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Show Volume Se entyThree Tooele, Itah, NuiiiIrt Forty Tliree Friday, March 22, 196$ Sheep Mystery Continues As Officials Search F or Clues Authorities are still baffled by the cause of the malady which killed several thousand sheep on the Hatch Bauch in Skull Valley. BUREAU of Und THE Agricultural Management. County Agent, I'tah State University. University of I'tah, and I'.S. Department of Agriculture officials all have lieen probing the wholesale deaths of the animals which liegan last Thursday. Clarence Rasmussen, foreman of the operations of the Hatch ranches w here the deaths occurred, said that reports of the numliers of sheep killed were greatly exaggerated. There may have lieen 5600 affected but estimates are around 3(XX) dead. The sheep affected are in an area which is virtually inacces-sahl- e to ground equipment because of the recent snowfall. The ground is Ixiggv and makes drive travel even in a vehicle difficult until the afternoon. A CAMERA crew from NBC news flew over the area in a helicopter early Wednesday. County Agent Ernest Biggs said that a numlier of sheep are lost every year from eating Halo-getea poisonous range weed, but not in such epidemic proportions. By Wednesday afternoon officials had ruled out the possibility of food or plant poisoning or any disease. Postmortems taken under the direction of the state veterinarian showed that the animals were affected mainly in their central nervous systems. THE HATCH Ranch, owned by Anschutes Feed and Livestock, Denver, runs five winter herds on this range - each herd containing around 5(XX) animals. Two herds graxing alxmt five miles apart were hit. Speculation has arisen that the malady may have been caused by some type of a gas being tested at Dugwav, alxmt 25 miles from the bulk of the dead sheep. Dugway officials have denied any complicity in the matter, but announced yesterday that they would have an official statement today. Mr. Biggs said that the death rate seems to be checked now. 1 ' m four-whe- Clarence Kasmuvsen, left, talks to representatives of the Bureau of Land Management and the County Agent while awaiting reports from the laboratory on the cause of death of some 3000 sheep on Hatch Hanches which he foremans. Conference Readied President Lee V. Bracken announced that the Tooele Stake Conference will !e held this Saturday and Sunday in the stake center. The quarterly conference will officially open Saturday evening at 7 p.m. Theme of this meeting is How to Delegate Wisely which will lie carried out with talks and presentations, with President Bracken presiding and conducting. Those to be in attendance are: stake presidency, high council, and stake clerks, bishoprics and ward clerks, presidencies - and group leaders of all Melchizedek Priesthood quorums, stake auxil iary presidencies superintendencies, and board members, ward auxiliary superintendencies and presidencies; ward Aaronic Priesthood Youth and General Secretaries Adult, all members of ward councils. The general session will be held Sunday at 10 a.m. and all stake members and the general public is cordially invited to attend. Since there will be no visiting General Authority, speakers will consist of the stake presidency, and other officials and members of the stake. In keeping with church policy, only one general session of quarterly conference will be held Sunday, with each ward holding regular sacrament meeting at their regular scheduled time following the conference meeting. Television Show Features School East Elementary School will be featured on a KCPX Channel Four documentary entitled Open Door to Learning. The film investigates innovations in teaching metnoas and ideas and is moderated by Chaffin, educationa1 editor of the Deseret News. Principal Del Wasden and Joe Koeven a teacher and wing leader at East will appear on the program. The show will be broadcast over Channel Four Saturday at 12 noon and will be rebroadcast 11, Thursday, over Channel March 28 at 6:30 p.m. " E- -' . - 1'.'- . fell when they died Sheep pulled from a creek where they lie stiff and frozen. Over 3000 sheep are believed dead. Photo by Lyle Colbath i t K. !j-,- - f V.- W m The Ttxx-ll.DS Seminary Bowl team was awarded the first place trophy m district Seminary Bowl comictiti(iii at Scniinarv Day" activities Saturday in the Salt lade Taliernacle. The award followed seven weeks of competition with nine teams repieseiitmg the Salt laike Valley South Seminary e District. Team captain Scott Marett accepted the huge winners trophy and individual trophies were awarded team memliers Joe Brown, Jamia Gox, Teresa McStav, James M. Madsen, JoAime Erickson, Mike Marett and Coach Mark 4 Bushman. 111- -! Tooele Seminary students, front, left to right, Janna Can, Joe" Brown and Jo Anne Erickson, middle, Scott Marelt, James Madsen, Teresa McStay and (rear) Mike Marelt, displav huge trophy they won Sunday. Bowl is similar to College Bowl ga me Pa i icl me ml icrs w e re p li ed cm Old and New Testament. l.DS Church History and Book of Monumi subjects. Team inemlierx were also questioned on from current l.DS Church publications such as the Improvement Era. In the filial game Tooele defeated Murrav by a score of 362 Seminary the televised c . ls The following is the test of the statement released by Dugwav Proving Ground at 3 p.m. Thursday The Army at Dugway Proving Ground, since Sunday, 17 March, 1928, when notified of problem by University of Itah and Epidemiology Ecology ladxiratorics, has lieen cooperating with the University of Utah, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the State Department of Agriculture and private veternariar. in an effort to determine the cause of death of sheep in the Skull Valley area of Utah. Medical, veterinarian and other technical personnel of Dugwav Proving Ground are in the field investigating with these other agencies in an attempt to find some indication as to the cause and source of this problem. All agencies are conductining lab analysis and field to vestigations appropriate their capabilities. The Army is coordinating its efforts with the USDA representatives in Utah and as information it is lieing made available to interested agencies. At this time it would lie purely speculative to attempt to fix a specific cause of death of the sheep. No other form of animal life has evidenced anv symptoms whatsoever, although they are located in the same area where the sheep are dying, such as horses, birds, rabbits, etc. Until the investigation is complete, the cause of death will not be known. Vole TAD-Uiiio- n Results in Stand-Of- f to The union election held at and Aero Space Workers (I AM) Tooele Army Depot oil March Iaidge 2261 or by the American 20 resulted ill a stand-off- . Federation of Government EmVoting on whether or not they ployees (AFCE) or for no union wished to lx-- represented on an representation at all, exclusive basis by the Internawage Ixiard employees, tional AsMH'iation of Machinists excluding mobile and support failed to give a majorIMuiiUmI divisions, ity vote to any of the tliree choices. As a result of the failure to a majority, another election gam Utah State Fish and Came of- will lie held within ten working ficials Tuesday stocked Settleclass. Approximately 78 per cent ment Canyon Reservoir with over of the eligible voters cast their tXKX) raiulxiw trout. ballots as follows: 716 According to Conservation Of- AFGE ficer Rov Garrard, the fish weigh No Union 701 alxmt three to the pound and 1AM 314 were overcrowded in the Spring-vill- e Hatchery. A heavy snowfall Monday night made the plant of the fish more interesting than had Imen DRUG STORE exjiected. The two trucks, a half ton and a one-topickup, had to maneuver down the steeply sloping sides of the road to the waters edge. After putting chains on the trucks and getting hung up on hidden rocks a couple ot times oil the wav down, the two will be open drivers made it to the waters edge and the fish were Sunday dumK'd into their new home. 9000 Fish In Settlement Under the PXI. Help Wanted Tocxde City is presently looking for one patrolman. Applicants should lie 58" and 6'4 tall and in excellent physical condition. A high schcxil diploma and a valid Utah Drivers license are required. Interested persons should contact Chief Orvcl Hamilton. Still Critical RFC Ronald King, son of Mrs. Dorothy King of Tooele and Ray King of Grautsville, is still reported to be in critical condition but progressing satisfactorily. RFC King was wounded in action on February 2 at Quang Tri, Vietnam. He received shrapnel wounds in his head. Rotation Plan n DEV AN DRUG red-face- Sen. George D. Aiken saying Marxist Leon Trotsky's pre(R-Vt- diction that the U.S. eventually would inherit the British Empire is beginning to come true: "His prediction is coining very nearly true. We haven't inherited the empire but we have inherited most of its resjxmsibilities. March 15, 1968. Arrested Linda R. Clary for shoplifting. She was found guilty and fined $50 and i '4 Ik 1$ Ml La-V- Dr. Hillman Nelson, right, a toxicologist from the National Animal Disease Center at Ames, Iowa, watches while organs are removed from a dead sheep for testing. Photo by Lyle Colbath UGLES WESTERN MOM Police Blotter Many of the animals originally affected have recovered, but others are exected to die. MR. RASMUSSEN placed the value of the sheep at $40 xt head this would include the value of the lambs due to lie (torn in alxmt a mouth. An attempt will te made to shear the animals and in Mime cases skin them to save the pelts. Hi is, however, must lie done liefore decomposition liegius. Mr. Rasmussen stressed that reports that some sheepmen are planning to pull their animals off the range were in error. ins District Award Seminary sentenced to ten days in jail. March 15, 1968. Citation issued to Leo Gibley, TAD, for driving 45 mph in a 30 mph zone. MARCH 15, 1968. Citation issued to Howard Keith Haines, 678 Crestview, for driving 39 mph in a 25 mph zone. March 15, 1968. Citation issued to Phillip C. Stephens, 27 West 3rd South, for disobeying a stop sign. March 15, 1968. Citation issued to Gomer F. Llewellvn, of Magna, for driving 42 mph in a 30 mph zone. MARCH 15, 1968. Citation issued to Mary Rankovich, Salt Lake City, for driving 38 mph in a 25 mph zone. March 15, 1968. Citation issued to Dorothy H. Davis, 6.30 CrestView Drive, for driving 39 mph in a 25 mph zone. March 15, 1968. Citation issued to Marion Jack Turner, RFD, Tooele, for driving 35 mph in a March 23 - Friendly Hours 8 Round the Clock Chuckwagon Dancing 1 a.m. 7-- MIKPEDI? 9-- $2 Per Person t MARCH 16, 1968. Minor accident on Main Street between Vine and 1st South involving cars operated by Felix Edrnundo Medina, 68 South Broadway and Guy I. Wrathall, 189 South 1st Street. Citation issued to Guy I. Wrathall for driving under the influence of alcohol. March 12, 1928. Picked up Delane Jacobs and Charles Edwin Johnson for illegal possession of alcohol. March 16, 1968. Citation issued to Glen Hawkes, Dugway, for driving 42 mph in a 30 mph zone. MARCH 16, 1928. Citation issued to Richard Puff, 46 West 2nd North, for driving 42 mj)h in a 30 mph zone. March 16, 1968. Citation issued to Nick Aorndra, 355 West 1st North, for driving 40 mph in a 30 mph zone. MARCH 16, 1968. Citation issued to Walter D. Duval, Green River, Utah, for driving 40 mjh in a 30 mph zone. March 16, 1968. Citation issued to Joyce Jackson Buziams, Middle Canyon, for driving 45 mph in a 30 mph zone. March 16, 1968. Citation issued to Marilyn Gurney, Dugway for driving 43 mph in a 30 mph zone. MARCH 12, 1968. Citatum issued to Wivaz R. Brown, 585 West Main, for driving 41 mph in a 30 mph zone. March 12, 1968. Citation issued to Larry Taller, 822 Stans-burfor disobeying a stop sign. V. t 1 1 . '-- -i' , down an embankment to pickup truck inches its wav through thick snow cover the waters edge. Wildlife Federation personnel helped with the project. One-to- n of trout shoot out f Rov Garrard hangs on to the pipe through which hundreds a was spot last year and the fishing tanks. Settlement Canyon very popular 9000 fish planted should make it a good place to catch the limit. v J |