. Immediately below, these areas have been corrected project Itcing Inspect(trough a ditch-linined by Ilck Cowley, Earl Tuttle anti Kay g i Zinger. The relocation of the trunk line flume ucross the May-fiel- d showing the wash flood channel Is seen. Bottom photo rinds the finished project as Dean Anderson opens tlit gate to divert the w uter from the old creek channel Into the new concrete lined system. Putting It In the new ditt.i will conserve practically all of It for farm land use. 70-fo- Fifty-tw- o opens Southern Utah office The Utah Education Association now has a Southern Utah offue. end a Southern Utah educator will be l the association in this part of the state He is Jack Walters, who until lecently was teaching principal of the Escalante Valley Elementary School at Beryl Mr. Walters will be visiting officschools, superintendents es, educators and private organizations in Beaver, Emery, Iron, Garfield, Kane, Millard, North Sanpete, Piute, Sevier, Smith Sanpete, Washington and Wayne Counties. "We expect that he will be speaking frequently at civic for January 7 family. loss practically ed by reducing the area of the stream and using a lining material. The new channel is conbotcrete lined with a Number sets meeting Mrs. Eva Christensen spent Christmas Eve and Christmas Day in Bountiful, a guest of her son, Cal Christensen, and is eliminat- 30, 1060 Six County EDD Hews 70-fo- DECEMBER Utah Education Association 5 City officials who were elected in the general election last November, will take the oath of office Monday, January 5, at the city hall. They are Mayor Cherron Seelv and Councilman Terry Ames and Arnold Y. Stevens. City books have been audited by Midgley, Madsen and Company and were reported to be in satisfactory condition. The books have now been submitted to the state auditors office, according to a city spokesman. anpefe project conserves farm water ln r c' Tan n(r MT. PLEASANT, UTAH 81647 per copy Visiting with Mr. and Mrs. John Hasler over Christ ma were Mr. and Mrs. David fanner and son of Provo, and Mr. and Mrs. Louis Green and family of Bountiful, who remained tor the weekend. Fire burns hole Jack Walters . . I'EA representative reuilies Fire burned a hole in the roof of the Harry Simpson residence Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Simpson were in Salt Lake City at the time the fne was discovered by the neighbors, Mayor and Mrs. Cherron Seely, who called the fire department. Quick response to the alarm kept the damage to a minimum, with very little damage to the inside of the Olson. Dinner guests Sunday of Mr and Mrs. B. N. Scovil were Mr and Mrs. Boyd Harper and children of Mapleton. Also present was Private Steven Harder who is stationed at Fort Leo nard Wood, Mo., and spent Christmas holidays at home. Mr. and Mrs. LaMar at Simpson home . . . Kent Olson, who is attending Utah State University, is a holiday visitor at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray home Cause of the fire, which burned on both sides of a gable roof, is not known. Olsen were hosts at the annual Christmas party of the J. W Larsen family held December 27 at the Civic Center. There were 37 family mem bers present. Pot luck dinner was served and a gift exchange Mrs. Fawn Madsen of Dug way was a Mt. Pleasant visitor last weekend, coming here to attend the open house of Mr and Mrs. J. F. Pritchett. Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Seely spent Christmas in Twin Falls Idaho, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Oleen Seamons and family. They were joined there by Dr. and Mrs. J. F. Seely and their daughter of Corvallis, Oregon, who are visiting in Logan before coming here for the New Year weekend. More than five hundred persons called at the open house of Mr. and Mrs. Orson Laurit-zen- , north of Mt. Pleasant, Sat- Mis. Nelda Harper of Oak-leIdaho, spent the holiday season m Mt. Pleasant visiting at the home of her and daughter, Mr. and Mrs son-in-la- Hairy L. Hanson and family. AflrrBuVrfTTTiTl Richard II. Spencer . . . 'has one-nui- n show Richard Spencer two-stor- ten-da- exhibits art at American Fork Richard H. Spencer, Mt. Pleasant native and former resident of Indianola. will exhibit his painting in the American Fork City Hull, 31 North Church Street, during the month of January. In his honor an open house will be held January 4 from 3 to 6 p in at the city hall. The public is invited to attend. Mr. Spencer was born in Mt. Pleasant. While living in Indianola, he attended schools in Fairview and Mt. Pleasant, graduating from North Sanpete High School in lyw. He attended Snow College and then grad- uated from Brigham Young University In 1967 with a Bachelor Degree in art education. He is now teaching nrt at American Folk Junior High School. He has also taught art to the adult education classes in the Alpine Si hool Distriit. The aitist him exhibited is who spendBiuee tt.iti and Colorado hroughotit his paring the holidays id h m r d , ents. Mr and Mrs. Meinll Ills paintings He is m. liwill leave January 4 for with to the former Marian Holned to Cleveland, Ohio, to return the couple has two and man at studies hool si dental his en child Reserve , ' L.it-sen- Western Univeislty. daughters. at Before his assignment Beryl, Mr. Walters taught at East Elementary School in Cedar City. He has been president of the Iron County Education Association and has served as a board member of the Southern Utah Teachers Association. Hews Holed . . . Mrs. Henry Tuttle spent Christmas in Salt Lake City with th" Glenn Sorensen family. Christmas guests of and Mrs. Gordon Staker were Mr. and Mrs. Charles and son Marc, Salt Lake City; Mr. and Mrs. Gordon R. Staker, Laura, Debra, and Richard of Cedar City, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Staker of Logan. Mr. Her-mans- Fifty-fou- r persons attended the annual childrens party of the IOOF and Rebekah lodges held the evening of December 23 at the IOOF hall. Santa Claus paid a surprise visit to the party and Mrs. Santa Claus presided at the program put on by the youngsters. 4,, U 1 urday afternoon and early evening. y modern The lovely Mediterranean style home built on the side of the hill west of Highway 89 and about two miles north of Mt. Pleasant, commands a view of thy valley in all directions. Friends came from all over Sanpete as well as northern Utah to see the home built in 1969, and many of them also called at the Richard Niblev home in Ephraim, which was built in 1869, and has been restored by the Nibleys. Sgt. Ernest Madsen and wife, the former SuzAnn Christensen of Moroni, left Saturday to return to Fort Biagg, North y Carolina, after spending a furlough here visiting pnr-,itMr. and Mrs. Bennett adsen of this city, and Mrs. I, ura Christensen, Moroni. Mr. Walters headquarters will be at his home in Richfield, 207 East Center Street. He and Mrs Walters have three Members of Artopic Club were entertained at the home of Audrey Brunger last week. The home was beautifully decorated in the Christmas theme. The program was presented by Minnie Rutishauser, who reviewed the book, Tve Got to Talk to Somebody, God, by Margery Holmes. Special guests were Mrs. Rutishauser, Gladys Peterson and Ella Anderson. held. Ijur.-cn- Mr. and Mrs. Larry (Sandra) Krieger and sons, John and Leslie of Denver, Colorado, pent ten days visiting at the home of Mrs. Krieger's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Trux Lund in roof clubs throughout the area, said Di. Daryl J. McCarty, UEA executive secretary. "Many exciting things are happening in our school systems, and we expect many organizations will be eager to htar about them." Dr. McCarty said Mr. Walter's role as the UEA's representative in Southern Utah will be "to serve that areas educators and the public in providing better education for our children." i i Mrs. Iva Truscott returned home Sunday night after spending the Christmas holidays in Ogden ar ' her cl ult Lake City with ' dtheir families. Miss Audrey Jones of Denver, Colorado, was a holiday visitor with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W Jones. Mr. and Mrs. Gary Roylance and baby of Richfield visited here Monday with Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Jones. More than three hundred friends from Mt. Pleasant, Fairview and Moroni attended the open house of Mr. and Mrs. J. Frank Pritchett on Sunday. Family members who came from out of tow-- included, Mr. and Mrs. Lynn (Gwen) Poul-seBecky and Wendy of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lee Pritchett, Lisa, Lee Ann and Tommy of Salt Lake City; Mr. and Mrs. Leon (Susan) Bryson, Tracy and Mike of Park City; Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Pritchett, American Fork; Mr. and Mrs. Sam Pritchett, Provo; Mrs. Fred Jones and daughter, Julie Wen-dove- r; of Orem, Mr. and Mrs. Rex Seely spent Christmas week in Ogden with the Kennew Christiansen family, in Roy with Dean Seely and family, in Sunset with the James N. Joones family und in Centerville with Mr. and Mrs. Reed Seely. Larry Seely flew from Seattle to join in the family celebrations. |
