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Show VOLUME XXVI NO. 3 KANAB, UTAH, THURSDAY, Local Interest Increasing As Kanab Municipal Election Nears; Good OCTOBER 31, 1957 $3.50 Yearly, 10c Single Copy f Tunnel At Glen Canyon Dam Finished Ahead of Schedule First Major Project Completed At Glen Canyon Dam Project By Mountain States Construction Co, Of Denver Turn Out Of Voters Expected Here Election interest in Kanabs coming Nov. 5 municipal election to elect a Mayor and two Councilmen is gaining momentum this week as voters begin to take more interest in the city election than they have in many years. Although the majority of voters were unable to be in on the selection of candidates for each party at the nomination conventions, most voters feel that each ticket have men of good merit running for office. The Democratic, or Citizens Party, have for the past two weeks been publishing their platform of proposed city government if elected. They have many fine points in their platform and should receive much consideration from the voters. The Republican Party, who have proposed no platform for public consideration, are apparently falling back on their rank in numbers hoping to win the three seats. Incumbent Mayor George R. Aiken who has spearheaded the recent growth of the city and has been pushing for the sewer and water project is seeking With him on the ticket are, Ernest G. Kirby, Kanab principal, president of the Lions Club and a Salt Lake City newspaper correspondent. Neil Crosby is a local pharmacist, chaplain of the Kanab Legoin Post 69 and an ardent worker in the LDS church. On the Republican ticket are, Harmon Steed: local Kanab Bank manager. He is a well liked newcomer to Kanab, and is helping to spearhead the drive for a Kanab Chamber of Commerce, and is a worker in the LDS church. Scott Brandon, who has recently returned to Kanab from duty in several foreign countries is an experienced engineer, he has also been working for the Chamber of Commerce here. L. Elmer Jackson is a former Kanab mayor and councilman, is one of the , areas largest ranchers and in his home maintaining Kanab. Gferida MAYOR GEORGE R. AIKEN Land Management Engineers Finish Nearby Land Survey Bureau of Land Management engineers Saturday finished surveying 1,860 acres of government land near Glen Canyon Dam that will soon be opened for public application. The land lies along the Glen Canyon-Kanahighway, about one mile north of U. S. b much-publize- section 32. Early in September the BLM classified the acreage as suitable . Looking into the huge diversion tunnel that was com- pleted this week at Glen Canyon, The tunnels primary purpose! 46-ft- will be to carry water around the area where the Dam itself will be built during the next 6 or 7 years. The above photo was Primary elections for Homecoming queen will be held Monday morning, November 4. The finals will be Friday morning just before the Homecoming assembly. Monday, October 28 the halls of K.H.S. were pretty bare as the football squad and most of the students travelled to Hurri- Former Kanab residents, David and daughter, and Carol Clark E. 2903 15th. Ave., Spokane, Wash., on November 10th, Their son, Austen D. Pugh of Orem, Utah, will be visiting in Spokane at that time. Mr and Mrs. Pugh were married in the Salt Lake L. D. S. They Temple on Oct. 2, 1907. made their home in Kanab until 1944 at which time they moved to Provo, Utah. They lived there until they moved to Spokane in 1950. They are parents of two children and have five grandchildren and two great grand children. their Kenneth son-in-la- was born in Kanab on the son of Edward and Elizabeth Kelly Pugh. He received his education in the Kanab schools and the B. Y. U. Academy, Provo, Utah. In 1908 he w'as called to serve an L. D. S. mission and spent two years in When he returned England. home to Kanab he was elected Kane County Attorney and served in this capacity for over 20 years. He was also City Attorney for a number of years and was president of the Board for Kanab for four years. Amanda was born in Order-ville- , December 21, 1888, the daughter of Thomas and Elinor Hoyt Chamberlain. She moved to Kanab when she was six years of age. She also received her schooling in Kanab and at the B.Y.U. Academy in Provo. She was very active in Church and club work in Kanab. Dave Sept 24, 1882, (D.-Wyo- .) North-wood- t Local Resident Has Georgia Ott (Tiny) Averett of Kanab has been invited to exhibit three of her pictures in the Greek Theatre, Griffith Park, in Los Angeles, California. The exhibit is sponsored by the Santa Monica Art Association Inc., and will be on display November 10th. to 29th., inclusive. The Jury of Awards will consist of professional outside artists and there will be monetary prizes and ribbons. The three entries done by Mrs. Averett are; a still life PEAR BLOSSOM, water color; YOUNG NAVAJO GIRL, pastel portrait and a pastel portrait of MANUELITO, NAVAJO WAR CHIEF. The last entry, a portrait of a heroic Navajo war chief was commissioned last year and is owned by Mr. and Mrs. William Bean of Kanab. Valley High School News Items Reporters LuJean and Bill Heaton October 18th. the Annual Deer Hunters Ball was held. Darlene Heaton the Sweetheart of last year crowned the new Sweetheart. Karen Bolander. Many prizes were given away and a good time was enjoyed by all. Ootober 25, was the FHA and slumber party. At 6:30 all the Freshman new members and our advisor, Mrs. met at Laune Esplins. There they were blindfolded and taken to the school house for initiation. Just ask any of them what fun it was, it was really something different for all After this we all ate and then we had a talent show. Some of the kids thought it was time to sleep after this but ask them if they did. I wonder who made Gfer.dito Nsws Notes all of the noise at all hours of the night. Everyone had fun even The Stake MIA Road shows though they didnt get much that were presented here in our sleep. Ward Wednesday were very good The Juniors and Seniors are and a large crowd turned out both working on class plays to to enjoy them, we all look for- be given in the near future. been quite a few stuward to these road shows that There haveof school with the flu dents out are presented each fall. the past two weeks. Wednesday, Oct 30th. all of Mr. Clarence Foote took sudthe band members are denly ill and was taken to the to go to Cedar City to planning hear the Kane County Hospital last week Navy Band. We have really bewhere he remained several days, en looking forward to this. We have a big Halloween but has been able to leave the and dance planned for Nov. Party hospital at the present time. 1st. and hope everyone will be there. (Continued on page two) cane for another league game. It was a close fight all the way although Kanab had a lead of 6 points in the third quarter. Hurricane finally spurred ahead and ended the game with the . The stutying score of to obtain able was dent body both buses for the trip. Everyone had a good time, although many ended up with sore throats to pay for their wild yells. The Senior class is working on a program to set everyone laughing and bring them back to earth after their Halloween capers. The Senior Hop has been scheduled for November 22, 1957. 20-20- L. and Amanda C. Pugh, who now reside at E. 2222 S. Alta-mon- t Blvd. in Spokane, Wash, observed their 50th. wedding on Oct. 2nd. but will be honored with a belated anniversary party at the home of Colorado Project Kanab and Fredonia Cities stock-man- At Spokane Nome taken by Fred Finch, Bureau photographer when the tunnel was some 700 feet deep, early last spring. TV Committee Near Goal In Bringing Television To r Kanab High Invilalicn To School Mows Events Exhibit Art Works Former Kanab Residents Observe SOth. Appeal Made Additional Funds o for residential and commercial development. The surveyors subdivided the f the land into 285 lots, averaging about 2.4 acres each. Maps of their subdivision will be sent to Washington for final approval. According to Evan L. Rasmussen, assistant BLM state supervisor, the lots should be open for public application sometime next spring. Veterans will be given By Valda Keeler preference. Lots will be sold either by public auction or by Life at K.HJS. i getting the drawing. best of all of us slowly but surely, especially with old flu lurkThere are now 22 million per- ing around every corner. sons in the United States clasFriday, October 25, the G.A.A., sified as war veterans. These Girls Athletic Association was Middle age Is when you feel with their families account for organized; and officers were The girls chosen to on Saturday night the way you 75 million of the countrys 170 chosen. the lead organization for the to on feel used Monday morning. million population. coming year are: Susann Chamberlain, President; Bernice Lawrence, Vice President; Merylee Mr. and Mrs. David L. Pugh Mahoney, Secretary; and Sandra Dennis, Historian and Reporter. Letters have been sent out informing the Kanab Business places and organizations of the Homecoming which will be held on November 8. We hope to have a lot of support from all of them. Wedding Anniversary KANAB Completion of the first of two water diversion tunElection . . . nels scheduled for the Glen Can yon Dam. was announced ThursGLENDALE Seeking the ofday by the Bureau of Reclama fice President of Board of Trusttion officials at Kanab. Mountain Slates Construction ees (4 year term) in this city Co., of Denver, Colorado, com- Nov. 5th. will be James L. Maxpleted the 2.740 ft. water diver- well on the Citizens ticket and sion tunnel to within 30 feet of Howard B. Spencer on the Rethe canyon wall at the down- publican ticket. ' stream portal Thursday afterFor Member of Board of Trustnoon. A 10 ft. pilot hole was ees (4 year term) will be Mareida then drilled through to daylight Black and Keith K. Iverson on to complete the job. the Citizens, and L. Dean AnderThe contract was awarded to son and C.W. Brinkerhoff on the the Denver firm 13 months ago Republican ticket on a low bid of $2,452,340. Also on the ballot for voting Bureau of Reclamation engineers es- for or against is the proposition Should a town ordinance be timated the Job cost at $3,845,100 Ernie Moore, Tunnel Superin- made to allow for the sale of beer tendent for the construction firm in the township." said more than 150,000 cubic yards of rock had been blasted and excavated from the tunnel since For work was started last February. exMore than 250,000 pounds of plosives were required for the blasting operations in the tunnel. Reclamation officials pointed out that the tunnel was not being drilled out completely through the wall at the lower portal beWash.Ingtom-rThgovernors cause another contractor would of and Colorado and later line the lower half of the Sen.Wyoming C. Joseph O'Mahoney tunnel with concrete. When this backed Monday up an Upjob is ready to be done the 46 ft. per Basin appeal made last week tunnel will be drilled out comp- for nearly a $9 million Increase letely. in funds for the Colorado Storage, Drilling and blasting operations Project in next years budget , were subcontracted to At a meeting with assistant Ine., of Denver and the ex- to the Budget Director Robert E. to cavating job Gov. Steve Merriam, the Theo Wood Construction Co. McNlchols O'Mahoney, of Colorado and Gov. of Salt Lake City. Milward Simpson of Wyoming Last week drilling operations asked that a minimum of $75 on the second water diversion million be earmarked for con- tunnel located on the oppisite structlon in. fiscal 1959. canyon wall were started by Gov. George D. Clyde Merritt Chapman and Scott Corp. of Friday Utah nd Gov," Edwin prime contractor tor the Uien of New Mexico also met Canyon Dam. 'the second tunnel with Merriam and urged that will be 2900 feet in length. 914,600,000 be - tnctat6ed.'tit the v init-itatio- n Met-zelaa- Fund Drive Goes Over For Equipment Me-che- m People of Kanab ind Fredonia are to congratulated on your fine spirit of cooperation. Through your donations the goal of the first fund drive for Television has been reached. At the meeting of the TV Association last Tuesday night, Verda Drake Fund Drive Chairman, reported that $3,405.64 had been collected, and $16.00 of this amount was spent on supplies needed to make the drive. Theo McAllister reported that the equipment had all been lined up, and quoted prices and delivery dates. The biggest problem confronting the Association was the expenditure of $2,200.00 for a diesel power plant. After considering all the angles, it was unanimously decided tfiat the savings in fuel cost and over other types of power plants discussed merited the expenditure, and the diesel plant has been orded. The total foreseeable expenditure for equipment now amount to $3,320.00, leaving a balance of $69.64 unencumbered. There is much work remaining to be done. An access road will have to be graded up the mountain; a concrete footing poured and shed built to house the power plant; a short power line is and now under construction; there is more equipment to be installed. Anyone able to help with this work, either with labor or equipment, should contact Wendell Bentley in Fredonia or Theo McAllister in Kanab. Although the fund drive was a success, more funds will be needed for items such as fuel and expenditures incidental to the completion of the project. So if you havent done your share now is the time. Call Verda Drake in Kanab or Lu Mitchell. MI in Fredonia. Leave your name and address and they will see that your donations are picked up. Remember, this is your TV association. The more support you give it now, the quicker youll have Television. mainte-tenanc- e Kanab High School P-T- A Monday The Kanab high school P.T.A. will hold their regular meeting Monday night, Nov. 4th. at 7:30 p.m. This month is American Education Week and there will be a discussion on PTA scolarships. A very interesting program is planned. Parents lets sec you there. , 59 Kanab Lions Club Host Salt Lake Chamber Here 30th The Kanab Lions Club were hosts to the Salt Lake City Chamber of Commerce here Wednesday evening, where they met with local Lion Club members and buisinessmen of Kanab. Some 26 members came from Salt Lake City .on the good will tour and met with local people at a dinner in the Parry Lodge. Earnest G. KirbyLlon Club president, in charge of the dinner meeting and who spearheaded arrangements to bring the Chamber here, welcomed the visitors and gave them a good natured ribbing when he said Salt Lakers believed that Southern Utah ends at Sandy." Other reminders to the Salt Lake Group that this area felt that it had at times been neglected. The meeting, highlighted by an informal discussion of mutual problems by Chamber members and local representatives. Also present at the meeting and taking part in the discussions, as well as giving talks to the group were, L. F. Wylie and Herbert S. Booth, both of whom are closely connected with Glen Canyon Dam. ' budget - OMahoney had arranged Monday's meeting some time ago but neither Mechem nor Clyde, in town for a Colorado Basin States conference, were able to remain here over the weekend. In his appeal for higher funds the Wyoming senator told Merriam the money could be gained from wastes In foreign aid expenditures. He pointed out what he called a danger to the project next year by the drop of earmarked in the $1,538,000,000 Presidents budget for natural resources to $1,400,000,000 in the revised estimate made public early this month. OMahoney took the opportun-- , ity to single out California, whose city Los Angeles has been made prosperous and wealthy from the storage of water at Hoover Dam as playing a delaying game. No time should be lost in the construction of these projects. he said. He added the Upper Basin states are going to have to keep up the light. I Lccl DeSoto Deafer Previews 053 Models 1 KANAB, of UTAH-Uo- yd the Pugh Motor De Soto Pugh deal- ership has returned here from Salt Lake City, Utah, where on Oct 25, at the Newhouse Hotel along with over 50 other De Soto dealers, he previewed De Sotos 1958 line at the annual mass dealer announcement. "Its going to be the greatest line-uin De Sotos history, he said. There will be four series Fireflite, Firedome and the lower priced Firesweep, which was so successfully introduced last year plus the luxurious Adventurer series. The line will consist of 18 body styles, including four convertibles, the largest number all ever offered by De Soto-an- d featuring a completely new engine, among other great Improvements. In addition to seeing the new cars, he heard factory officials and Charles C. Freed, Freed motor Co., Salt Lake City, De Soto InjteijmountaSn distributor, discuss 1958 introduction plans. The new cars will be preceded by record advertising in newspapers In full color in magizines and on the popular Groucho Marx 58 cars TV show. The will be displayed here on Nov. 1 Inter-mountai- n In reply to Mr. Kirby's ribGus Backman , executive secretary of the Salt Lake City Chamber of Commerce, said, We knew that Kanab was down here, but when Kanab was a poor distant country cousin we were not to interested. But now with the Glen Canyon Dam and developments In this area going on theres money down here, and we want to be friends." In a more serious talk, Mr. BacKman pledged the support ot tne Chamber toward development ol business all along Highway tfi as well as in this immediate area, and to especially work toward establishing that Kanab is the gateway to the Glen Canyon Dam development area. Norris McDonald, City Councilman , as a representative for Mayor Aiken who had to attend meetings in Salt Lake City that night, spoke to the group. Clark Swapp, County Commissioner and William J. Smirl, State Highway Commissioner also spoke on local problems and the manner that local people were handling them. Chamber met with Panguucn Following the Wednesday nite buisinessmen for an early breakvisit here the members of the last and visited in Richfield also. bing, p all-ne- ( |