Show New Utah Town Fights Rabies Threat Little Lillie Valley Utah Is a hustling new community In the state located located ed on the western side of Promontory Promontory Prom Prom- Promontory Point It cam came into exist exist- ance ante In March 1956 when the awarding of a 45 million con contract contract tract to the Knudsen Morrison-Knudsen company Inc for construction I of Southern Pacific's 13 Mile deep deepwater deepwater deepwater water fill on the Great Salt Lake Slated to be in for tor the I next two years It has home for tor some workers on I their the round-the-clock efforts Many of the 2000 residents are I comparatively new arrivals to I Utah having been employed by I Knudsen Morrison-Knudsen Knudsen company in I Isome some of ot their other Jobs A good many of the workers worker I with their families all residing in trailer houses brought a dog cat or both with them to the job and other canines of various breeds sizes and varieties varieties' grav gravitated gravitated to the area The resulting situation was an overabundance of dogs many of them unclaimed and living off the land The cases case cases cases' of children bitten were of almost almos i dally daily occurrence All Alt the Ingredients Ingre of a full scale epidemic of rabies were present as there ther had been no program to immunize immunize ImmunIze ize any of ot the pets or control contro the presence of ot the stray an and unwanted animals Through the efforts of Mr Carl Car Safety Engineer for th the project a series of talks utilizIng utilizing ing a short motion picture on onI rabies control were given to th the I Safety Committees and the Par Par- Teachers Teacher's Association of the local grade school chool Mr Guy Ouy Reed the Project Manager ordered ft a dog census taken in the camp tamp area atea And made it mandatory that all new arrivals h have ve their pets vac vae- before residence could I be established Monday N November 25 1957 was set et aside as Rabies Vaccination Vaccina tI tion ln 1 Day bay a In Little Valley The clinic was conducted by Ur Dr J. J T. T Simper Brigham City veterinarian veter veter- members of the PTA PrA aided in seeing that all pet own own- owners owners ers were notified and proper records records rec rec- were kept It Is I. estimated that over 95 per cent of the claimed small animal population was Immunized and steps will be betaken betaken betaken taken to eliminate those not protected pro I tested through a short quarantine quarantine tine period Little Valley can take its place I among other Utah communities In bavin having Its do dog population und and ander under er control a civiC achievement of cA no small mall undertaking The citizens arp are aware kware that d dog lg Isman's Isman's Is li liman's limans mans man's best friend only ny when under control U |