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Show OCTOMR PA ROWAN' TIM TS PAROWAN. TIM1S PAROWAN VALLEY Collection of Tan Bark Provided Early Day Emqloyment by John II. Pendleton Another small industry that was carried on in our early industrial development was that of getting Tan Bark. As has been mentioned in an earlier article, the FUM1 had as one of its activities, the making of leather. ITiis product not only supplied local needs, but supplied some of the needs of the outside market. TThis manufacturing venn-tur- e required certain treatment involvng tannic acid. The Douglas Fir (Red Pine) supplies this chemical in its bark. POSTAL PERTINENTS by Howand D. Knight With the almost nightly kiss of frost on the pumpkins we are reminded that another glorious Autum season is upon us in full ewnng, and although some may consider the comm-in- g winter season udesiradle because of falling temperatures and iqy highways, who is there among us who can resist a few Ohs and Ahs" as we behold the everlasting hills as they shed the soft velvety green that has so beautifully adorned them during Our local forests have a the summer months and put considerable amount of this on their breath taking, multitimber, and as a result many colored robes of autum. of the citizens availed them-sdvNow before we wax poetic, of their spare time and went into the mountains in perhaps we had better say the late spring and early sum- what we set out to say. At mer, while the sap was still the risk of being accused of tan ruling the season, we are running and gathered bark as it was called. This prompted to remind those was a wasteful process as many trees were cut at such During the later years of remote places that the hauling the tannery, a certain root of the logs to a saw mill was rich in the needed element impractical, hence a waste of was supplied from the Dixie much good timber. country. The trees were cut down With the passing of the and the bark removed by girdling the Jog about every 4 or tannery, I feel that we lost 5 feet. Tlie bark was spread an industry that could have out and stacked so it could well endured. Of course later be hauled to the tannery at methods would have had to some later date. It has been be employed. Today the hide of locally only a few years back that I ran across a pile of this bark slaughtered animals is almost neatly stacked and in a re- of no value to the producer. I believe this small indusry markably good state of preser should be give nsome thought vation In later years, this source and study as to the possibility of tannic acid was procured of reviving it. from other sources. es --- -A V Pace 3 1' Good Place To Trade, Live, Or Vacation! who have loved ones in foreign countries that now is the time to begin to prepare those Those Christmas packages. without loved ones abroad oo may not find this who those but for interesting do have friends or relatives in foreign lands may we suggest that owing to the long sea transit frequently involv. ed in th transmission of parcels by surface means and to custom inspection and other formalities that parcels may be subjected to in the countries of destination, it is reeom mended that mailings be made as early as practicable to assure delivery by Christmas Day. You may be reasonably sure hat parcels mailed not later than the dates shown below will reach their destination before Christmas. South and ('enteral Amerira November 10. Europe, November 10 Africa. November 1 Near East, November 1 Tar East. October 15 If the information is of interest to you, then why not clip it out and file it with your other mailing data for reference. Burtons Garage, Then and Now Hurton's garage today in a lar cry from this view of the obi Parowan Auto Co. About tic only resemblance of the t o businesses is (be buibbn r. The garage was built ia 1' and 1!'15 b S. A. Halt, i . 1 I . be upsl i and Kobb Page. was built and owned bv .1. V Paramorc, Jas. ('. Robinson, and S. A. Il.dtcr.u,' . l! upstairs Ionised two other Imsi nesses later. Iloth the P.iro-wa- n Times ami tic oi l lion 1 i 5 - t i (minty Telephone Co. m min- ed the upper llorr. Ownership has th.uigid several times since the buinli:u' was completed. Same of tin owners that ran be mm mb' r ed are: Cal Kilgore and tiro. E. Chilton, K. M. Doan, ..ml C. E. Horton and Howard M. Adams. Ownership now is now vested in the C. E. Horton family. ! s A '"k I- J .. ' The modern version of the garage features a large bulk storage for gas and oils and beating fuels. They feature J ill Phillips 6G products, including tires, batteries, lubrication supplies and bulk fuels. ( . AWsi & ; '"I . ...... ifHEVtNt fDRESl ANQ. GRASS fltEV ES2Z2E2X: Watelto Fob3 P ui nJ 'A Tb7 99 Sponsored By Parowan Valley Businessmens Association rsxtsc: |