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Show SUBSCRIBERS IN ARREARS GIVEN 50c DISCOUNT SUBSCRIBE FOR THE ; SAVE 50c . i THIRTEENTH YEAR SAUNA, UTAH, FRIDAY, JULY 17, 1931 Plans Complete For 'Plains Dinner Fete al Celebration Proves Big Success as Hundreds from Out Side g Swell Crowds to Two-Da- y Over-Flowin- Saliuas first Homecoming event, Main street and remained until the held here Saturday and Sunday, is close of the concert. The ball game in the afternoon now history, and going down with, a big drawing card. Previous proved this bit of history will be thoughts to the play, H. S. Carlisle, starting and memories of one of the most suc- who supervised the Homecoming cessful holiday events ever staged celebration, introduced some of the here. Saturday, as? the opening day, celebrities. Mr. Carlisle introduced L. saw more than 1500 visitors mingling M. Griffith, general chairman of the Rio with the home folks and the streets sjiop craft of the Denver & Grande. Mr. Griffith expressed the and places of amusements tfere delight of the hospitality extended to crowded. Former residents from afar the band members and ball players journeyed to Salina to visit relatives by the citizens of Salina and had no and join in making the homecoming .hesitancy in stating that Salina was celebration the success it was. Travel-- , fie(l with hospitality and good-wiers stopped over for the event; peo-- j ap bor visitors. He briefly outlined pie, whether former residents or not,lwhat the Denver & Rio Grande rail- came to swell the crowds, and road company was endeavoring to do throughout, the entertainments proved the way tf building a greater Sev- above expectations. (Continued on last page) Early Friday evening the Denver & Rio Grande bnd'and the crack Rio Grande ball team, apriv-- i ed frcm the fiorth. Saturday morning early the band gave a short serenade and then entrained in private automobiles for the south part of the ccumty. At each city visited, Monroe, Elsinore and Richfield, concerts were rt will now be only a matter of a given and the musicians returned to few weeks until travelers will be able . Salina at noon. , to gv from Elsinoje in Sevier county, The big attraction as an opeper w5s to Salt Lake City, on improved oiled the horse races at Tipperary flats. or cement highways the entire disbraved tance, said June Metcalf, chairman of More than 1000 spectators the hjt wind and dust and motored to the Sanpete board of county commisthe scene of these activities and wit- sioners. Mr. Mfetcalf, together with nessed wild horse and wild steer rid- J. E. Gam and D. F. "Larson, district ing and the clever horse racing. Some engineers, Clyde Whitlock, county fas! matched running races were also surveyor, and L. A. Young, road featured and altogether the exhibi- builder, who has the contract on the tion was enjoyed. stretch of road between Gunnison and Baseball during the afternoon and Standpat curve near Nine Mile resa big (fencing party at Redmonto at ervoir, were here Tuesday and were night, with the Rio Grande orchestra, completing surveys and arrangedrgw banner crowds. The dancing re- ments for the oiling of the stretch sold was packed as never before and from Gunnison north. The graveling visitors were attracted from all close-b- y work has been completed and just as cities and settlements. soon the Sevier county job is comSunday savf the close of the pleted, the oiling crews will start Matched horse races at Tip- work. perary at 2 oclock, more broncho Short the job of grading and, busting and steer riding furnished a graveling of the state highway, be fast and interesting program. The at- tween Pigeon IJollow and Moroni will tendance, however, at the Sunday be completed and early in August oilraces was not as large as the open- ing will be started. All the work in ing day. At high nflfin Sunday, the Sanpete county, it was indicated, frill RioCrande band, directed by 0. 1?. be finished by September 1st, and Evans,'we. .a lively concert in the with the gaps closed in Sevier county grove of trees east of the W. H. there will be continuous oiled or ceBrSwn home. Hundreds of cars jned ment road tq the capital city. The road leading from Gunnison to Salina, .ft some places, is in bfld condition, due, it "is thought, to inferior work. Quite a sfretch through Center-fieland several hundred feet through what was formerly. known as Hardis in bad condition and scrabble, . road officials stated that these places Monday, September 21, has been would, undergo repair at once. The set for the opening of the fall quarNews. J Gunman Valley ter at the Utah State Agricultural announcement an to collage, according CASH REGISTER PILFERED. of the schedule committee On that Someone, yet unknown to the of-- : day alj freshmen students wall regisficers or the proprietor, Ward Ras-- j ter. Sophomores, juniors and "seniors at the Raswill register on Tuesday, September mussen, made a clean-u- p aftermussen station Service will Sunday instruction and begin 22, regular noon and carried away checks and on Wednesday. The schedule, further, shows that money to the value of between $25 the fall quarter will continue until' and $30. Mr. Rasmussen, was December 18, at which lime mg the ball game and left his place the Christmas vacation will begin. of business in care of Quay Herbert Registration for the winter quarter and Merrill Smith. The young atten will take place on Monday, January dants could not give any information 4, with regular winter quarter classes, that would lead to the detection of beginning on Tuesday. The winter the guilty, but informed the officers quarter will continue to Friday, that two fellows were loitering about the place. Two Salina boys were arMarch 11. On Monday, March 14, registration rested and held for a few hours, but for the spring quarter will be held. were turned loose, as no evidence was them The spring quarter will close on Fri- produced that would connect crime. with the commencement 27. The proday, May gram and the alumni banquet and ball EXECUTIVE VISITS. will be held on Saturday, May 28, Theodore D. Martin, who is known with the baccalaureate service scheduled for Sunday, May 29. throughout Sevier county in educaHolidays during the year include a tional circles, visited Thursday of half holiday on Armistice day, a last week with Dr. and Mrs. C. E. Thanksgiving recess from Wednesday West. Mr. Martin is secretary of the noon to Monday, the Christmas recess National Educational association, and Washingtons birthday. Major with headquarters at Washington, D. assemblies during the fall quarter in- C., and he was making a survey of clude the presidents assembly on the northwest and southwest and also September 24, the honor societies as- visiting m Utah, his native state;, and sembly on October 12, fathers Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Brown and Mr. mothers day assembly on October 30, the Thanksgiving assembly on No- and Mrs. Dean Brown, were visitors vember 24, and the Christmas assem- at the Fishlake resort several days last week. bly on December 17. ll 40-pie- Road Crews Rush Work on Highways cele-Jftatio- n, . State College' Sets Date for Opening d attend-Frida- ! o NO. 43 Manti Post Ready 'Salts Break Even In To Greet Buddies Festival Exhibition Huge Crowds Throng City ForHome-ComingFestiv- NOW AND SUN y, According to advices received from Manti, the temple city is ready and extends a hearty welcome to all members of the American Legion and Legion Auxiliary at the convention to be held there Saturday, July 18. The event planned will be the first convention yet held in district six, and Manti, selected for the meeting place, is planning to make herself proud for the occasion. The program as outlined will begin with a .band concert at and at five the convention will be called to order at the Manti high school auditorium, when the Legion and Auxiliary members will meet in general assembly. Following the opening ceremonies, an address of welcome yill be given by Mayor Horace G. Brown of Manti. Musical numbers will be given s and preliminary discussions will follow, after which the Auxiliary and visit-- ' ing ladies will hold a separate session, af which problems in line with Auxiliary activities will be discussed. Members of the Legion will take up many important subjects pertaining to the welfare .of the organisation, among them being the selection of 3 delegate to the National convention to be held at Detroit some time in October. The election of a committeeman for district 6 fJr the coming year, selecting a time and place for the 1932 district conyention, and outlining a policy to be followed at the state convention to be held at Park City next month, will be othertfttpflr-tan- t matters taken up. Local Legion member will make an endeavor to land the 1932 statg convention for district 6, alid this ispne of the yital questions to bp taken ijft dt the Manti meet. Following the business session the Legion and Auxiliary members will be banqueted, and during this period a program will be given, Visiting members doing the stunts . A whoopee dance, ta b?. hhld "at the new open-ai- r dancing palace, will round out a day of real good fellowship and" will bring? to "a fose the first ahnual convention of the America Legion irt district 6. Sanpete Barrage, post 13, is ready to greet afl members. of the Legion? and it pam ticularly requests the presence of all four-thirt- .. men. LOCATES iT y, . HYRUM. Dh J. Pul Burgess, who recently returned from St. Louis, where he fompleted his course in medicine, later taking a years practice, JLas located permanently at Hyrum, Utah," a thriving city in the northern section .of Utah. Dr. Burgess made a business week ami after tip to the norjh last investigating the conditions at Hyrum, he found the field inviting ancf he will follow hjs profession there. Dr. Burgess is a native of Salina and since his graduation from high school he has made rapid advances apd his hosts, of friends here will vish hiry the best in his new location. . .. ' A yue striped shirt, a new ax That and a ticket to the movies. was all Grandpa Gardner wanted for his eighty-fift- h birthday, but that wasnt aHRe" received. The celebration was a big event to the children in the neighborhood of his home, 1753 South West Temple,, Salt Lake, and fhey came, se him for blocks around, their fists filled with sacks of candy, marbles and brilliant-hue- d lollypops. And every child who called in to congratulate him carried away a piece of birthday cake, together with one of the eighty-fivpink canits .n stuck dles frosting. They cajled him, the Pied Piper because, like the famous legendary figure, there is always a string of children tagging after him, running to him with presents, or sitting lik a row of solemn crows on the back fence watching him chop wood. One lad recently gave Grandpa a cherished flipper, and on Hot Cross Bun day the old man had more buns than the bakery. Because of his chubby countenance and white beard, he has often played the part of Santa Claus, too. He bears a remarkable resemblance to the- popular gjjjjception of the old saint, and has spent many Christmas tides ring e - UTAH LEAGUE. SOUTHERN Standing of the Teams. Crowd Will Gather at City Park and Participate in Honoring Pioneers and Historic Trail Builders Stindays 'Results. Qunnison, 20; Nephi, 15. Ephraim, 10 Elsinore, 6.. . Sunday's Schedule ' Elsinore at Salina. "Gunnison t Ephraim. . With a view to chartering and marking the Pioneer Trails and Landmarks, sponsored by the Utah Pioneer Trails and Landmarks assoa numciation, The ber on the calendar for one of the July celebrations, the Mutual Improvement associations of the First and Second wards of Salina, are planning for a big event tonight, Friday, at the city ark. A splendid program has been outlined and the masses will jojn in a dinner, each family- carrying its oyn lunch, and plans have been made to serve ice creani and punch free to the purchasers of coupons, mention of which will be .made, later in this article. AU are asked to be at the park at Plaiiys-Dinne- r, It took ?llanfc Lewjs, one of the best little moundsmen ;p the state of Utahj to yank the .crack D. & R. G. team, leaders of the Tribune Twi-Pght Salt Lake, for a bad league defeat for the visitors last Saturday. Lewis allowed only 4 h&S during the nine innings and. in his Vcrfrihance he .retired 13 6f the. crack hitters. Austin, a. sure-faboy and catcher st for the railroaders, smacked a homer in the .2nd inning." Only for tliis one run the visitors would have suffered a shut-oapd we dont piean maybe because the ;Salind Salts were playing the "best hall seen on the local diamond this season. Every mem-be- r of the gang whs on lys toes and wheiJthe gong soundedjn the last inning the score stood 6 to 1 for' the Salts. By capturing Saturdays '.game Salina .wound up with thirteen victories without a loss a record no team in? any of th leagues . have made during l13f Bill Tage, the. touted premier f Salt Lake moundsmen, proved "easy fur the Salts, and during the. game Salina .garnered 18 hits off .Page, and the boy from the city struck out only 4 of "the Salina Inen. Nearly l.Oife fans- saw Salina trim the visit- : . ors. . Scope by uinirtgs for the Saturday game: " ut - If. G .Salifla .. .....do o6o lOU Q00 020 021 H..E. 4 .T 6 18 1 1 Visitors Take Second. . tire slab fof the game beUveeh .the. .Salts and th(?.D.& R. G. lioys and the tables were turfied. . For some reason the Salts took a bad and coulL hardly make a slump showing, winding up with a.gigaslic score aga'inst themtlfyi finals being 17 to 3. The lociJs did not grieve, due to the fact that their record for winding was not. marred much. .Nyle Christenseij, the southpaw pitcher, was on.the slab for the Salts and. from the start the visitors took his measure and hithim. fbr 20 I Oggletook .Tom Second Sunday-affernoo- sihacks, runs. five of which n wefe hoipe It was Christensens off. day, however, and with the breaks falling to the Salt Lakt bftnch, lucky hitting, and Ahff slump yon the fart of the Shits, the game was not .as n- .( C ntinjued on last page) . ing doorbells, jingling sleighbclls and passing out presents. And one of his proudest recent acquisitions is a pair of corduroy trousers. All the boys had em, he said. Grandpa Gardner was born William Gardner, the son of Robert and Jane McKeown Gardner, at Bonaparte, Iowa, in 184G, while his family were enroute from their Canadian home to Nauvoo, III. Hi3 birth occurred during a teriffic snowstorm and the water was reported boot-tadeep around the wagon. He arrived with his parents and two older sisters, Mrs. Mary Jane Miller and Mrs. Margaret Miller, now both dead, in Salt Lake valley in 1847, and is who will another of the be present at the Covered Wagon p Days celebration. - Aurora Boy Hurt; Blameless1 . Driver Larvbn of llarward, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Hanvard of rorais at the. Salina hospital making recovery from cuts amt bruises he received in an automobile accident at Aurora Sunday morning at 11:30. Lavon was rendered unconscious, besides receiving three large gashes on his head and suffering bad body bruises when he was thrown to the hardroad after being hit by a car driven by J. E. Hostettler, owner tff the Ivinema and Lyric picture houses at Richfield. The boy remained ii an unconscious state from the time .of the accident until about 10 oclock Sunday night, and for many hours he state.. After fras in a regaining his senses and the "wounds cared for, the boy. began to recover and Wednesday evening he was cheerful und happy. y The accident happened dp the leading through Aurora. Just as Sunday school was dismissed, Mr. Hostettler, who had been at Richfield, was touring north. At the sight of th crowd of children he honked his horn, it is said, and checked his speed. who was in the group of Sunday became school children, evidently confused and darted back and forth across the highway, and while making for the side of the road to safely, the fenijer of the Hostettler car hit the boy, throwing him to the road. The driver of the car immediately ran to the aid of Lavon and after th parents had been notified Hostettler accompanied the group to the hospital at Salina and offered every aid possible. The accident, according to the parents, was purely unavoidable and no blame is attached to Mr. Hostettler. The latter, though, has interested himself in the care of the unfortunate boy and has made frequent calls at the bedside of Lavon. high-fra- La-vo- COMPLIMENTED. Mrs. Ira Rasmussen entertained at a childrens party in honor of her small daughter, Donas fourth birthday, Monday afternoon at the Rasmussen home. Games and romping were enjoyed by the little folks and luncheon was served at one table, having a .birthday cake topped with four candles for the centerpiece. There) were ton little folks seat'd with Dona at the table. HAPPY, OF COURSE! Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Vest were rejoicing and their freinds were extending hearty congratulations Wednesday morning over the birth of a bouncing baby boy. The youngster, according to his weight of nine and pounds, has wonderful possibilities ahead and if he continues his growth he will have Dempsey, Schmelling and .even Doc Merrill Mr. and backed off the boards. Mrs. Vest are residents of Richfield and the heir to the Vest estate, the first child born to the happy couple, are doing as well as the mother, Although he is physically well amT strong, he was badly injured in an automobile accident several years ago, and as a result his memory of the early days of his life is almost gone. H6 Jives entirely in the present, tremendously interested in things that are going on around him now. He spent the greater part. of his life in the Dixie sawmill of his father, Robert Gardner, and his uncle, Archibald (Continued on page I) splendidly. three-quarte- rs Selection Municipal Band Singing Community Come, Come, Ye Saints . Dancing Quadrille, Centennial Waltz Community Singing..... .....When the Rockies." Its Selection. Musical Numbers Selections During the Springtime In Harmonica Band Accordion Solos Municipal Band hour the municinumber of selections and later the band will furnish 'old and new time music for thse who care. ta dance on the grass at the park. Under the supervision of the Boy scouts .of Salina, a huge bonfire will, be started and the crowds will gather and enjoy various games and all will join in singing and making merry. As a means of arousing interest in the Pioneer history, and also for the purpose of disposing of coins to provide funds for preserving the dd trails and landmarks, a Plains inner was carried out on the 14th of this month in practically every ward in the state. Due to other matters the dinner was postponed in Salina rr.til this, Friday, night. The Mutual Improvement association of the L. D. S. church has taken the initiative, but the affair is not to be confined to this organization, and every creed, every nationality and organization, whether Catholic, Jew or Gentile, are asked to aid in carrying out the plans of the Utah rioncer Trails and Landmarks association. Coupon tickets for the dinner have been supplied all M. I. A. officers of the two Salina wards. These tickets will be sold for $1.00 each, and there are three stubs. One will aflmit the' holder to the Plains Anotlier will be redeemed Dinner. for an Oregon Trail Memorial Coin, and the third will be the contributor's receipt showing that the holder has assisted in, the movement to preserve Pioneer, trails and landmarks. A movement has been started in Salina to pay respect to two sturdy pioneers who fought in the early Indian wars. Barney Ward and James' (Continued on last page) dinVier pal band will furnish a 1 Au-- 1 fi splendid DAUGHTER 7 :30 prompt to listen to the program, which is as follows: 9 ... 4 Peter Peterson Is Buried at Redmond Impressive funeral sen ices were held from the Redmond ward chapel last Sunday afternoon, for Peter Peresident . terson, a former of Salina and Redmond. Bishop Orrin Peterson was in charge of the funeral services and talks were made by friends who had known Mr. Peterson for a number of years. Appropriate mir-ienumbers were given and a profusion of flowers were offered by friends and r"lativ's. Burial was held at the Redmond cemetery. was a native of Peter Petcr.-oDenmark. He was born in 1883 and in 1890 he eame to Utah, settling at Redmond. For a number of years he made his home in Sevier county, folf farming and lowing the. vocation Some 12 cattle and fur sheep. caring years ago he went to Montana, where he was employed, .on a large cattle ranch. Only a few weeks ago he was overcome with a nervous breakdown and he made an endeavor to reach his home here. He was found in Salt Lake in a very nervous condition and later taken to the state mental hospital, where he lingered for a lew weeks before his death. The body was brought from Provo Saturday and funeral services were held Sunday.-- Peter Teterson, the man who answered the final call, was never married. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Christense Peterson, one sister, 51 rs. Ray Jensen, and five brothers, Andreas, Lars and Niels Peterson of Salina, and Otto and James Peterson of Redmond. well-know- n n |