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Show Millard County Chronicle GIVING OUR WORLD Once THE LONG TRAINS Quietly, and without fanfare, the Union Pacific's beautiful streamlin er, The City of St. Louis, made the last run on the Ogden-Los Angeles leg of its route one day last April, and I, for one, was sorry to see it go. I've enjoyed riding on it many times, from Delta to Los Angeles, and Delta to Salt Lake. I've come to know the rail route, its stations and scenic attractions, as well as the highway, and in recent years I've always preferred to take the train rather than drive my own car. No. 9 and 10 the odd numbers Indicate westbound trains, the even numbers eastbound is now "consolidated" "con-solidated" with number 103-104, The City of Los Angeles, south of Ogden, and, since the, latter now stops at Delta, the change does not result in any reduction of service here. It was made, in fact, as a matter of operating efficiency. The U. P. has been losing about $1.5 million per year on this leg of the run of No. 9 -10, and will recover at least part of this loss under the new arrangement. In the slack season, sea-son, only one train need be run, while in the busy season as many sections as are needed can be put on. Not that these trains haven't been pretty well patronized in the past. On several occasions, members mem-bers of mv family have had to get aboard at Salt Lake "unassigned" to reserved seats, and spend the 2 hour 15 minute trip to Delta riding rid-ing in the dome car than which, in my opinion, there are few plea-santer plea-santer places to ride, anyway. Yet rail passenger traffic has been undergoing slow attrition over the years, while operating costs have been going up, so by running fewer but longer trains, the U. P. may cut its passenger operating op-erating losses. And some of the trains are long ones, indeed. One night last summer, I was standing at the top of the ramp at the Salt Lake station, waiting to get on No. 9. A man next to me remarked that No. 103, which was also in the station, was made up of 27 cars. No. 9 consisted of 13 cars, so that night there were two trains rolling southwest out of Salt Lake totaling 40 cars. In previous years, the company would have made up three trains to handle that many cars. But in summer, 1963, what would have been two sections of No. 103 was run as a single long train. It was fast, too. My family were waiting at the Delta Del-ta station for me, and Pamela remarked re-marked of No. 103, "It went barrelling barrel-ling through here so fast the windows win-dows looked like streaks and we thought there was no end to it". 'No. 9 got in about five minutes later, having taken 2:05 to make the run from Salt Lake. I had divided di-vided my time between my reserved reserv-ed seat, the men's lounge, where I read a little, and the dome car, from which I could occasionally catch a glimpse of the flashing tail light of No. 103, a few miles ahead. Which brings to mind some reasons rea-sons I like train travel. On the 28 hour run from here to Chicago, for instance, passengers have, in effect, ef-fect, a choice of five or six places to ride at various times. There is one's own reservation; a choice of two diners; the recreation or lounge car, and one or more observation dome cars. In addition, those who like to smoke or just talk usually can find a comfortable seat in the men's or women's lounge. Certainly these trains provide a degree of luxury in public transportation surpassed sur-passed only in ocean liners. A friend once took issue with, me for liking train travel. He said he always went by air. But it developed develop-ed he didn't really enjoy flying, either. To him, travel was something some-thing to be endured in order to get some place else. To me, travel is a pleasure in itself, which is why I enjoy each means in its field: not only trains, but busses, planes and ships. I believe that people who love travel for its own sake make up a large part of the railroads' rail-roads' business. Certainly I have never seen any happier travellers than those I have encountered in WE ARE DEALERS FOR maiQ(Gn CAMPERS and TRAILERS 8-ft. Rancho El Rae .... 51,399.00 SLEEPS SIX FULLY EQUIPPED BUTANE AND ELECTRIC ACCESSORIES RUNNING WATER,, SINKS and CABINETS BEDS and MATTRESSES FOR SIX 10-ft.EI Rae $1,499.00 BEAUTIFUL INTERIOR SPECIAL oUa lata Supfuj, PHONE Thursday, June 11, 1964 THE Over . By Dick Morrison the dome cars of the City of Los Angeles, and the California Zephyr. The Santa Fe Super Chief remainj a prestige train to certain of the big names of Hollywood. TIME magazine recently noted signs of a resurgence of train travel for fun. People go to the top of the Space Needle in Seattle to enjoy dining in that unique revolving restaurant; restaur-ant; but did you ever eat breakfast in the Dome Diner of Union Pad fic's No. 104 as it was rolling out of Ogden, up Weber Canyon, and into the high country of Wyoming? I am forever amazed at the num ber of young adults I meet who have never ridden on a train. I think they have missed something good, and I can't understand the attitude of non-curiosity which has led them to ignore rail travel. Anyway, I have the feeling that sooner or later the slow attrition in rail passenger travel will stop, and reverse itself, just as the attrition at-trition in rail freight business already al-ready has. It would be a shame to abandon those wonderfully constructed con-structed roadbeds to freight exclusively, ex-clusively, when they can transport people so safely, swiftly, economically economic-ally and comfortably. The U. P. carried car-ried 1,345,407 revenue passengers an average of 794.20 miles each in 1963. The streamliners average 66 mph overall on the run to Chicago. A GREAT SYSTEM A railroad system is one of the biggest integrated mechanical devices de-vices created by man, and the job of managing and operating it is one of unbelievable complexity. When you consider that this one system, the Union Pacific, owns 9,012 miles of road, superbly well engineered, extending from Council Coun-cil Bluffs and Kansas City on the east to Seattle and Los Angeles on the west, and that this is, in effect, one mighty piece of steel railway over which trains travel without a break; that the system includes 1,307 additional miles of main track and 4,134 miles of yard tracks and sidings, you commence to get a picture of the magnitude of the rail system. Consider, too, the fact that virtually all the railroad rail-road systems in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, are inter-connected. Ponder the fact that each big rail company has built, and maintains, main-tains, incidental to running its trains, a telephone system of its own big enough to serve a large city; thousands of miles of high-voltage high-voltage electric lines likewise equal to the job of serving a city, just to power its automatic switches and signal system; that the railroads rail-roads built whole towns along thei routes to provide accommodations for their employees; and that they built, to serve the old steam engines, eng-ines, water systems which still serve numerous communities Lynndyl, for instance. As one of the most progressive of all the world's transportation systems, the Union Pacific has produced pro-duced most of the fuel used by its locomotives; coal in the early days, and oil at the present time. As an oil producing company alone, it would rate pretty high with its 1963 net income (before federal taxes) of $21.5 million from oil and gas operations. Did you know that the U. P. is now completing an installation at Oak City? I was surprised to learn of it, last summer, too. It is the railroad that built the zig-zag road up the west side of the hill toward the TV translator station. The reason: rea-son: to service a new microwave unit, of a company-owned series which will augment the railroad's other communications systems. And if you want a good view of the Pahvant Valley, drive up there some time. Sorry I can't go more fully into the impressive statistics of the U. P. System now, but I want to get on to a little discussion of the nation's rails in general. So we'll close with just the briefest mention of a few figures of this system's which owns 1,356 diesel locomotives; locomo-tives; 38 gas turbines, and one steam engine; owns 55,703 freight cars of various types, and 997 pas- 4251 senger cars. Which earned $84 million mil-lion net last year after paying $74 million in taxes, of which $147,314 went to our Millard County Treasurer, Trea-surer, accounting for just under 20 of Millard's tax bill. Whose superbly engineered line Includes such unique features as the electric elect-ric fence along a dangerous, rugged rug-ged section in the Mojave Desert, which sets the signals to stop the trains in case of a rock slide; and the crossover tunnels in Wyoming in which the two tracks of the main line, cross each other inside the mountain, on different levels. The U. P. moved 35 billion ton miles of revenue freight in 1963, while employing 34,361 people. Of its earnings, over $38 million came from "investments and other sources" sour-ces" than railway transportation operations. For the first three months of 1964, the system's net profit was running at the rate of $212,737 per day an amount which while seemingly large, is not nearly near-ly enough in view of the size of its investment and the volume of business handled. It is better than nothing, however, how-ever, and the general state of well-being well-being of the U. P. system is evidenced evi-denced by the fact that it Is running run-ning approximately a train an hnnp nn nvrfiratrA rn tho mnln lino through Delta these days. This' means big business and it also means stop, look and listen at the crossings. These mile-long freights run faster and smoother than the passenger trains used to run. A main line railroad is as much an asset to a community as are many natural resources. If industry is to come to Delta, the fact that the main line runs through our town will be a prime inducement. AWAKENING GIANT? By the turn of the century, the railroads had put the covered wagons, wa-gons, the stage coaches, and the Pony Express out of business. In transportation, they had it all. So, when automobiles, trucks, busses and airplanes came along and com menced to take their share of the business, the rails had nowhere to go but down. Still, they had certain basic advantages ad-vantages which, for years, seemed to go un-exploited. Management men of many rail systems, accustomed accus-tomed to the non-competitive ways of operating monopolies, seemed to let things drift. That era of railroad management is past. Today, the roads are setting set-ting up the most modem electronic systems of data-coordination and control; are initiating many inno vations to provide faster, better and cheaper services. And, in the annual reports for 1963, there is a new tone of pride and confidence in evidence. The rails have not only on-ly stopped losing business to competitors, com-petitors, they are actively taking a lot of it back. The New York Central, for instance, faced with impending loss of coal-hauling business bus-iness to a coal-slurry pipe line, set up unit trains to haul coal from mines to electric utilities, cut rates, and kept the business. It was the pipe-line that shut down. Again, af ter having lost all of its automobile automo-bile business by 1960, the Central, using new-type high-capacity cars, in 1963 actually transported more than 700,000 new autos from the Detroit area about 10 of total U. S. production! The Central's Mr. Perlman wrote this, "I don't think you have to be a railroader to ex perience a thrill in seeing a tram two miles long, powered by seven diesel units, high-balling down the main line with 1800 gleaming new automobiles". His line runs two such trains a day, as well as eight hundred other freight trains! Government regulation of the rails, plus subsidization of competitors, compet-itors, has seemed to be conducted with the idea that the thing to do was put the railroads out of business. busi-ness. The Souhern Railway, for instance, in-stance, invested millions of dollars in oversize hopper cars, intending to cut costs and offer rate reductions reduc-tions on wheat. The ICC refused to allow the reduction, fearing, quite rightly, that the railroad would re- LAV. HWUNTISS Handsome Modern highways are designed to be 'efficient, long-lasting . . . and handsome. Highway engineers engi-neers nowadays definitely have an eye for beauty. Of course, the design engineer must also be cost conscious. He is sure to be criticized if his highway design calls for "frills." Fortunately, beauty and frugality frugal-ity in highway design are not incompatible. The engineer often uses his ingenuity to design a highway that is handsome at no extra cost For instance, the modern practice prac-tice is to take advantage of the natural terrain to design long, easy curves that blend pleasingly pleasing-ly into the landscape without sacrificing the motorist's clear view of the road ahead. Such a road is not necessarily more expensive ex-pensive to build than one that is constructed in long, straight slashes, and it is likely to pay dividends in safety because it is less fatiguing to drive on. A small stand of trees in the median strip of . a multilane highway not only is attractive but also shields motorists from the headlight glare of opposing traffic. The same safety advantage advan-tage is gained when side-hill topography nnkeJ it possible to build the two halves cf a divided NKHBIBHI For Sale SAVE DOLLARS: Shop at the Del-mart Del-mart and keep your dollars working work-ing at home. BATTERIES All sizes on hand-Group hand-Group 1, exchange, from $9.95. Guaranteed 12 to 48 months. KELLY KEL-LY SERVICE, Phone 3791, Delta, Utah. , 323tf FOR SALE: Weaner nias. See Rex Jenson, Sugarville. 5j28-6ll GET YOUR BULK GARDEN SEEDS at Quality Market Hardware It's now time to plant peas. FOR SALE 3-BEDROOM HOME Closet in each room. Good location. lo-cation. 1V4 blocks from Church and School. TERMS. Inquire at . . . FIRST SECURITY BANK of Utah DELTA, UTAH gain business from subsidized competitors! com-petitors! Some 700 cities and towns along the Southern system joined the road in taking the case to court, and on May 20, a Federal Court annulled the ICC order, thus permitting the railroad to reduce freight rates on wheat by 60. In taxation and subsidization an extreme example of discrimination discrimina-tion is found in the situation of the Great Northern in the town of Cut Bank, Montana. Of the high property taxes paid by the railroad, $871 was earmarked for improvement improve-ment of the town's airport. Yet the airline serving the town paid only $5.00 in property taxes, and received re-ceived a $25,000 annual government govern-ment subsidy for stopping there. One might ask, if the "newer" forms of transportation are so good why can't they get along without government subsidies? The matter of outmoded work rules, under which train crews collect a day's pay for working 40 minutes taking a train from Salt Lake to Ogden need a good going over, too. That the rails have survived such discrimination at all attests their basic strength. Given a fair break in regulations, taxes, and work rules, along with modern, aggressive aggres-sive management, their future looks bright, indeed. A National Transportation Policy along the lines advocated by President Kennedy Ken-nedy is needed; and progress is being be-ing made in that direction. Meanwhile, Mean-while, Wall Street, and, notably, foreign investors, who, somehow, always seem inordinately shrewd, are looking favorably on American railroads again. The rails may prove to be what Mr. Perlman has called them: the surprise growth industry of the 1960's. A New Policyholder Every 22 Seconds My company State Farm Mutual insurea cars at this amazing rata because it offers the most modern protection available, provides pro-vides hometown servica wherever you drive and passes important operating savings on to its policy holders. See if you can join the company that insurea more cars than any other. Call soon. Kennard Riding AGENT Highways highway at different elevations. Sometimes a small stream flows between the two roadways of a valley highway. Because highway engineers now have, stronger materials to work with, new bridges and overpass over-pass structures are . likely to have the lightness and openness associated with" modern architecture. architec-ture. Structures are simpler, more graceful. By working with nature instead in-stead of against nature, designers design-ers beautify roadside slopes and at the same time minimize drainage drain-age and snow control problems, thus holding down maintenance costs. No doubt there are many beauty aids for highways that are still undiscovered. The whole ! science of roadbuilding has ad vanced tremendously in the last ten years, and new engineering developments are coming thick and fast. There is a prowin J recognition that the design fea tures that tend to reduce drivers' driv-ers' tension are important in accident ac-cident prevention. In other words, gcod-lookir.g highways are likely like-ly to be safer highways! As highway construction technology tech-nology continues to advance, we i can look forward to safer driv- ing cn more and more good j reads that look good. CLASSIFIED AOi CLASSIFIED RATES: 3c per word, ads, 75c column inch. Will not be insertion. FOR RESULTS, USE THE FOR SALE OR LEASE: Modern 3 bedroom home, 148 West 1st So. Contact Grant Workman, 1357 Ath-ertori Ath-ertori Dr., Salt Lake City or see M, H. Workman. Phone 4431 or 3261 227-tf 1949 BUICK SEDAN Dynoilow for sale. In good condition and will make a good second family car. $75.00. See Ned M. Church. 6j4-tf-np SAVE DOLLARS: Shop at the Del- mart and keep your dollars working work-ing at home. THERE'S NOTHING LIKE ORTHO fertilizer to make your lawn beau tiful. Quality Market Hardware. FOR SALE: Basement home. Three bedrooms. For more Information, contact Frelen Shurtz at 7983. 614-11-18 FOR SALE: 40 acres with 40 shares of Delta Canal Co. water stock. Modern two-bedroom home, corral and sheds. Also, 80 acres with 160 shares of Delta Canal Co. water slock. Will sell together or separate. sepa-rate. Contact Keith L. Corry or phone 2491. np-514tf TRADE or SELL: Equity in Salt Lake property (242 Garfgield, ph. 467-1193) for water stock or anything any-thing of equal value in West Millard. Mil-lard. Call above number or 692J3. np6ll18 FOR SALE: Na'.ive lumber. See Floyd Johnson, Sutherland. np6lltf BALDWIN PIANO Take over payment pay-ment of $10.00 per month on Baldwin Bald-win Spinet or will sell for cash. Also electric organ. Write Adjustor, P.O. Box 11011, Salt Lake City, U-tah, U-tah, 84111 pd6ll18 FOR SALE: The Grady McEvoy home. For details call 5971. 6lltf FOR SALE: A J. I. Case Tractor. Good tires and in good shape. Contact Con-tact Eldon Lovell in Eureka, Utah or call Alfred Lake, Delta, at 3071. pd6U19 BUY FATHER'S DAY GIFTS now. Large selection of Men's shirts, ties, suits, slacks, sport shirts, sox, belts, wallets, luggage. Select gifts now at D. Stevens Co. Men's Dept. FOR SALE: House and furniture. Call 5971 for additional information. informa-tion. 57tfnp GOOD MACHINERY at Bargain Prices: G.M.C. 2-ton truck; Hay Loader; New Holland Baler (new). See at Floyd Tolbert farm Abraham, Abra-ham, ph. 796J4. -514tf BOATS BOATS Uutra light. Super Su-per safe, extra durable, low price, 1-piece construction linearglass Carries easily on car top. See at QUALITY MARKET. TAKE soil away the Blue Lustre way from carpets and upholstery. Rent electric shampooer $1. Workman's Work-man's Home Furnishings. IF YOUR TV CONVERTER is acting up, try a "Transistor Channelmast- er" Converter. Smooth out those TV blues. Delta Auto Supply, ph. 4251. 312tf ubEi) T.V. SPECIALS: 1 table model, mo-del, $44.95. 1 table model (with base) $59.95. 2 consoles, $49.95 ea. 1 console, $54.95. 1 console (nw picture tube) $64.95. (1 yr. guarantee guaran-tee on tube). All units checked and ready to go. Thos special only . . . new converters, $39.95. Used converters, con-verters, $19.95. D. Stevens Co., PRO Hardware. 614-18 SPRING SPECIALS on the follow ing: Tools, hardware, car mats, hub caps, portawalls. SDOtliehts. bicycles and bike parts. Delta Auto supply. 312tf FOR SALE: The 4 -bedroom Vaughn Allen home. V mile east of Delta. See John A. Day. 57tfnp SAVE DOLLARS: Shoo at the Del- mart and keep your dollars work ing at home. BOATS BOATS Uutra light. Super Su-per safe, extra durable, low price, 1-piece construction linearglass Carries easily on car top. See at QUALITY MARKET. SAVE DOLLARS: Shop at the Del- mart and keep your dollars working work-ing at home. FOR SALE: Baler No. 55 wire tie and siderake. Make offer. Golda Talbot, Hinckley, ph. 694J4. 5j21-6llnp people tike r minimum ad 50c. Ads over 5 lines 15c a line thereafter. D splay responsible for errors on phone-in ads. Use of box no. 50c extra per CLASSIFIED SECTION OF THE CHRONICLE EACH WEK. BUY CANVAS SHOES for all the family, $1.98 to $4.98 a pr. at D. Stevens Co. Shoe Dept. LIVESTOCK TOP QUALITY Dairy & Beef calves, delivered direct from Wisconsin to you In trucks equipped for any weather. These calves are from artificial breeding and are bred from registered dairy and beef bulls. We vaccinate all calves upon shipment. They are guaranteed to be healthy and meet your approval on arrival. Available anytime. Delivered De-livered prices on three five-week old calves: Holstein heifers $32.00 Holstein bulls $30.00 Guernsey heifers $28.00 Angus & Whiteface $33.00 On six to ten-week old calves ready for dry feed: Holstein heifers $52.00 Holstein bulls $53.00 Guernsey heifers $48.00 Angus & Whiteface $53.00 Call or write Bill Nolan, Bonduel, Wisconsin. Ph. 758-4741. 6ll-25np For Rent FOR RENT: Furnished opts. Utilities Utili-ties paid. $37.50 up. Some newly decorated. Linens furnished or unfurnished. un-furnished. Daily, weekly or montn-ly montn-ly rates. Delta Apts., 235 West Main or call Mrs. Abbott, 2931. 227-tf FOR RENT: 66-feet Delta Canal Water. See Floyd Johnson, Sutherland. Suther-land. np6lltf FOR RENT, Love'-y 2 -bedroom home Furnished or unfurnished. Recently remodeled, garbage disposal and stainless steel sink, water paid. $50. a month. See David Jacobs or call 3851. 57-tf-np Miscellaneous FOR REFRIGERATION SERVICE Call Leo D. Day, Phone 8893, Oasis, Utah. np6ll LOST: Sui case, tan with brown trim, contain 'ng womens clothing and cosmetics on Hwy 91-26 between be-tween Cove Fort and Delta on Friday, Fri-day, May 22. Liberal reward. Box 248, Delta. 614-11 WANT A BARGAIN? How about this? Three year subscription to the Chronicle for ten dollars. A savings of $2.00 to YOU. LOST: Two sacks of dairy ration between Delta and Sugarville. Contact Con-tact Art Hill. pd6ll WANTED: Posi.ion as substitute mother. Have had experience caring car-ing for children and managing the home. Let me take your responsibility responsi-bility while you vacation. Ruth Ann Lyman, 5541. np6ll1825 WE W.1L HAUL & STACK your baled hay. Reasonable prices. Call 3321 or 691J2. ANOTHER BIG . . m Salina Auction - Salina, Utah JUIIE 13, 196411:00 A.M. PROGRAM SOCIAL HOUR FROM 11:00 TO 12:00 P.M. DINNER AT MOM'S CAFE TYPE DEMONSTRATION JUDGING BY THE LADIES CHAMPION PICKED by JUDGE DOUGLAS WOOD TALK BY DR. JAMES BELL, JR. WEIGHT GUESSING CONTEST Bring the Family There will be Bulls and Cows for sale at the Show (Sponsored by the Utah Angus Association) & J fl HI L v full jmOfrX ruf 90 Jf9 PROOF i , s- f ( Ml you to SOddUdy DlrOOHl ntiUf cttscth for cr.zzm testes I BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY WANTED WESTERN AUTO DEALERS Invest in your future by owning your own store. America's largest automotive supply retailer, Western West-ern Auto, is expanding its dealer organization in this territory. Excellent Ex-cellent locations available in 6-state 6-state area. You will merchandise our famous nationally advertised sporting goods, tools and other profitable lines. Minimum investment invest-ment $15,000. Contact us for full information and FREE booklet on the Western Auto Associate Plan. Western Auto Supply Company New Store Development Dept. Box 1031 Ogden, Utah Phone: 392-7544 NAME ADDRESS 6llnp THERE'S NOTHING LIKE ORTHO fertilizer to make your lawn beautiful. beau-tiful. Quality Market Hardware. WANTED: Subscribers at the Chronicle. Take advantage of our offer, three yerrs for ten dollars. WANTED: YOUNG MAN for position posi-tion at Valley Builders, Delta. Building materials and selling experience ex-perience desirable. 521tf ELECTROLUX America's largest selling vacuum cleaner. Sales and Service. E. L. Edwards. Phone: 799J2. 42tf HAVE YOU TRIED Fuller Brush products? If not, you have a surprise sur-prise in store. They're high in quality qual-ity and fit your pocketbook. Co-tact Co-tact your LOCAL representative, Lenore Bunker, 7931. 430tf READY-MIX CONCRETE Made with screened sand and gravel weighed to correct proportions. 4 trucks ready to meet your concrete need. For free estimate call Lyle Bunker, 2281. 312tf BROWNING COAL delivered or in yard north of overpass. Will delivei sand, gravel, sewer rock, top soil fill dirt, redimix. Call 83, Oak City, or 4531, Delta. (Brooklawn Creamery). Cream-ery). 96tf BILL'S RADIATOR SHOP: Complete radiator service, rodding, boil out, repairs. New radiator and heater cores. Used and new radiators. 228tf WE HAVE electric motors for every farm and home use upto 34 H.P. Electric drills all popular sizes. Shop lights and electrical parts. Delta Auto Supply. 312tf WE WILL AUCTION Fat and Feeder Feed-er Hogs every other Tuesday at 11 o'clock, May 5th and 19th; June 2. Bring them in early as our regular regu-lar cattle sale will follow the hog auction. Delta Livestock Auction-Phone Auction-Phone 2361. 518-tf . FIELD DAY Lots of Fun SUNNY BROOK HlUMHTftijutSOM' 11 |