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Show Southern Utah Mews Page 4 Thursday, February 20, 1964 Kanab, Utah Arizona 389 Would Be Economic Shot in Arm Dam Glen Around Shift Canyon Highway Gets Boom at Kanab, Doom at Fredonia Information Given On Pipo Springs . Porconol And Operations At Prosont pioneer ancestry frequently use the site. Fort buildings are open from all year. 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 The buildings are unheated. Part of the pastoral scene are the ducks on the ponds. There are rainbow trout who contest ber. Bob Olsen is the historian for the ducks for bits of food thrown Pipe Spring and during his 30 on the water. A covey of quail months of service at Pipe has may flush from the taller brush. assisted in receiving, recording Cottontail rabbit, coyote and and placing in order the historical hawk are frequently seen! The artifacts of the 1870-189- 0 period. month of May is probably the' Bob also probably was your tour In best month for leader when you visited the old the vicinity of Pipe Spring. fort. Because of the increase in visThe permanent caretaker, Joe itors the Park Service has installed two tape recorded messages. Bolander is not new to Pipe ValOne is an introductory commenley. Joe became caretaker It 1963. was in 1926, when tary for those entering the courtJoe came over the Sandy" from yard. The second message you Orderville to herd sheep in the hear in the room occupied by Arizona Strip. Louella Stewart where the teleMr. Ray Mose of Moccasin is graph office was, gives you a seasonal labor for Pipe Spring sample ,of old time telegraphy. National Monument, doing most1 Wejiope to accompany all of the outdoor work a historical visitors as they4our the buildings. site demands. It has been the pleasure of the Park Service o have accompanPipe Spring National Monument is only 40 acres in size yet ied very interesting descendents-omore than 26,000 people visited pioneer residents of the area It 1963. is that has an interesting remark Each expected during Arivisitation will increase when or offers to donate a historical is 389 zona Highway artifact. straightened which out and resurfaced During the winter months visshould happen in a very few. itors to the Fort is scant and years. Pipe Spring " personnel go to of State After the nearby communities with Park Highway 389 the National Park Service movies, slides and talks. Service will continue on the MisThe elementary schools of Kanab to sion 66, construct an ample and Fredonia have seen several absorb an instroduction to the Park Service films presented by absorb an instroduction to the a Ranger already this winter. history of Pipe Spring, then walk on to enjoy typical atmosphere The first known combat use of a pioneer fort settlement. of motor vehicles by American The small area of the Monuforces took place during the ment, with a grassy meadow punitive action on the Mexlends well to picnics and group ican border in May, 191G . . . Family groups of a Quite a few folks have already met Management Assistant Hugh H. Bozarth who came to Pipe Spring National Monument to replace Leonard C. Heaton on his retirement from acting superintendent in SeptemKanab-Fredoni- p-- bird-watchi- Oct-tob- ng er f communities, now cuts off just south of Kanab doors. U-89, which once ran through both f has cut off and goes through Page. Downtown Kanab, Utah, LIVELY STREET looks completely different than nearby Fredonlar New filling stations, motels and other construe- tlon have caused a minor boom in the com- - virtually all tourist trade through Fredonia. (8UNfoto) munity, where only 7lz miles south, almost the closed their same number of businesses have The-cutof- re-rou- te get-together- s. "B" Stands For Dob . . . Dottor Buys . . . Bradshaw! STREET1 ITUs is the mid section of LONELY Fredonia. Although, this is a U.S. highway It seldom growls with the noise of tourist and gen- oral road traffic and often looks more like a quiet side street. It is U.S. 89A. Once It was U.8. 89, but since the coming of Glen Canyon Dam, It has been shifted to alternate status and tourist traffic has all but disappeared front the northernmost of Northern Arizona communities, Local residents are alarmed, but recognize that if completion of Arizona 889 were.a fact, muejh BOB LINFORD Sales Representative Phone MI or Phone JU A n d re w Feb. I.l, 1711 llradford of Philadelphia pub- lished the first magazine in t lie C. S.. called a periodical-h- e The American Matazinc, ., a Iolitical Mnt hi ii Vietr of .the CoU.nus. State of He li.itish Franklin, had ISenjamin hoped to got "l,t t,u American periodical, hut his magaziTfer The Ceneral Utijin-;ine A Historical Chronicle. went on sale three days alter J!r;id ford's., I Cedar City, Utah -- of government even though some Communistic countries suffer the loss of some of OUR dollars. I beleve eventually a bill car be passed after a better understanding of the problems have been aquired that would benefit everyone. But, as it now stands. I vote against the Civil Rights Act of 1963. Sincerely, Wilfred E. Edwards Kanab, Utah You can help prevent passage of this bill by writing your congressman and senators who are: Congressman Laurence Burton House Office Bldg. Washington, D. C. Senatois Frank E. Moss and Wallace Bennett Senate Office Bldg. Washington, D. C. md to any Senators in the U.S thdt you know of. 6- - 6595 Cedar City DRAD5HAW CHEVROLET CO. T FebrTO, I'M A now feature in telegraphic service ,vas introduced in New Yolk when the Postal Telegraph Company started to deliver "singing telegrams." Kanab ; k rtcar mmi push ktss essh enuu o kttui it la ica i. eu tsrun tt- - bci, taa. n. |