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M.; s., Eli s. , wp. vy4 14 Vli L. . 4, M.; wp. vy4 E, wp. t 3, 5, vy4 14 '. 4, M.; ,R- See. M.; 5., Eli L. . 15 Eli , s. wp. Eli 14 . Monday by County Clerk B. II. Young. Mr. Adams here en stopped route to Manti on 1941 court business. List of deputy assessors for 1941, submitted by County Assessor Charles H. Semken, was approved by the new board of county commissioners Monday afternoon as follows: Eugene Branch, office; Leo Leonard, rollos and plates; Mrs. Helen Smherer, rolls; Miss Wilma Robb, stenographer; Rulon Bryner, business; Jack Bryson and Gus Nicolede-mu- s, livestock; E. Grififth, Castle Gate; Evan Smith, Kenilworth; Mrs. Morrison, Standardville; Mrs. Lena Dowd, Latuda; J. Benson, Wattis. Mrs. S. Crumby, Hiawatha; Francis Dennison, Sunnyside; John Crawford, Columbia; Adrian Anderson, Rolapp; Charles H. Jones, Peerless; Robert Farrish, Spring Canyon; Jimmy Rains; George Harris, Martin; W. W. Simms, Spring Glen; Rulon Rich, F. H. Gagosian and T. B. Olsen, farms; LaMar Crawford, Mrs. Ralph Crawford and Lawrence Payne, Helper; James Liddell, William Robb and LaMar Jewkes, Price. The commissioners provided that deputies in the camps shall receive a commission of ten per cent on the money collected; stenographer, $18 per week; and other deputies $4 per eight-hoday. Assessing of business and livestock is well underway already, and has also started in several of the camps, Mr. Semken reported Monday. Other assessing work probably will not commence for several weeks yet. Appointments Will Be Deputy Assessors PRICE FINANCES IN Acted Upon During For Carbon County EXCELLENT SHAPE Friday Session Okayed Monday WATERUSERSOKAY BUREAU PUNS TO REBUILD RESERVOIR Sem-ke- es; t.- Sheldon Binch, 28, of Spring Glen, DRIVE IN CARBON was killed instantly and Glen Petty, 40, of Royal, was seriously injured in nn explosion at the Royal mine last Infantile Paralysis Fight Will Saturday at 6:30 p. m. Jack Taylor, state mine inspector,! pe Carried On With look immediate charge of the inves- Money Raised ligation following the explosion, and .reported that Mr. Petty, a motorman, ... , was pushing a string of loaded cars , Jn, a switch when they were of Charles Semken who the direction The cars struck the timbers has been appointed chairman of the along the passageway knocking the drive in Carbon trolley wire to the floor. A spark n county. Mr. from the fallen wire ignited the coal chosen by was dust caused by the crashing timbers C. Clarence and the explosion resulted. The reUtah State sulting carbon monoxide gas caused chairman. the death of Mr. Bnich who was in This drive is "the direct line of the explosion. every sponsored . After the explosion. Mr. Petty year by the Namade his way several hundred feet tional Foundation .along the tunnel towards the entrance for Infantile Pawhere he collapsed, unconscious, ralysis to carry on to the was rushed Mr. Petty j was exp eriementation reporhospital where it and research in an ted that he was suffering from severe attempt to find a head and torso burns, and i preventative The night shift was in the mine at cure this for Mine but of the explosion the time dreaded disease. Foreman W. M. Williams repotted In the past it has were that all the other workers safely been customary to out of the mine by 8:00 p. m. Harry Xatturner was the night foreman in bold a huge dance on the president tos birthday with the receipts going charge of the night shift. i Mr. Binch was born at Hiawatha on a national fund. Half of all money retain--Joh- n October 21, 1913. He was the son of taken in on the drive will be William and Alice Logan Binch !ed by the county to be spent for .and had lived in Carbon county all equipment and treatment for those unfortunate enough to be afflicted jjjs jjfe J He is survived by his parents; his with this disease. area on last widow, Mrs. Annabelle Reese Binch;! Reports from this a son, Sheldon, 3; and a brother. Hen- years drive showed Kenilworth to be the leading contributor in proportion ry, all of Spring Glen. Funeral services for Sheldon Binch, to its population. It showed a net killed in the Royal mine explosion, proceed f $231.36. Kenilworth was were conducted yesterday in the followed by Sweets Mine, in propor-Fi-iof $87.00. L. D. S. tabernacle. Bishop ,tion. with the net proceed with a came in line Next Helper Ephraim Muhelstein of the Stand- sum of $115.36, followed by Clear Creek and Scofield with $41.04. The total amount of the drive in Carbon county was $594.44. Half of this amount remained in the local fund. Don Hacking, chairman of the Carbon chapter disbursing committee, reported that the fund still has a balance of $278 44 which has accumulated over the years. Each county has two distinct i Criminal actions involving 16 de The in the polio program. groups fendants were disposed of by the dis or Mr. Semken , s group, group ,one Carbon court for county during 1S the fu"d trict and Je sl"g the past year, a survey of the records h or Mr' Hackmgs group is dis-' Donald of office in the Hacking, group. They determine trict court clerk, showed this week. disbursing he Of the 16 cases brought before the where and when the money in d the be fund spent throughout court, four were dismissed, one was Mr. Hacking s group is a perm-th- e suspended, one was turned over to year anent committee while the other lasts Department of Labor for deportalong as the drive is being tion proceedings, one resulted in a 'merely as out. carried settlement between the parties, and Mr. Semken will appoint chairmen nine were fined or given prison sen- -' in every town to carry on the drive. fences. The defendants were charged with Be manslaughter, 1; burglary, 4; forgery, 2: assault with a deadly weapon, 2; Elks or failure to provide, 3;j 1. other 3; offense, liquor violations, Several other cases shown on the records are still pending. Named at the Wednesday evening meeting of the local lodge of Elks is a committee to arrange and stage a farewell party for the selective seri Licenses vice boys of Carbon county who will . 1940 leave in the near future to spend a year in the military service of the na' Issuance of marriage licenses set a tion. W. Leatham was named as George mew record in Carbon county during chairman, his aides being Raymond U940, a total of 244 being listed at the Phillips and Erin Leonard. Silas W. county clerks office. exalted ruler of the local This number was 45 more than in Anderson, named the committee. lodge, 1939, and 38 more than in 1937, the It is expected that the party will ' highest year previously. on Thursday, January 23, an December again proved the biggest be held of dinner and proaffair consisting 30 couples obtaining permonth, with More detailed announcement gram. mits to marry. June, which is sup- will be made next week, according posed to be the marriage month or- to a committee member. dinarily, began to aspire to that claim again, as 27 licenses were issued in COUNTRY CLUB TO ELECT that month, second highest of any mem-v- f :month. In 1939, June was tied for! The annual meeting of the Club, of Carbon , the ibers Country th hi h ':lub house Janu at th held jInc1940 were: Other monthly totals in 15 1941 at 8'00 p' m' 'January, 9; February, 16; March, 21, aryThe purpose of the meeting is to j April, 15; May, 19; July, 20; August, for a term of club the directors elect 123; September, 26; October, 20; and of three years. ; November, 18. Those to be Voted on are: Dr. R. Grover, Wayne E. Johnson, John Quilico and Dr. Roy R. Robin- right, was sworn m as district attorney for another two - year term - 16, I.- FUND New Board Of Commissioners Elects Tidwell As Chairman Donald T. Adams, 15, M. 3.72 w E, ce fup j To Stage Dinner, Party Entertained; non-supp- i Record Number Of To Marry Issued During 4 1 - Le-la- nd 'New Army Reception Center Nearly Ready son. Members will be asked to vote for two of these nominees. i The Reception Center at Fori "Douglas, Utah, is rapidly approaching CENTRAL LABOR BODY SETS ANNUAL ELECTION completion, reports from the Center Officials announced. i When the Reception Center is completed it will consist of 18 frame buildings with concrete floorings. The permanent personnel will consist of .130 officers, enlisted men and civilian employees. I It is expected that each registrant will remain at the Reception Center from one to five days during which time he will be outfitted, examined, instructed about his privileges and insurance and classified under the section in which he is most fated. 30, 40 0,58 Draftees Are To 5 i Annual election meeting of the Carbon County Central Labor union, originally scheduled for ast Monday night, has been postponed until Monday, January 20, 7:30 p. m., at the city hall in Price, according to John W. Holden, president. Carbon county reported 170 cases of influenza in the week ended January 3, according to Dr. William M. McKay, acting state health Scofield Dam To Be Enlarged; New Mammoth Project Will Serve Sanpete County The Utah Water Storage commission was advised Tuesday by the Carbon county water users that they are ready to cooperate in carrying out the Mammoth-Scofiel- d project as reclamaof bureau the presented by tion. A committee headed by Mayor J. Bracken Lee attended a meeting in Salt Lake City and reported that Carbon water users had voted in favor of the project. Present plans call for the construction of a reservoir at Mammoth to water lands in northern Sanpete county and the rebuilding of the present Scofield dam so that the capacity can be greatly increased. The project, to cost well over will permit the use of W. P. A. labor because it comes under the act. Under this setcost of the project will total the up not fall on the water users. Representatives of the reclamation bureau will meet with Carbon county water users some time in the near future to discuss plans by which the water users can repay the government for its share in the project, according to reports from State Engineer T. H. Humpherys. Case-Wheel- er FOR CONSERVATION Already Sent Out Local Extension Office ar 1939. ur i 3 Selective Service Board Announces Move Of Offices $ v Otto B. McKinnon, clerk pf the selective service board, has Ry Checks in the amount of $3,000 have been placed in the mails so far in line with the Agriculture Conservation program. Approximately $500 in wheat parity checks have been mailed and an estimated total of $1,500 in wheat parity checks will be paid out. Sugar beet payments will be approximately $10,029. Almost all applications for sugar beet payments have been signed. Under the range program all applications have been signed but no checks are available as yet. The approximate outlay on this program will be $8,000. Reports from Walter H. Bennetts office, county extension agent, show an approximate total of $25,000 to be paid out to cover the 1940 program. This figure shows a $4,000 gain over the 1939 outlay which was slightly less than $21,000. PIPE REPRESENTATIVE HERE Elmer Pitts of Richfield is in Price on business relative to the new Price City water line. Mr. Pitts is a representative of the R. Hardesty Manufacturing company of Salt Lake City from whom Price City purchased the metal pipe to be installed. t v Tuesday. The room which was former- ly occupied by the board has been converted into a court room and will be occupied by the new city court. New Term Of Court . Will Begin Tuesday Young. All but Mr. Miller were sworn in together, while he, arriving a minute later, took the oath alone. The ceremony went through without a hitch except the Judge Keller, in signing his oath, first wrote F. W. Keller," erasing it to place Fred instead of just the initial. Action on appointments by the board was postponed until Friday at 7:30 p. xn., following considerable discussion. One exception was the appointment of Wayne Liddell, bee inspector. newly-constitut- ed (Continued on Iutce Seven) Artist And Lecture Series To Be Given By Music Department Third number of the Artist and Lecture series sponsored by the Carbon college Faculty Womens club will be presented by the music departments of the college January 30. Under the direction of E. M. Williams both the Carbon High school band and orchestra will present short concerts on the program. The vocal departments directed by Farris Edg-le- y will present the glee clubs, chorus and soloists, and also a speaker is expected to be obtained for the pro- gram. Following this program the numbers which have been obtained and will be presented on an average of about one a month include Ernest Wolfe, baritone; the Barton Harp quintet and the Belgian String quartet. (Continued on Iiiue Seven) Helper Man To Take High Offices In Two Carbon Mason Bodies With Judge Fred W. Keller presiding, the first term of 1941 district court for Carbon county will commence at 2:00 p. m. next Tuesday. Cases appearing on the court cal- commisar Set against these are liabilities totaling $470,787.57, broken down as follows: General bonds outstanding, $267,500; water revenue bonds outstanding, $104,000; special improvement bonds outstanding, $60,562,06; checks outstanding December 31, 1940, $27,396.84; service deposits, bills payable, $5,625.25. Principal of the total taxable bonded indebtedness amounts to $267,500, as compared with $234,000 at the close of the previous year. This is accounted by the $60,000 bond issue of November 15 for the city pipeline project, this money now being on hand. Bonded indebtedness of $27, 000 was paid during the past year. Rooms S 314 and 316 in the Eastern Utah V Electric building in Price. The office, which was formerly located in the Price City hall, was X moved to the new quarters ar sioner upon expiration of his two-yeterm, Mr. Tidwell, the holdover member of the board, was elected chairman by acclamation. A minute past noon, Commissioners Peterson and Miller, Judge Fred W. Keller, Dis- trict Attorney Donald T. Adams and County Attorney Edward Sheya were sworn into office, the oath being administered by County Clerk B. H. $129,975.78. announced that the board will, For Carbon County four-ye- Price began 1940 with a deficiency in the general fund of $21,625.79 (cash in banks minus checks outstanding), and wound up the year with a surplus in the general fund of $77.50, the annual statement reveals. This is the first time in several years that Price has closed the year with an actual cash balance in the general fund. In addition bonded indebtedness of $27,000 was paid off. Municipal receipts during the year amounted to $410,945.18 as compared with $410,233 in 1939. The report shows that the city is in exceptionally fine condition financially at the start of another year, according to Mr. Grogan. Net assets of the municipal corporation are shown to be $699,488.21 at the close of 1940, as compared with $651,548.06, at the close of the previous year. Total assets as of December 31, 1940, totaling $1,170,275.78, are broken down as follows: Hospital and equipment, $110,000; waterworks department, $430,000; electric department, $160,000; street department, $17,000; park equipment and hothouse, $5,000; cemteery equipment and house, $5,000; police department equipment, $7,500; lands and buildings, $280,000; water stock, $25,000; investments and cash assets, v hereafter be located in FARMERS TORECEIVE CHECKS $3000 Meeting in special session Monday afternoon, the new board of county commissioners began to function by D. A. Tidwell as chairman,. Net Assets Reach $699,4SS.21; electing succeeding Dr. C. R. Fahring whose General Fund Shows Actual term as commisBalance Of Cash sioner expired. Upon motion of Financial report of Price municipal E. B. Miller, new two-yecorporation issued this week by Wilcommisliam Grogan, city recorder, indicates seconded sioner, that the city financially is $48,703.29 by J. Orvel Peterbetter off than it was at the close of son, who became Or-lan- A CARBON STATEMENT SHOWS endar will be set for trial at that time, according to Donald Hacking, district court clerk. The calendar as drawn prior to the term opening lists four criminal actions and 22 civil actions. R. C. Sheldon, Helper, will have the rare distinction next Wednesday, Relief January 15, of being installed as prinBy cipal officer of two Masonic lodges. J. When Price chapter No. 6 of Royal Arch Masons and Charles Fred Jennings commandery of Knights TempMayor J. Bracken Lee has appointlar have joint installation here, Mr. ed a committee to aid in raising Ball Gold Sheldon will become high priest of funds for the relief of the widows and 7 the former organization and eminent children of war tom Greece upon the Be commander of the latter. request of the Greek War Relief asThe meeting is scheduled for 7:30 sociation. Carbon stakes annual Gold and m. at the Masonic temple at Price. Ray Walters has been named chairGreen ball, sponsored annually by p. Members of the grand chapter and man of the committee. Other memthe Mutual Improvement association, as bers named by Mr. Lee are; Dr. E. will occur on Friday, February 7, commandery very likely will serve B. Sessions, Harry Mahleres, S. M. officers. installing 1941, according to Rulon A. Bryner, Bliss, E. H. Leonard, A. N. Smith, Stake board members president. Frank Barboglio, Claude J. Empey, HELPER KIWANIS INSTALL will go ahead with plans and decoraVal D. Hicks, the Reverend Peter The Helper Kiwsnis club held its tions, in cooperation with the individNick Karras, and Charles Franzos, installation last in ceremonies ual wards. night Mr. Lee will assist the Madsen. the Helper Civic auditorium. Jacob Coleman, district governor from Pro- committee. The relief association is being sponvo, conducted the installation rites. sored by Governor Herbert B. Maw, ofT. took over Jones the August ExGovernor Henry H. Blood, fice of president and retiring presiR. Mabey and Charles to Chris P. was named dent, Jouflas, other citizens. Utah many leading a new office which has just been cre$2.45 $er bag of 100 pound weight. to as act ated advisor. an It was announced that the purchasEdward Sheya was inducted as vice es have begun and will continue until Set president, C. N. Memmott went in as January 20, 1941. 1941 All circular letters were asked to secretary and Jesse Perry was named treasurer. be sent in by January 10 and the folSchedule of regular meeting dates lowing day the bean committee will TRIPLE-CONVENTION SLATED for the board of county commissionagain meet to draw up the quota of The Agricultural Adjustment ad- ers during the year 1941 was set up beans to be sold by each farmer. If the number of beans to be sold fall ministration will hold its annual con- Monday as follows: under the 10,000 bag mark then the vention in Ogden, January 17 and 18. January 6 and 21, February 6 and committee will draw up the propor- The meeting will be attended by Da 21; March 6 and 21, April 8 and 22; tion of bags to be sold by each pro- vid A. Thayn and T. F. Beard of Wei May 6 and 21, June 6 and 20, July 8 ducer. If the crop exceeds 10,000 lignton and George Waterman of and 22, August 6 and 21, September committeemen. 5 and 23, October 7 and 21, Novem- bags, then the farmers will be allow- Price, local triple-ed to sell as many as they wish. This Representatives from Washington, D. iber 6 and 21 and December 5 and 23. First meeting in each month will number includes the 1940 crop and C., will be present to instruct and ad- vise the delegates. have sessions at 10:00 and 2.00 p. m.; from the 1939 crop. the the second meeting in each month The beans will be loaded at Price, POSTAL INSPECTOR HERE will have its session at 7:30 p. m. January 13, and all deliveries must be J. B. Mosley, post office inspector' Claims against the counfy will be made before January 20, according to for this district, was here the fore passed at 10:00 a. m. sessions, and Mr. Bennett. Mr. Bixby will again meet with the part of this week, conferring with other regular business wall be taken bean committee at their next meeting, Postmaster Ray Walters at the Price care of at the 2:00 and 7:30 p. in. sessions. post office. Saturday, January 11. Committee On Greek War Named Mayor Bracken Lee And Green To On February PURCHASING DATE ON BEAN OUTPUT IS RELEASED BY EXTENSION AGENT The bean committees of Carbon and Emery counties met with Edward H. Bixby, purchasing agent, last Saturday, reports from the office of William H. Bennett, county agricultural extension agent, revealed today. At the meeting a circular letter was drawn up to be sent to all bean growers in Carbon and Emery counties instructing them how the bean purchasing program will be carried out and asking them to report the number of sacks of beans they have for sale. The Surplus Marketing administration has announced that it will consider the purchase of 10,000 bags, 100 pound weight, of Mexican Pinto dried beans in this area. To meet requirements of the administration the beans must be Utah grown U. S. No. 2 or better. The following prices will be paid at shipping points: U. S. No. 1, $2.60 per bag of 100 pounds net; N. S. No. 2, Commissioners Meeting Dates A A j left-ov- I er j |