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Show 1 Provo Bench Canal & higation Co. Construction digging of the Provo Bench Canal & Irrigation Company began in the year 1863. The, digging was very hard as the canal extends along the east , bank of the bench overlooking the river bottom. The bed is., porus gravel all the way, the distance about one and three fourths mile. In 18C5 permission was asked of the court of the Territory of Utah to incorporate an irrigation irriga-tion district on Provo Bench. The law 'An Act to Incorporate Irrigation Districts was ap-proveSTan. ap-proveSTan. 20, 1865, signed by 52 signatures. Minutes of June 6, 1865 in part follows: "Upon consideration considera-tion it is ordered that all that part of this County situated on what is known as the Provo Benchwithinthe Incorporation of Provo City, alsoommenclng on the north side of Provo Canyon Can-yon thence North West along the base of the mountain to a point one mile North of the Incorporation Incorpora-tion line of Provo City, thence West to the ditch now made by the North Union Irrigation District, Dist-rict, thence South along said ditch to a point 220 rods from said incorporation line thence West 220 Rods, thence West to said line, thence West along said line to the lake, be and the same is hereby organized into an irrigation ir-rigation District subject to the right of way for the North Union Un-ion Irrigation District to convey the water from the river of Provo across said land to their district, and that the same be known as the Provo Bench Irrigating Ir-rigating District. Dec. 4, 1865 the first board of trustees were nominated: Wil-, Wil-, liam Miller, A. F. MacDonald, D. II. Kinsey, E. Reese and H. Coray. An election day was set for electing trustees, one secreary and one treasurer. The 6th day of Dec. 1865 a petition was presented to the court, signed by William Miller, Mil-ler, A. F. MacDonald, D. H.' Kinsey, Enoch Reese and H. Co-ray Co-ray to have an election. In ac-corance ac-corance with the petition the County Court ordered an election to be held Dec. 18, 1865. The trustees were elected and a tax of $3.00 per acre of land was made. L. John Nuttall was named Secretary and Enoch Reese, treasurer. A canal 12 feet wide with three foot bans was to be made. Bids were called for the work to be done' by order of the Board of Trustees. They were accepted at 3 cents a yard, not including brush-1 or 40 cents including brush. Aubust 31, 1867 William Miller Mil-ler was on motion appointed Presidents At this meeting Mr. Kinsey, Superintendent, made the report that the Provo Bench portion of the canal was finished so far as possible and that the North Union had not completed their portioruThey were requested request-ed to have it completed on or before the 15 day of Sept. 1867. October 23, 1867 an offer was made by the trustees to George A. Smith for him to select one 40 acre lot for his use. He thanked them and accepted the offer. A plot was to be laid out as a town and it was proposed to plant Mulberry trees and go into the silk business. July 27, 1868 George A. Smith was elected a trustee. Nov. 7, 1868 a note was addressed to Presidents mltb setting forth their ideas of planting plant-ing Mulberrv trees and going into the silk industry, also asking his and President Brigham YoungVadvisabfflfyof plotting a city. The water was being brought out and some crops could be planted. They expressed themselves them-selves as being poor and had to wait until the proper time of doing these things. George A. Smith's reply came from Salt Lake City Nov. 13, 1868 which stated he had consulted con-sulted President Young and they were of the opinion that a beautiful beauti-ful city schould be built on Provo Pro-vo Bench, but first of all It should be found out If wells could be dug and if the water would be satisfactory for use as the canal could not be depended on for culinary water especially during the winter. They advised employing a water ditch to trace the courses of under groundwater. groundwat-er. It was proposed to plant 100 acres of Mulberry trees in rows nine feet apart. Some test wells were drilled and it was said that water was struck but not in sufficient quantity to flow. One well was on the old Knight property prop-erty and another at what was called the fish ponds, now located lo-cated on Center Street and 400 East. They were never used as pumping was not advisable or probably not known. Articles of agreement between the North Union and Provo Bench Canals were drawn up Nov. 9, 1868 for the further cohtroling of the main canal. President Smith made the following fol-lowing suggestions in relation to the contemplated city on the Bench. That the city be laid out one mile square, to have five public squares, one in the center of the City and one in the center of each ward, the streets to be eight rods wide around the center square, and all other streets to be six rods wide, each block to be divided into four lots. One lot in each ward to be reserved for a school lot, also one lot in each ward for the Female Relief Re-lief Society to raise silk. Also one Block to be reserved for tithing office, the blocks to be 28 rods square or as near as possible. pos-sible. It would require 90,000 trees to plant 100 acres and the plans were to plant seed. The plot was to bewellfencecLPresidentSmith , Of w A . 0L i "J" ..- Is " ONE DAY OF GARBAGE collection by Sharon students yielded a pile of trash almost as high as the school. Fifth graders at Sharon School Tuesday collected most of the trash shown in top photo and also won the contest Monday. Fifth graders at Cherry Hill, shown in lower photo, won garbage contest last week. Winners received free theatre tickets to special show at Scera and all students received a popsickle. wrote on Dec. 5, 1868 that he was sure that a profitable silk business could be built up in five year. Trees were planted but the silk business, wells and plotting of the city never developed de-veloped as planned. The Company turned the land over to the government gov-ernment to be entered under the Homestead law. This was made in the form of a motion May 15, 1869. The canal and its laterals have grown and developed over the years to supply water to fruit farmers in this community which has been and still one of the most important means of livelihood in Orem. Presidents that have served in the Canal Company over the years are: William Miller, George A. Smith, Alexander F. MacDonald, Samuel S. Jones, William D. Roberts, T. J. Patten, James A. Loveless, John E. Hill, A. B. Walker, A. L. Mecham, Robert Thorn, John H. Stratton, W, J. Cordner, Ray V.' Wentz, A til Keetch, Ivan J. Burr and Leonard Leon-ard S. Walker. Secretaries have been: L. John Nutall, J. C. Clan-field, Clan-field, W. H. Dusenberry, Jon McE wan, O. H. Berg, P. M. Wentz Theodore Farley Sr. M. E.Kart-chner E.Kart-chner Jr., O. J. Poulson, L. J. Salisbury and Catherine S. Meld-rum. Meld-rum. Superintendents have been: D. H. Kinsey, John C. Jones- CIctaf is what youll find In th nw suits from Deansgate. They're styled styl-ed and colored in a gentlemanly gen-tlemanly manner to put you in a class by yourself. Let your wardrobe graduate grad-uate with a Deansgate from Hoover's. Come in and Join the spirit of '69.. 74 West Center Provo OPEN MONDAY 111 9 P.M. f " 4h -Vf M: J VV li-V It William D. Roberts, Newell Knight, James A. Loveless, John S. Park, Joseph Frmpton,Alonzo Hooley, A. G. Keetch, J. N. Andersen, An-dersen, Leonard Walker and Niels Andersen. Presently serving on the board are: Lonard S. Walker, president; presi-dent; Die, Burr, vice president; Catherine S. Meldrum, secretary; Niels Andersen, superintendent; Eldon Swenson, JamesT. Farley, Alvin Rowley and Otten Whitely as board members. There are 1954.40 shares of stock in the Company with approximately ap-proximately 750 stockholders. Demos Re-elect Precinct Heads Zane G. Alder was re-elected Orem Democratic precinct chairman in an organizing meeting meet-ing Moflday,; May -5 in the Orem ;'eferans Memorial Building. Mr. Alder,' an Assistant Professor of English at Brigham Young University, Uni-versity, will be serving his first full term as precinct chairman. Other incumbents returned to office are Louise Olsen, precinct pre-cinct vice-chairman; Donna Gill-man, Gill-man, treasurer; and Ella Lee, secretary. In other action the Democrats announced that the present division divi-sion of Orem into four municipal muni-cipal wards will be continued as follows: Municipal Ward No. 1, (Northeast section), voting districts dist-ricts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 23 and 24; Ward No. 2, (Southeast section), voting districts,- 6, 7,8,9,10 22;, Ward No. 3, (Northwest section), sec-tion), voting districts 16, 17, 18 19, 20, and Vineyard and Ward No. 4, (Southwest section), voting districts 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 21, and Lakeview.Wardchairmenfor these areas will be selected and announced in the near future. Other executive committee appointments ap-pointments will also be announced soon. TUNNER PAINTINGS DISPLAYED AT HARRIS FINE ARTS An exhibition of paintings by Glen H. Turner, professor of art at Brigham Young University, will be on display at the Harris Fine Arts Center during the month of May. Most of these pictures have not been exhibited previously and represent work done by Prof. Turner while on sabbatical leave from the University during the fall semester of 1968. The display includes water colors, oils and drawings. Prof. Turner painted scenes in California, Cal-ifornia, Nevada, Colorado, and Utah, with emphasis on the brilliance bril-liance and warmth of color of autumn. ALL SEATS RESERVED GET YOUR TICKETS IN ADVANCE BARBRA STREISAND OMAR SHARIF MWUIAMWVirR fiAV STARn PROOUCTUN eoxoFficr offN oaiiy 12 to & Sunday 12 10 a EVENINGS MON-tHURS 8 00 fRI SAT 8 30; SUN 700 MATINEES: SAT. 1:30 A 4:45 SUNriAYS 1:30 .1 ID 1 Orem Students Win Scholarships Three Orem High School seniors sen-iors are among eight Utah County students to win National Merit Scholarships to various colleges. col-leges. Seventeen winners in the state were named. Students from OHS are Fred Collings, Alison Farnsworth,and Dorice Williams. Each'received Brlgham Young University Merit scholarships. This scholarship is sponsored by the LDS Church through the BYU. All three sen- uib are nonor students. Scholarships to the 17 students stu-dents are of two types: National Merit $1000 scholarships are one-time non-renewable awards alocated by the state. Other scholarships awarded in the contest con-test are four-year scholarships named for the sponsoring organizations or-ganizations and under-written by various business and industrial corporations, foundations, colleges, col-leges, unions, professional associations, as-sociations, trusts and individuals The latter type is renewable for up to four years of college study and is based on the individual student's need. Fred Collings, 237 N. 400 W., will major in zoology. He is a member of the national Honor Society, the Orem High Key Club serving as treasurer in that organization, or-ganization, and was a Key Club delegate to the Utah-Idaho District Dist-rict Convention. Very active in the ROTC, Fred has received the ROTC Honor Ribbon with the Bronze, the ROTC Staff Ribbon, and is serving as ROTC Staff Information officer and first Lieutenant. He also is editor of the "ROTC Review" newspaper. Allison Farnsworth, 295 N. 400 W., will major in languages. She is a Utah Sterling Scholar candidate in foreign languages and is a member of the National Honor Society and the National Forensics League. Active in music, she participates in the Allstate choir, the Utah Valley Symphony Debonair and is A-CappeUa A-CappeUa historian at OHS. She was cast in the school play and in the school musical. She is also a member of the German Club. . , Dorice Williams 1094S.800E. will major in English at BYU. She is a nominee for Outstanding Outstand-ing Teenagers of America and for the Sterling Scholar. Presently Pres-ently serving as editor of the school newspaper, "Tiger Talk' and magazine, she also is president presi-dent of Quill and Scroll. She is a member of the National Honor Society, serving as secretary of that oganization, and is a member mem-ber of Sapere Aude Scholastic Service Club. She has participated partici-pated in the Young Americans and High School Bowl television programs and on the legislative student council at OHS. She is a member of the Teenage Republicans. Re-publicans. Orca-Gcr.ova Tiir.:s . i HAROLD B. SUMNER Editor and Publisher Published every Thursday at Orem, Utah. Office and plant located lo-cated at 546 South State Street. Mailing address; P.O. Box 65, Orem, Utah 84057. Subscription price: $3.50 per year. Second-class postage paid at Orem, Utah. SPEC 4 MOLLNIER WITH AVIATION GROUP IN VIETNAM U. S. ARMY, VIETNAM -Army Specialist Four David G. Mollnier, 18, son of ,Mr. and Mrs. George Mollnier, 910 East 400 S., Orem, Utah, was assigned as-signed April 1 to the 1st Aviation Avi-ation Brigade in Vietnam, as a mechanic. Happy 50th Aiiiiiversary To Orem! Watch For' These Fine Shows Coming Soon w 4 - S .Fred Collings Allison Farnsworth THEFT REPORTED John Wolfe, 65 E. 800 N., reported a sleeping bag, two tents, pack and frame, were taken tak-en from his carport. The items were valued at $125. WANTED-GOOD WANTED-GOOD used saddle and bridal. 225-5470. N M8 FOR SALE-1954 SALE-1954 FORD, radio, heater etc. Everything works, runs good, must sell. CaU 375-3151. M8R FOR SALE-69 SALE-69 DODGE Power Wagon 34 ton only 2,500 miles, remainder re-mainder of 5 yr 50,000 mile warrantee left - have equity of $2,078.00wiU' take $1200 cash or car worth app. $1400 prefer volks wagon - 255 No. . 1600 W. - No. 19 Provo M8-B MISC. FOR SALE-CARPETS SALE-CARPETS a fright? Make them a beautiful sight with Blue Lustre. Rent electric sham-pooer sham-pooer $1. Utah Valley Builders Supply and Pro Hardware, 485 N. State, 225-3300. MISC. FOR SALE-IT'S SALE-IT'S magic. Remove spots and stains from carpets with Rug-Mate Rug-Mate Stain Removing Rug Rent electric shampooer $1. Nelson Paint and Glass Co. 538 South State, Orem, 225-4141. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY TREMENDOUS EARNINGS HIGH RETURNS -We urgently need distributors in this area to help service the 4 12 billion bil-lion dollar vending market. Full or part-time (men or women) 2 to 4 hours per week. Minimum investment of $3,499.50 required - FINANCING FIN-ANCING available w$941.85 Down. Written guarantee of investment returned. For information in-formation call collect (415) 687-4480, or write, including name, address and phone number to: International Mar- . keting, 1045 Shary Circle -Dept. 14 - Concord, Calif. 94520 M8b t i u Orem-Geneva Times -w-sm nnii n ir t Dorice Williams PUBLIC INVITED TO JOINT VETERAN'S MEET A joint vetarans meeting will be held Monday, May 12, at 8 p.m. at the Veteran's Memorial Building. A panel from the State Hospital will be featured. Refreshments will be served. The public is invited. FOR SALE-10x50, SALE-10x50, 3 bedroom trailer. 255 N. 1600 W. 20, Provo, evenings, eve-nings, or call 373-5534. M8,15b WORK WANTED-TRACTOR WANTED-TRACTOR plowing of garden. gar-den. 225-5470. M8tff And lln the hero. Hffiiifi 'mm ft 1 I They hunted each other as enemies... they tormented each other as savages... they faced each other as men! 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